Love begins with listening.
FRED ROGERSFeeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others.
More Fred Rogers Quotes
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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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Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, just one kind word to another person.
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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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Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable.
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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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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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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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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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The best teacher in the world is somebody who loves what he or he does & loves in front of you.
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Peace means far more than the opposite of war.
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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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I hope you’re proud of yourself for the times you’ve said “yes,” when all it meant was extra work for you and was seemingly helpful only to someone else.
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The child is in me still and sometimes not so still.
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The connections we make in the course of a life, maybe that’s what heaven is.
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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.
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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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If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of.
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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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All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me.
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Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.
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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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The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.
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People have said ‘don’t cry’ to other people for years and years, and all it has ever meant is ‘I’m too uncomfortable when you show feelings.
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Relationships are like dances in which people try to find whatever happens to be the mutual rhythm in their lives.
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Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying.
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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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