Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying.
FRED ROGERSI 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.
More Fred Rogers Quotes
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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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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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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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The best teacher in the world is somebody who loves what he or he does & loves in front of you.
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The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.
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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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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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There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.
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All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me.
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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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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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Peace means far more than the opposite of war.
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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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Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.
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