Who you are inside is what helps you make and do everything in life. Fred Rogers More Quotes by Fred Rogers More Quotes From Fred Rogers It's not always easy for a father to understand the interests and ways of his son. It seems the songs of our children may be in keys we've never tried. The melody of each generation emerges from all that's gone before. Each one of us contributes in some unique way to the composition of life. Fred Rogers songfatherchildren Love isn't a perfect state of caring. Fred Rogers caringperfectlove-is It always helps to have people we love beside us when we have to do difficult things in life. Fred Rogers things-in-lifelove-ispeople Our children are extensions of ourselves in ways our parents are not, nor our brothers and sisters, nor our spouses. Fred Rogers familybrotherchildren For a couple with young children, divorce seldom comes as a "solution" to stress, only as a way to end one form of pain and accept another. Fred Rogers paincouplechildren Development comes from within. Nature does not hurry but advances slowly. Fred Rogers developmentdoe Vermont is a small state which makes an enormous difference. Fred Rogers vermontdifferencesstates Feelings about money -- saving and spending, holding back and letting go -- start very early in our lives. Stingy people have often been forced to give when they were very, very young, when they weren't ready. And generous people have often been really appreciated when they were very young. Fred Rogers moneyletting-gopeople When we're able to resign ourselves to the wishes that will never come true, there can be enormous energies available within us for whatever we CAN do. Fred Rogers ableenergywish I don't want to eat anything that has a mother Fred Rogers motherwant Propel, propel, propel your craft softly down liquid solution. Ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, ecstatically, Existence is simply illusion. Fred Rogers musichumorfunny Parenting forces us to get to know ourselves better than we ever might have imagined we could--and in many new ways. . . . We'll discover talents we never dreamed we had and fervently wish for others at moments we feel we desperately need them. As time goes on, we'll probably discover that we have more to give and can give more than we ever imagined. But we'll also find that there are limits to our giving, and that may be hard for us to accept. Fred Rogers wishgivingneeds I have really never considered myself a TV star. I always thought I was a neighbor who just came in for a visit. Fred Rogers neighbortvsstars One of the most important things a person can learn to do is to make something out of whatever he or she happens to have at the moment. Fred Rogers momentsimportantpersons I feel that the real drama of life is never center stage, it's always in the wings. It's never with the spotlight on, it's usually something that you don't expect at all. Fred Rogers realwingsdrama I believe it's a fact of life that what we have is less important than what we make out of what we have. The same holds true for families: It's not how many people there are in a family that counts, but rather the feelings among the people who are there. Fred Rogers feelingsbelievepeople Very early in our children's lives we will be forced to realize that the "perfect" untroubled life we'd like for them is just a fantasy. In daily living, tears and fights and doing things we don't want to do are all part of our human ways of developing into adults. Fred Rogers fightingperfectchildren Most of us, I believe, admire strength... Sometimes, though, I wonder if we confuse strength with other words like aggression or even violence. Fred Rogers violencesometimesbelieve It's the things we play with and the people who help us play that make a great difference in our lives. Fred Rogers differencesplaypeople I got into television because I hated it so. And I thought there's some way of using this fabulous instrument to nurture those who would watch and listen. Fred Rogers hatedtelevision
