When I was a boy I used to think that STRONG meant having big muscles, great physical power; but the longer I… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
The very best reason parents are so special . . . is because we are the holders of a priceless gift, a… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
What really matters is not just our own winning but helping other people to win, too. — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
“There was a story going around about the Special Olympics. For the hundred-yard dash, there were nine contestants, all of them so-called… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win too. Even if it… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is,… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
Listening is a very active awareness of the coming together of at least two lives. Listening, as far as I'm concerned, is certainly a… — Fred Rogers Copy Share
Children who have learned to be comfortably dependent can become not only comfortably independent but also comfortable with having people depend on them. They… — Fred Rogers Copy Share
As different as we are from one another, as unique as each one of us is, we are much more the same than we… — Fred Rogers Copy Share
This evening is as brief as the twinkling of an eye yet such twinklings is what eternity is made of. — Fred Rogers Copy Share
The underlying message of the Neighborhood is that if somebody cares about you, it's possible that you'll care about others. 'You are special, and… — Fred Rogers Copy Share
The greatest gift that you can give another person is to gracefully receive whatever it is that they want to give us. — Fred Rogers Copy Share
The values we care about the deepest, and the movements within society that support those values, command our love. When those things that we… — Fred Rogers Copy Share
“Everyone longs to be loved. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of… — Fred Rogers Copy Share
Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to… — Fred Rogers Copy Share
If the grain of wheat could know fear, it would be paralyzed with anxiety at the thought of being dropped in the ground, covered… — Fred Rogers Copy Share
What's been important in my understanding of myself and others is the fact that each one of us is so much more than any… — Fred Rogers Copy Share
