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Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn’t have to be a lonely kind of thing.

Fred Rogers

The child is in me still and sometimes not so still.
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Children One Liner
When 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.
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Boy Courtesy Help People Scary
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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Capable Love People
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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Acceptance Active Love Noun Perfection Person She Strive Struggle
I 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.
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Appreciation Exact Love Thinking
A love of learning has a lot to do with learning that we are loved.
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Inspirational Learning Love
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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Help Proud Time Work Yourself
The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.
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Gift Honesty Positive
Life is for service.
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Life One Liner Service
Successful people just love what they’re doing, and they love it in front of others.
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Love Motivational People Success Work Hard
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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Exact Giving Growth Health Love Opportunity People Positive
Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, just one kind word to another person.
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Kind Neighbor Offer People Words
You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you.
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Be Yourself Positive Special
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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Freedom Growth Life Normal Pain Problem Wrestling
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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Ability Achievement Confidence Kindness Oneself Optimism Patience Relationship Requirement Tolerance
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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Dreams Important Live Meet People

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