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.
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.
More Fred Rogers Quotes
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The kingdom of God is for the broken hearted.
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You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.
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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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Love 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.
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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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A love of learning has a lot to do with learning that we are loved.
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Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love.
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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. It’s the things we play with and the people who help us play that make a great difference in our lives.
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Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, just one kind word to another person.
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Real strength has to do with helping others.
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One of my wise teachers, Dr. Orr, told me, ‘There is only one thing evil cannot stand, and that is forgiveness.
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Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others.
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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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Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.
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Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.
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