Fred Rogers Quotes

• 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." To this day, especially in times of "disaster," I remember my mother's words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers – so many caring people in this world.

  Fred Rogers

  Mother, Fear, Caring

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• 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.

  Fred Rogers

  Life, Success, Thank You

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• Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.

  Fred Rogers

  Opportunity, Knowing, People

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• What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win too. Even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then.

  Fred Rogers

  Mean, Helping Others, Winning

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• The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.

  Fred Rogers

  Self, Generosity, Giving

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• We Don't always succeed in what we try, certainly not by the world's standards, but I think you'll find it's the willingness to keep trying that matters most.

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  Thinking, Trying, World

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• A young apprentice applied to a master carpenter for a job. The older man asked him, "Do you know your trade?" "Yes, sir!" the young man replied proudly. "Have you ever made a mistake?" the older man inquired. "No, sir!" the young man answered, feeling certain he would get the job. "Then there's no way I'm going to hire you," said the master carpenter, "because when you make one, you won't know how to fix it.

  Fred Rogers

  Jobs, Mistake, Men

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• You know, you don't have to look like everybody else to be acceptable and to feel acceptable.

  Fred Rogers

  Looks, Feels, Acceptable

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• If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.

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  Motivational, Depression, Uplifting

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• Silence is so powerful, so important. There is so much to be learned from it.

  Fred Rogers

  Powerful, Silence, Important

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• Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else.

  Fred Rogers

  Kids, Anti Bullying, Thinking

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• Our worlds needs more time to wonder and reflect but there is too much fast paced constant distraction.

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  Inspirational, Life, Our World

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• Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.

  Fred Rogers

  Memorial Day, Teacher, Children

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• Often, problems are knots with many strands, and looking at those strands can make a problem seem different.

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  Different, Problem, Knots

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• What's been important in my understanding of myself and others is the fact that each one of us is so much more than any one thing. A sick child is much more than his or her sickness. A person with a disability is much, much more than a handicap. A pediatrician is more than a medical doctor. You're MUCH more than your job description or your age or your income or your output.

  Fred Rogers

  Jobs, Children, Doctors

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• At the center of the Universe is a loving heart that continues to beat and that wants the best for every person. Anything that we can do to help foster the intellect and spirit and emotional growth of our fellow human beings, that is our job. Those of us who have this particular vision must continue against all odds. Life is for service.

  Fred Rogers

  Jobs, Heart, Emotional

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• A love of learning has a lot to do with learning that we are loved.

  Fred Rogers

  Love Of Learning

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• When we love a person, we accept him or her exactly as is: the lovely with the unlovely, the strong with the fearful, the true mixed in with the façade, and of course, the only way we can do it is by accepting ourselves that way.

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  Strong, Lovely, Way

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• Parents who expect change in themselves as well as in their children, who accept it and find in it the joy as well as the pains ofgrowth, are likely to be the happiest and most confident parents.

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  Children, Pain, Joy

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• How great it is when we come to know that times of disappointment can be followed by joy; that guilt over falling short of our ideals can be replaced by pride in doing all that we can; and that anger can be channeled into creative achievements... and into dreams that we can make come true.

  Fred Rogers

  Dream, Disappointment, Fall

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• I'm fairly convinced that the Kingdom of God is for the broken-hearted. You write of 'powerlessness.' Join the club, we are not in control. God is.

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  Writing, Broken, Clubs

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• It may take months or years for a wish to come true, but it's far more likely to happen when you care so much about a wish that you'll do all you can to make it happen.

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  Years, Wish, Care

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• 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!

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  Believe, Fall, Opposites

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• Most of us, I believe, admire strength. It's something we tend to respect in others, desire for ourselves, and wish for our children. Sometimes, though, I wonder if we confuse strength with other words—like 'aggression' and even 'violence'. Real strength is neither male nor female; but it is, quite simply, one of the finest characteristics that a human being can possess.

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  Children, Real, Believe

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• In appreciating our neighbor, we're participating in something truly sacred.

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  Appreciate, Sacred, Neighbor

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