Mr. Rogers Quotes: 14 Times He Spread His Wisdom on Love, Kindness and Helping Others in Need
Fred Rogers was more than just a television host. The longtime frontman of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was a man who left the world a better place than when he came into it. The famous host, whose television show gave children the tools to process difficult emotions and topics that surrounded them, won three Emmy Awards, nominated a total of 55 times. Greeting viewers each episode with his signature cardigan (knitted by his mother!) and gentle demeanor, Mr. Rogers is a figure whose life we look back on fondly. From the decades of wisdom he gave us, take a look at some of our favorite Mr Rogers quotes from over the years.
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Mr Rogers quotes about being kind to yourself
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"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. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person."
“You are a very special person. There is only one like you in the whole world. There's never been anyone exactly like you before, and there will never be again. Only you. And people can like you exactly as you are.”
"The toughest thing is to love somebody who has done something mean to you. Especially when that somebody has been yourself."
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Mr Rogers quotes about helping others
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"All of us, at some time or other, need help. Whether we're giving or receiving help, each one of us has something valuable to bring to this world. That's one of the things that connects us as neighbors — in our own way, each one of us is a giver and a receiver."
“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.'”
“Real strength has to do with helping others.”
"There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind."
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Mr Rogers quotes about life
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"Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else."
“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.”
"Some days, doing 'the best we can' may still fall short of what we would like to be able to do, but life isn't perfect on any front — and doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else."
Mr Rogers quotes about love and friendship
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“The connections we make in the course of a life — maybe that's what heaven is.”
"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."
“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.”
“When we love a person, we accept him or her exactly as is: the lovely with the unlovely, the strong with the fearful, the true mixed in with the fa?ade, and of course, the only way we can do it is by accepting ourselves that way."
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