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.
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.
More Fred Rogers Quotes
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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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The connections we make in the course of a life, maybe that’s what heaven is.
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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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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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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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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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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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Life is for service.
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Love begins with listening.
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Love is like infinity: You can’t have more or less infinity, and you can’t compare two things to see if they’re “equally infinite.” Infinity just is, and that’s the way I think love is, too.
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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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Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying.
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Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.
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Successful people just love what they’re doing, and they love it in front of others.
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