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.
FRED ROGERSLove 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.
More Fred Rogers Quotes
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The child is in me still and sometimes not so still.
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Real strength has to do with helping others.
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Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others.
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A love of learning has a lot to do with learning that we are loved.
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Love and trust, in the space between what’s said and what’s heard in our life, can make all the difference in the world.
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When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.
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Like all of life’s important coping skills, the ability to forgive and the capacity to let go of resentments most likely take root very early in our lives.
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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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The kingdom of God is for the broken hearted.
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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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Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.
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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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Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.
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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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