--- title: "16 Believe Quotes By Fred Rogers" description: "16 Believe quotes by Fred Rogers. Plus more from Fred Rogers and more Believe sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/fred-rogers-1272_believe_i-believe-that-those-of-us-who-are-the-p_1841036.png" --- > [I believe that those of us who are the producers and purveyors of television, I believe that we are the servants of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/i-believe-that-those-of-us-who-are-the-producers-and-purveyors-of/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/fred-rogers-1272_believe_i-believe-that-those-of-us-who-are-the-p_1841036.png) > [“You can think about things and make believe. All you have to do is think and they'll grow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/you-can-think-about-things-and-make-believe-all-you-have-to-do-is/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea4/fred-rogers-1272_believe_you-can-think-about-things-and-make-beli_268609.png) > [Most of us, I believe, admire strength... Sometimes, though, I wonder if we confuse strength with other words like aggression or even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/most-of-us-i-believe-admire-strength-sometimes-though-i-wonder-if-we/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/981/fred-rogers-1272_admire_most-of-us-i-believe-admire-strength-som_1806341.png) > [I believe it's a fact of life that what we have is less important than what we make out of what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/i-believe-it-s-a-fact-of-life-that-what-we-have-is-less-important-2/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a84/fred-rogers-1272_believe_i-believe-it-s-a-fact-of-life-that-what_989329.png) > [I believe that appreciation is a holy thing--that when we look for what's best in a person we happen to be with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/i-believe-that-appreciation-is-a-holy-thing-that-when-we-look-for/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62e/fred-rogers-1272_appreciate_i-believe-that-appreciation-is-a-holy-th_504000.jpg) > [There's no "should" or "should not" when it comes to having feelings. They're part of who we are and their origins are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/there-s-no-should-or-should-not-when-it-comes-to-having-feelings-they/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a4/fred-rogers-1272_believe_there-s-no-should-or-should-not-when-it_425537.png) > [The values we care about the deepest, and the movements within society that support those values, command our love. When those things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/the-values-we-care-about-the-deepest-and-the-movements-within-society/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4a/fred-rogers-1272_believe_the-values-we-care-about-the-deepest-and_138361.png) > [It's really easy to fall into the trap of believing that what we do is more important than what we are. Of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/it-s-really-easy-to-fall-into-the-trap-of-believing-that-what-we-do/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a3/fred-rogers-1272_believe_it-s-really-easy-to-fall-into-the-trap-o_3194681.png) > [Call them rules or call them limits, good ones, I believe, have this in common: they serve reasonable purposes; they are practical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/call-them-rules-or-call-them-limits-good-ones-i-believe-have-this-in/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d9/fred-rogers-1272_believe_call-them-rules-or-call-them-limits-good_773290.png) > [I believe that at the center of the universe there dwells a loving spirit who longs for all that’s best in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/i-believe-that-at-the-center-of-the-universe-there-dwells-a-loving/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53b/fred-rogers-1272_believe_i-believe-that-at-the-center-of-the-univ_947202.png) > [If the day ever came when we were able to accept ourselves and our children exactly as we and they are, then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/if-the-day-ever-came-when-we-were-able-to-accept-ourselves-and-our/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a6/fred-rogers-1272_believe_if-the-day-ever-came-when-we-were-able-t_1268373.png) > [I don't believe that children can develop in a healthy way unless they feel that they have value apart from anything they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/i-don-t-believe-that-children-can-develop-in-a-healthy-way-unless/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c18/fred-rogers-1272_believe_i-don-t-believe-that-children-can-develo_2345972.png) > [Most of us, I believe, admire strength. It's something we tend to respect in others, desire for ourselves, and wish for our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/most-of-us-i-believe-admire-strength-it-s-something-we-tend-to/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/fred-rogers-1272_admire_most-of-us-i-believe-admire-strength-it_1417101.png) > [It is one of the paradoxes of parenting, and often a painful paradox, that even as our children need us for love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/it-is-one-of-the-paradoxes-of-parenting-and-often-a-painful-paradox/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/092/fred-rogers-1272_adults_it-is-one-of-the-paradoxes-of-parenting_784051.png) > [I doubt that we can ever successfully impose values or attitudes or behaviors on our children certainly not by threat, guilt, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/i-doubt-that-we-can-ever-successfully-impose-values-or-attitudes-or/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/fred-rogers-1272_attitude_i-doubt-that-we-can-ever-successfully-im_2167962.jpg) > [I believe it's a fact of life that what we have is less important than what we make out of what we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/i-believe-it-s-a-fact-of-life-that-what-we-have-is-less-important/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/919/fred-rogers-1272_believe_i-believe-it-s-a-fact-of-life-that-what_604132.png) ## Other authors on Believe ## More by Fred Rogers > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/listening-is-a-very-active-awareness-of-the-coming-together-of-at/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [Children who have learned to be comfortably dependent can become not only comfortably independent but also comfortable with having people depend on them. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/children-who-have-learned-to-be-comfortably-dependent-can-become-not/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [As different as we are from one another, as unique as each one of us is, we are much more the same than we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/as-different-as-we-are-from-one-another-as-unique-as-each-one-of-us/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [This evening is as brief as the twinkling of an eye yet such twinklings is what eternity is made of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/this-evening-is-as-brief-as-the-twinkling-of-an-eye-yet-such/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/the-underlying-message-of-the-neighborhood-is-that-if-somebody-cares/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [Play is really the work of childhood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/play-is-really-the-work-of-childhood/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [Love isn't a perfect state of caring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/love-isn-t-a-perfect-state-of-caring/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [Real strength has to do with helping others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/real-strength-has-to-do-with-helping-others/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [The greatest gift that you can give another person is to gracefully receive whatever it is that they want to give us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/the-greatest-gift-that-you-can-give-another-person-is-to-gracefully/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [The values we care about the deepest, and the movements within society that support those values, command our love. When those things that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/the-values-we-care-about-the-deepest-and-the-movements-within-society/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [“Everyone longs to be loved. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/everyone-longs-to-be-loved-and-the-greatest-thing-we-can-do-is-to-let/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [Attitudes are caught, not taught.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/attitudes-are-caught-not-taught/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/forgiveness-is-a-strange-thing-it-can-sometimes-be-easier-to-forgive/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [If the grain of wheat could know fear, it would be paralyzed with anxiety at the thought of being dropped in the ground, covered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/if-the-grain-of-wheat-could-know-fear-it-would-be-paralyzed-with/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/what-s-been-important-in-my-understanding-of-myself-and-others-is-the/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/fred-rogers/#itemlist", "name": "16 Believe Quotes By Fred Rogers", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I believe that those of us who are the producers and purveyors of television, I believe that we are the servants of this nation.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fred Rogers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/i-believe-that-those-of-us-who-are-the-producers-and-purveyors-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/fred-rogers-1272_believe_i-believe-that-those-of-us-who-are-the-p_1841036.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/fred-rogers-1272_believe_i-believe-that-those-of-us-who-are-the-p_1841036.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/fred-rogers-1272_believe_i-believe-that-those-of-us-who-are-the-p_1841036.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I believe that those of us who are the producers and purveyors of television, I believe that we are the…” — Fred Rogers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You can think about things and make believe. 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