It’s a mistake to think that we have to be lovely to be loved by human beings or by God.
FRED ROGERSLike all of life’s important coping skills, the ability to forgive and the capacity to let go of resentments most likely take root very early in our lives.
More Fred Rogers Quotes
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Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable.
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The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile.
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Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given.
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When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.
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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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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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Life is for service.
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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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The only thing evil can’t stand is forgiveness.
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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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The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.
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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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Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.
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The 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.
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A love of learning has a lot to do with learning that we are loved.
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