Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.
FRED ROGERSKnowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.
FRED ROGERSI 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.
FRED ROGERSThe people we trust with important talk can help us know that we are not alone.
FRED ROGERSPeace means far more than the opposite of war.
FRED ROGERSThe older I get, the more convinced I am that the space between people who are trying their best to understand each other is hallowed ground.
FRED ROGERSAll I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me.
FRED ROGERSWhen 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.
FRED ROGERSThe world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile.
FRED ROGERSWhen we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.
FRED ROGERSImagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, just one kind word to another person.
FRED ROGERSYou make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you.
FRED ROGERSPeople 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.
FRED ROGERSReal strength has to do with helping others.
FRED ROGERSAnything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable.
FRED ROGERSIt’s a mistake to think that we have to be lovely to be loved by human beings or by God.
FRED ROGERSThe child is in me still and sometimes not so still.
FRED ROGERS