Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given.
FRED ROGERSThe only thing evil can’t stand is forgiveness.
More Fred Rogers Quotes
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Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.
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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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Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying.
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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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The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.
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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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Real strength has to do with helping others.
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The only thing evil can’t stand is forgiveness.
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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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Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.
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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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The child is in me still and sometimes not so still.
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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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When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.
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Love begins with listening.
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