The only thing evil can’t stand is forgiveness.
FRED ROGERSIf 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.
More Fred Rogers Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given.
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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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Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.
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Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.
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Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others.
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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 child is in me still and sometimes not so still.
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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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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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