There's always someone who is trying to help. Fred Rogers More Quotes by Fred Rogers More Quotes From Fred Rogers We need to help people to discover the true meaning of love. Love is generally confused with dependence. Those of us who have grown in true love know that we can love only in proportion to our capacity for independence. Fred Rogers confused love-is people 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. Like 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. Fred Rogers skills roots letting-go The real issue in life is not how many blessings we have, but what we do with our blessings. Some people have many blessings and hoard them. Some have few and give everything away. Fred Rogers issues real blessing We want to raise our children so that they can take a sense of pleasure in both their own heritage and the diversity of others. Fred Rogers diversity heritage children If it's mentionable, it's manageable. Fred Rogers conflict ifs healing When I was a boy I used to think that STRONG meant having big muscles, great physical power; but the longer I live, the more I realize that real strength has much more to do with what is NOT seen. Real strength has to do with helping others. Fred Rogers strong real helping-others It's the people we love the most who can make us feel the gladdest ... and the maddest! Love and anger are such a puzzle! Fred Rogers puzzles feels people Deep within us-no matter who we are-there lives a feeling of wanting to be lovable, of wanting to be the kind of person that others like to be with. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving. Fred Rogers who-we-are feelings people I'm fairly convinced that the Kingdom of God is for the broken-hearted. You write of 'powerlessness.' Join the club, we are not in control. God is. Fred Rogers clubs broken writing Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we are not perfect. Fred Rogers perfect littles giving My hunch is that if we allow ourselves to give who we really are to the children in our care, we will in some way inspire cartwheels in their hearts. Fred Rogers heart giving children Parents don't come full bloom at the birth of the first baby. In fact parenting is about growing. It's about our own growing as much as it is about our children's growing and that kind of growing happens little by little. Fred Rogers parent baby children It's really easy to fall into the trap of believing that what we do is more important than what we are. Of course, it's the opposite that's true: What we are ultimately determines what we do! Fred Rogers opposites believe fall It's very dramatic when two people come together to work something out. It's easy to take a gun and annihilate your opposition, but what is really exciting to me is to see people with differing views come together and finally respect each other. Fred Rogers respect gun views One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation. Fred Rogers welfare dignity generations When we treat children's play as seriously as it deserves, we are helping them feel the joy that's to be found in the creative spirit. We're helping ourselves stay in touch with that spirit, too. It's the things we play withand the people who help us play that make a great difference in our lives. Fred Rogers differences play children Our world hangs like a magnificent jewel in the vastness of space. Every one of us is a part of that jewel. A facet of that jewel. And in the perspective of infinity, our differences are infinitesimal. Fred Rogers our-world differences space I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers - so many caring people in this world. Fred Rogers scary-things caring people Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others. Fred Rogers essentials feel-good feelings It's our insides that make us who we are, that allow us to dream and wonder and feel for others. That's what's essential. That's what will always make the biggest difference in our world. Fred Rogers our-world differences dream
