Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.
FRED ROGERSAnyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.
FRED ROGERSImagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, just one kind word to another person.
FRED ROGERSLife is for service.
FRED ROGERSOften when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.
FRED ROGERSThe 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.
FRED ROGERSLove begins with listening.
FRED ROGERSThe world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile.
FRED ROGERSLike all of life’s important coping skills, the ability to forgive and the capacity to let go of resentments most likely take root very early in our lives.
FRED ROGERSThe people we trust with important talk can help us know that we are not alone.
FRED ROGERSWhen 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.
FRED ROGERSLove isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.
FRED ROGERSRelationships are like dances in which people try to find whatever happens to be the mutual rhythm in their lives.
FRED ROGERSThere 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 ROGERSEveryone longs to be loved. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving.
FRED ROGERSThe greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.
FRED ROGERSLove and trust, in the space between what’s said and what’s heard in our life, can make all the difference in the world.
FRED ROGERS