It's a miracle when we finally discover whom we're best equipped to serve. Fred Rogers More Quotes by Fred Rogers More Quotes From Fred Rogers Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people. Fred Rogers knowingopportunitypeople I feel so strongly that deep and simple is far more essential than shallow and complex. Fred Rogers essentialssimpleinteresting Love begins with listening. Fred Rogers christian-inspirationalchristianlove-is Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me. Fred Rogers memorial-dayteacherchildren Sometimes people are good, and they do just what they should. But the very same people who are good sometimes are the very same people who are bad sometimes. It's funny but it's true. Its the same isn't it, for me and . . . Fred Rogers motivationalinspirationalpeople I believe that appreciation is a holy thing--that when we look for what's best in a person we happen to be with at the moment, we're doing what God does all the time. So in loving and appreciating our neighbor, we're participating in something sacred. Fred Rogers appreciateappreciationbelieve All of us have special ones who have loved us into being Fred Rogers special The best teacher in the world is someone who loves what he or she does, and just loves it in front of you. Fred Rogers doeteacherworld Try your best to make goodness attractive. That's one of the toughest assignments you'll ever be given. Fred Rogers attractivegoodnesstrying Confronting our feelings and giving them appropriate expression always takes strength, not weakness. It takes strength to acknowledge our anger, and sometimes more strength yet to curb the aggressive urges anger may bring and to channel them into nonviolent outlets. It takes strength to face our sadness and to grieve and to let our grief and our anger flow in tears when they need to. It takes strength to talk about our feelings and to reach out for help and comfort when we need it. Fred Rogers sadnessgriefgrieving It would have been sad for me to spend my life just trying to superimpose stuff on people rather than trying to encourage them to look within themselves for what's of value. Fred Rogers encouragementacceptancepeople When we choose to be parents, we accept another human being as part of ourselves, and a large part of our emotional selves will stay with that person as long as we live. From that time on, there will be another person on this earth whose orbit around us will affect us as surely as the moon affects the tides, and affect us in some ways more deeply than anyone else can. Our children are extensions of ourselves. Fred Rogers parentingmoonchildren We Don't always succeed in what we try, certainly not by the world's standards, but I think you'll find it's the willingness to keep trying that matters most. Fred Rogers tryingworldthinking Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying. Fred Rogers honestypainfultrying In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers. Fred Rogers stressheartinspirational Life is deep and simple, and what our society gives us is shallow and complicated. Fred Rogers our-societysimplegiving You know, you don't have to look like everybody else to be acceptable and to feel acceptable. Fred Rogers acceptablefeelslooks Real strength has to do with helping others. Fred Rogers realhelping-othershelping We speak with more than our mouths. We listen with more than our ears. Fred Rogers speakmouthsears Often, problems are knots with many strands, and looking at those strands can make a problem seem different. Fred Rogers knotsdifferentproblem
