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!. 

2,582 Comments

  1. Move a muscle, change a thought. Anonymous
    Stay away from negative people. They have a problem for every solution! Anonymous

  2. Love the reading of this recipe for the southern biscuits. The recipe is good. One thing that really caught my attention was ” green stamps”. I remember my mother saving them and pasting them in the books when I was just a kid. Brought back memories. Love the quotes on here as well. All have a good day.

  3. A heart is not judged by how much you love, but by how much you are loved by others
    author wizard of oz. thank you for the recipe also.

  4. “There is always more goodness in the world than there appears to be, because goodness is of its very nature modest and retiring.” – Evelyn Beatrice Hall

  5. I cried because I had no shoes…
    Until I saw a man who had no feet.
    Anonymous

    I saw this when I was 12 years old (1955)
    and have never forgotten it.

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