Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn’t have to be a lonely kind of thing.
FRED ROGERSLittle 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 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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Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others.
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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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Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.
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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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Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.
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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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Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.
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Peace means far more than the opposite of war.
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All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me.
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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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The people we trust with important talk can help us know that we are not alone.
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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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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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When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.
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