Give A Penny, Get A Penny

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Give A Penny, Get A Penny

Most gas stations in the South have little change dishes by the register. If you’re paying for a transaction and need an extra penny or two, you simply take one from the dish. People then reciprocate this good turn by dropping a few coins in the dish from time to time, thereby creating a community bank of sorts, based on goodwill.

So in that spirit, this is Southern Plate’s “Give A Penny, Get A Penny” page.” I dearly love positive quotes and am always scouring the web for more so I thought this would be a great place to compile all of those. I’ll post mine, you post yours, and we can all “Give A Penny” when we have one and come back to “Get A Penny” when we need one.

I’ll also draw from these quotes to include at the bottom of my posts and emails that I send out to Southern Plate readers and be sure to credit the person who provided it, so include a link to your blog if you have one.

I would consider it a personal favor if you’d take the time to share a quote of motivation or positivity in the comments section below. Quote yourself, your Mama, someone famous, or our best friend “Anonymous”, it doesn’t matter, long as you drop your penny and then come back on one of those days when you feel like you might need one yourself.

Gratefully,
Christy

Scroll down to the comments section below to leave your quotes or read others. As of 2019, nearly 3000 quotes have been submitted so far!. 

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  1. “People who wonder if the glass is half empty or half full, miss the point. The glass is refillable.” – Simon Sinek

  2. “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” – Jane Goodall

  3. Keep your face always towards the sunshine

    And shadows will fall behind you

    *** WALT WHITMAN ***

    “Kindness is the language which the deaf

    Can hear and the blind can see.”

    *** MARK. TWAIN ***

  4. Tears wash your heart clean, and just like you house needs a good cleaning, so does your heart….. Mickey Key

  5. Never be afraid to try something new.
    Remember, amateurs built the ark,
    Professionals built the Titanic.

  6. Instead of the saying fight fire with fire when you get upset, remember that most firefighters actually just use water. Helps me when I feel the need to get back at some one who done me wrong or tell them off because I’m hot headed and all.

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