The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile.
FRED ROGERSMutual 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.
More Fred Rogers Quotes
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Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.
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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.
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Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.
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The child is in me still and sometimes not so still.
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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.
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Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn’t have to be a lonely kind of thing.
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It’s a mistake to think that we have to be lovely to be loved by human beings or by God.
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Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.
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Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.
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Whatever we choose to imagine can be as private as we want it to be. Nobody knows what you’re thinking or feeling unless you share it.
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The older I get, the more convinced I am that the space between people who are trying their best to understand each other is hallowed ground.
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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.
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Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others.
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Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given.
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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.
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