Fred Rogers Quotes

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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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• 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.

  Fred Rogers

  Motivational, Depression, Uplifting

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.17, Penguin

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• 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

  Children, Hero, Responsibility

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• Some days, doing "the best we can" may still fall short of what we would like to be able to do, but life isn't perfect on any front-and doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else.

  Fred Rogers

  Fall, Perfect, May

  Fred Rogers (2006). “Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.10, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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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

  Fred Rogers (2003). “The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.39, Hachette UK

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• You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you.

  Fred Rogers

  Friendship, Special, Each Day

  "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood",, www.imdb.com. 1968 - 2001.

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• 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

  Fred Rogers (2006). “Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.93, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has-or ever will have-something inside that is unique to all time.

  Fred Rogers

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.19, Penguin

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• I believe that appreciation is a holy thing--that when we look for what's best in a person we happen to be with at the moment, we're doing what God does all the time. So in loving and appreciating our neighbor, we're participating in something sacred.

  Fred Rogers

  Appreciation, Believe, Appreciate

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• Real strength has to do with helping others.

  Fred Rogers

  Real, Helping Others, Helping

  Fred Rogers (2006). “Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.22, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me.

  Fred Rogers

  Life And Love, Light, Given

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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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• 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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• Love begins with listening.

  Fred Rogers

  Christian, Love Is, Christian Inspirational

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• Transitions are almost always signs of growth, but they can bring feelings of loss. To get somewhere new, we may have to leave somewhere else behind.

  Fred Rogers

  Loss, Somewhere Else, Feelings

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.106, Penguin

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• What interests me so much about the characters of the Bible is that they make mistakes but God uses them anyway, in important ways. Nobody's perfect, but God can even use our imperfection.

  Fred Rogers

  Mistake, Character, Perfect

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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.

  Fred Rogers

  Strong, Lovely, Way

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.13, Penguin

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• 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

  Inspirational, Stress, Heart

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.94, Penguin

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• 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

  Love, Powerful, Hate

  Fred Rogers (2006). “Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.94, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• I like you just the way you are.

  Fred Rogers

  I Like You, Way, Neighborhood

  Senate Statement on PBS Funding, delivered 1 May 1969

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• Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered . . . just one kind word to another person.

  Fred Rogers

  Real, Caring, Would Be

  Fred Rogers (2006). “Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.92, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.

  Fred Rogers

  Self Esteem, Self Confidence, Self Love

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.17, Penguin

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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

  Fred Rogers (2006). “Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.59, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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

  Fred Rogers

  Love Is, Things In Life, People

  Fred Rogers (2006). “Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.34, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• The best teacher in the world is someone who loves what he or she does, and just loves it in front of you.

  Fred Rogers

  Teacher, Doe, World

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