Fred Rogers Quotes - Page 6

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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.

  Fred Rogers

  Writing, Broken, Clubs

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• The kingdom of God is for the broken hearted

  Fred Rogers

  Broken, Kingdoms, Kingdom Of God

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• Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn't have to be a lonely kind of thing.

  Fred Rogers

  Lonely, Loneliness, Solitude

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

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• Call them rules or call them limits, good ones, I believe, have this in common: they serve reasonable purposes; they are practical and within a child's capability; they are consistent; and they are an expression of loving concern.

  Fred Rogers

  Children, Believe, Parenting

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• The presence of a grandparent confirms that parents were, indeed, little once, too, and that people who are little can grow to be big, can become parents, and one day even have grandchildren of their own. So often we think of grandparents as belonging to the past; but in this important way, grandparents, for young children, belong to the future.

  Fred Rogers

  Children, Grandma, Past

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• Peace means far more than the opposite of war.

  Fred Rogers

  War, Mean, Opposites

  Fred Rogers (2006). “Wisdom from the World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.86, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• I doubt that we can ever successfully impose values or attitudes or behaviors on our children certainly not by threat, guilt, or punishment. But I do believe they can be induced through relationships where parents and children are growing together. Such relationships are, I believe, build on trust, example, talk, and caring.

  Fred Rogers

  Trust, Children, Attitude

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• It's very dramatic when two people come together to work something out. It's easy to take a gun and annihilate your opposition, but what is really exciting to me is to see people with differing views come together and finally respect each other.

  Fred Rogers

  Respect, Gun, Views

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

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• Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we are not perfect.

  Fred Rogers

  Giving, Perfect, Littles

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• I wonder what memories of yours will persist as you go on in life. My hunch is that the most important will have to do with feelings of loving and being loved - friends, family, teachers, shopkeepers - whoever's been close to you. As you continue to grow, you'll find many ways of expressing your love and you'll discover more and more ways in which others express their love for you.

  Fred Rogers

  Teacher, Memories, Feelings

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• We all have only one life to live on Earth, and through television we have the choice of encouraging others to demean this life or to cherish it in creative, imaginative ways.

  Fred Rogers

  Choices, Creative, Television

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

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• If the grain of wheat could know fear, it would be paralyzed with anxiety at the thought of being dropped in the ground, covered over, put out of sight, doomed to inactivity, yet what a glorious harvest awaits it!

  Fred Rogers

  Sight, Anxiety, Would Be

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• 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.

  Fred Rogers

  Pain, Wrestling, Growth

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.125, Penguin

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• Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning...They have to play with what they know to be true in order to find out more, and then they can use what they learn in new forms of play.

  Fred Rogers

  Children, Order, Practice

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• 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.

  Fred Rogers

  Thinking, Appreciated, Grows

  Fred Rogers (2013). “Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way”, p.75, Hachette UK

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• One of the most important things a person can learn to do is to make something out of whatever he or she happens to have at the moment.

  Fred Rogers

  Important, Moments, Persons

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.48, Penguin

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• It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood, A beautiful day for a neighbor. Would you be mine? Could you be mine?... It's a neighborly day in this beauty wood, A neighborly day for a beauty. Would you be mine? Could you be mine?... I've always wanted to have a neighbor just like you. I've always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you. So, let's make the most of this beautiful day. Since we're together we might as well say: Would you be mine? Could you be mine? Won't you be my neighbor? Won't you please, Won't you please? Please won't you be my neighbor?

  Fred Rogers

  Beautiful, Together, Might

  Song: Won't You Be My Neighbor?

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• 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.

  Fred Rogers

  Differences, Atmosphere, World

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.75, Penguin

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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.

  Fred Rogers

  Children, Real, Believe

  Fred Rogers (2003). “The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”, p.32, Hachette UK

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• Music is the one art we all have inside. We may not be able to play an instrument, but we can sing along or clap or tap our feet. Have you ever seen a baby bouncing up and down in the crib in time to some music? When you think of it, some of that baby's first messages from his or her parents may have been lullabies, or at least the music of their speaking voices. All of us have had the experience of hearing a tune from childhood and having that melody evoke a memory or a feeling. The music we hear early on tends to stay with us all our lives.

  Fred Rogers

  Baby, Art, Memories

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

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• Anything mentionable is manageable.

  Fred Rogers

  Manageable

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• Listening is where love begins: listening to ourselves and then to our neighbors.

  Fred Rogers

  Love Is, Empathy, Understanding

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

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• This is what I give. I give an expression of care every day to each child, to help him realize that he is unique. I end each program by saying, 'You've made this day a special day by just your being you. There's no person in the whole world like you. And I like you just the way you are.' And I feel that if we in public television can only make it clear that feelings are mentionable and manageable, we will have done a great service.

  Fred Rogers

  I Like You, Children, Unique

  Senate Statement on PBS Funding, delivered 1 May 1969

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• You bring all you ever were and are to any relationship you have today.

  Fred Rogers

  Today

  Fred Rogers (1995). “You Are Special: Words of Wisdom for All Ages from a Beloved Neighbor”, p.26, Penguin

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• I'm proud of you for the times you came in second, or third, or fourth, but what you did was the best you have ever done

  Fred Rogers

  Done, Proud, Thirds

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

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