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.
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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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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All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me.
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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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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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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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Life is for service.
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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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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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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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Successful people just love what they’re doing, and they love it in front of others.
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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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Real strength has to do with helping others.
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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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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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