A love of learning has a lot to do with learning that we are loved.
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.
More Fred Rogers Quotes
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The only thing evil can’t stand is forgiveness.
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The connections we make in the course of a life, maybe that’s what heaven is.
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When 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.
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The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.
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Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.
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Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable.
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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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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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Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given.
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Like 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.
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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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The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile.
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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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Mutual 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.
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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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