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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!

  Fred Rogers

  Believe, Fall, Opposites

  Fred Rogers (2013). “Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way”, p.31, Hachette UK

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• It's important to know when we need to stop, reflect, and receive. In our competitive world, that might be called a waste of time.

  Fred Rogers

  Important, Needs, World

  Fred Rogers (2003). “The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.115, Hachette UK

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• Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.

  Fred Rogers

  People, Boston Marathon, Looks

  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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• 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.

  Fred Rogers

  Education, Children, Reality

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The gifts we treasure most over the years are often small and simple. In easy times and tough times, what seems to matter most is the way we show those nearest us that we've been listening to their needs, to their joys, and to their challenges.

  Fred Rogers

  Simple, Years, Tough Times

  Fred Rogers (2006). “Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.39, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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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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• What really matters is not just our own winning but helping other people to win, too.

  Fred Rogers

  Helping Others, Winning, People

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• People have said, 'Don't cry' to other people for years and years, and all it has ever meant is, 'I'm too uncomfortable when you show your feelings. Don't cry.' I'd rather have them say, 'Go ahead and cry. I'm here to be with you.'

  Fred Rogers

  Years, People, Feelings

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

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• I feel so strongly that deep and simple is far more essential than shallow and complex.

  Fred Rogers

  Simple, Interesting, Essentials

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• It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor. Would you be mine; could you be mine?

  Fred Rogers

  Beautiful, Neighbor, Mines

  "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" (song) (1967)

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• Anyone who has ever been able to sustain good work has had at least one person--and often many--who have believed in him or her. We just don't get to be competent human beings without a lot of different investments from others.

  Fred Rogers

  Different, Able, Investment

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.28, Penguin

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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

  Fred Rogers (2003). “The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.94, Hachette UK

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• When we choose to be parents, we accept another human being as part of ourselves, and a large part of our emotional selves will stay with that person as long as we live. From that time on, there will be another person on this earth whose orbit around us will affect us as surely as the moon affects the tides, and affect us in some ways more deeply than anyone else can. Our children are extensions of ourselves.

  Fred Rogers

  Children, Parenting, Moon

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• If it's mentionable, it's manageable.

  Fred Rogers

  Healing, Conflict, Ifs

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• I think everybody longs to be loved and longs to know that he or she is lovable and, consequently, the greatest thing that we can do is to help somebody know that they are loved and capable of loving.

  Fred Rogers

  Love, Thinking, Helping

  "Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor". Documentary, Biography, 2004.

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• Try your best to make goodness attractive. That's one of the toughest assignments you'll ever be given.

  Fred Rogers

  Trying, Goodness, Attractive

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• Sometimes people are good, and they do just what they should. But the very same people who are good sometimes are the very same people who are bad sometimes. It's funny but it's true. Its the same isn't it, for me and . . .

  Fred Rogers

  Inspirational, Motivational, People

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.58, Penguin

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• My hope for all of us is that 'the miles we go before we sleep' will be filled with all the feelings that come from deep caring--delight , sadness, joy, wisdom--and that in all the endings of our life, we will be able to see the new beginnings.

  Fred Rogers

  New Beginnings, Sadness, Sleep

  Fred Rogers (2004). “The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, Large Print Press

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• Human relationships are primary in all of living. When the gusty winds blow and shake our lives, if we know that people care about us, we may bend with the wind ... but we won’t break.

  Fred Rogers

  Blow, Wind, People

  Fred Rogers (2006). “Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.51, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• The purpose of life is to listen - to yourself, to your neighbor, to your world and to God and, when the time comes, to respond in as helpful a way as you can find ... from within and without.

  Fred Rogers

  God, Purpose, World

  Fred Rogers (2006). “Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.83, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• Our world hangs like a magnificent jewel in the vastness of space. Every one of us is a part of that jewel. A facet of that jewel. And in the perspective of infinity, our differences are infinitesimal.

  Fred Rogers

  Differences, Space, Our World

  "Revisiting Fred Rogers’ 2002 Commencement Address". news.dartmouth.edu. March 27, 2018.

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• How many times have you noticed that it's the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning?

  Fred Rogers

  Quiet Moments, Giving, Special

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.129, Penguin

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• I feel the greatest gift we can give to anybody is the gift of our honest self.

  Fred Rogers

  Honesty, Acceptance, Self

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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.

  Fred Rogers

  Years, Wish, Care

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.122, Penguin

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• When we treat children's play as seriously as it deserves, we are helping them feel the joy that's to be found in the creative spirit. We're helping ourselves stay in touch with that spirit, too. It's the things we play withand the people who help us play that make a great difference in our lives.

  Fred Rogers

  Children, Differences, Play

  "The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember".

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