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50 Fred Rogers Quotes About Life (KINDNESS)

Top 10 Most Famous Fred Rogers Quotes (BEST)

“All of us, at some time or other, need help. Whether we’re giving or receiving help, each one of us has something valuable to bring to this world. That’s one of the things that connects us as neighbors—in our own way, each one of us is a giver and a receiver.”

Fred Rogers
One of the greatest gifts you can give anybody is the gift of your honest self. I also believe that kids can spot a phony a mile away.Pin
One of the greatest gifts you can give anybody is the gift of your honest self. I also believe that kids can spot a phony a mile away.
Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero.Pin
Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero.
Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.Pin
Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.
Deep and simple are far, far more important than shallow and complicated and fancy.Pin
Deep and simple are far, far more important than shallow and complicated and fancy.

“When I say it’s you I like, I’m talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for those things without which humankind cannot survive. Love that conquers hate, peace that rises triumphant over war, and justice that proves more powerful than greed.”

Fred Rogers
One of the most important gifts a parent can give a child is the gift of accepting that child's uniqueness.Pin
One of the most important gifts a parent can give a child is the gift of accepting that child’s uniqueness.
I don’t think anyone can grow unless he’s loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be.Pin
I don’t think anyone can grow unless he’s loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be.
There is no normal life that is free of pain. It’s the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.Pin
There is no normal life that is free of pain. It’s the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.
It’s not so much what we have in this life that matters. It’s what we do with what we have.Pin
It’s not so much what we have in this life that matters. It’s what we do with what we have.

14 Inspirational Fred Rogers Quotes About Life

“Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone.”

Fred Rogers
When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.'Pin
When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’
Nobody else can live the life you live.Pin
Nobody else can live the life you live.
Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given.Pin
Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given.
You are special. You’re special to me. There’s only one in this wonderful world.Pin
You are special. You’re special to me. There’s only one in this wonderful world.
Peace means far more than the opposite of war.Pin
Peace means far more than the opposite of war.
Who you are inside is what helps you make and do everything in life.Pin
Who you are inside is what helps you make and do everything in life.
In my own life, as the nearer I get to the end of life on this earth, the simpler I want to become.Pin
In my own life, as the nearer I get to the end of life on this earth, the simpler I want to become.

“It’s really easy to fall into the trap of believing that what we do is more important than what we are. Of course, it’s the opposite that’s true: What we are ultimately determines what we do!”

Fred Rogers
We all have different gifts, so we all have different ways of saying to the world who we are.Pin
We all have different gifts, so we all have different ways of saying to the world who we are.
Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.Pin
Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.
You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully, your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.Pin
You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully, your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.
The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile.Pin
The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile.
In every neighborhood, all across our country, there are good people insisting on a good start for the young, and doing something about it.Pin
In every neighborhood, all across our country, there are good people insisting on a good start for the young, and doing something about it.

16 Fred Rogers Quotes on Love and Kindness

Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.”

Fred Rogers
What really matters is helping others win, too, even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then.Pin
What really matters is helping others win, too, even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then.
Love and trust, in the space between what’s said and what’s heard in our life, can make all the difference in the world.Pin
Love and trust, in the space between what’s said and what’s heard in our life, can make all the difference in the world.
Listening is where love begins: listening to ourselves and then to our neighbors.Pin
Listening is where love begins: listening to ourselves and then to our neighbors.

“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.”

Fred Rogers
I think of discipline as the continual everyday process of helping a child learn self-discipline.Pin
I think of discipline as the continual everyday process of helping a child learn self-discipline.
Love and success, always in that order. It’s that simple and that difficult.Pin
Love and success, always in that order. It’s that simple and that difficult.
Imagine what our neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person.Pin
Imagine what our neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person.

Love is like infinity: You can’t have more or less infinity, and you can’t compare two things to see if they’re ‘equally infinite.’ Infinity just is, and that’s the way I think love is, too.”

Fred Rogers
It’s our job to encourage each other to discover that uniqueness and to provide ways of developing its expression.Pin
It’s our job to encourage each other to discover that uniqueness and to provide ways of developing its expression.
Everyone longs to be loved. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving.Pin
Everyone longs to be loved. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving.
There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.Pin
There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.

“Mutual caring relationships require kindness and patience, tolerance, optimism, joy in the other’s achievements, confidence in oneself, and the ability to give without undue thought of gain.”

Fred Rogers
The connections we make in the course of a life — maybe that's what heaven is.Pin
The connections we make in the course of a life — maybe that’s what heaven is.
Real strength has to do with helping others.Pin
Real strength has to do with helping others.
It’s the people we love the most who can make us feel the gladdest… and the maddest! Love and anger are such a puzzle!Pin
It’s the people we love the most who can make us feel the gladdest… and the maddest! Love and anger are such a puzzle!

10 WiseFred Rogers Quotes that Will Make You Think (WISDOM)

“I hope you’re proud of yourself for the times you’ve said ‘yes,’ when all it meant was extra work for you and was seemingly helpful only to somebody else.”

Fred Rogers
It always helps to have people we love beside us when we have to do difficult things in life.Pin
It always helps to have people we love beside us when we have to do difficult things in life.

“In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers.”

Fred Rogers
Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else.Pin
Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.
Even though no human being is perfect, we always have the chance to bring what’s unique about us to live in a redeeming way.Pin
Even though no human being is perfect, we always have the chance to bring what’s unique about us to live in a redeeming way.
Often out of periods of losing, come the greatest strivings toward a new winning streak.Pin
Often out of periods of losing, come the greatest strivings toward a new winning streak.

Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love. Like all of life’s important coping skills, the ability to forgive and the capacity to let go of resentments most likely take root very early in our lives.”

Fred Rogers
Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.Pin
Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.
There’s a world of difference between insisting on someone’s doing something and establishing an atmosphere in which that person can grow into wanting to do it.Pin
There’s a world of difference between insisting on someone’s doing something and establishing an atmosphere in which that person can grow into wanting to do it.
Love isn't a perfect state of caring. It's an active noun, like 'struggle.'Pin
Love isn’t a perfect state of caring. It’s an active noun, like ‘struggle.’
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