Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given.
FRED ROGERSWhatever we choose to imagine can be as private as we want it to be. Nobody knows what you’re thinking or feeling unless you share it.
More Fred Rogers Quotes
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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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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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Everyone longs to be loved. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving.
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Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others.
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Successful people just love what they’re doing, and they love it in front of others.
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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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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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All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me.
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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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Little 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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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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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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Life is for service.
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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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There is no normal life that is free of pain. It’s the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.
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Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.
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The only thing evil can’t stand is forgiveness.
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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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Whatever we choose to imagine can be as private as we want it to be. Nobody knows what you’re thinking or feeling unless you share it.
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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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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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The best teacher in the world is somebody who loves what he or he does & loves in front of you.
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When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.
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