Fred Rogers Quotes

13 quotes from 5 authors

Fred Rogers’ gentle voice still shapes today’s talks on kindness, childhood, and community. This set of 13 short lines, taken from his own words and a few close collaborators, offers the calm assurance that made his TV presence a lasting moral guide. You’ll get a clear sense of his compassionate philosophy.

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Once upon a time, a man named Fred Rogers decided that he wanted to live in heaven.

Tom Junod

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“life isn't about what you've done, but what you can do:-) --Fred Rogers to Tim”

Tim Madigan

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I met fred rogers in 1998, when 'Esquire' assigned me a story about him for a special issue on American heroes. I…

Tom Junod

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“I don't mean to sound boastful, but he was my icon before he was anyone else's. Being Mrs. Fred Rogers has been…

Joanne Rogers

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Fred Rogers was a children's-TV host, but he was not Captain Kangaroo or Officer Joe Bolton. He was an ordained Presbyterian minister…

Tom Junod

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“Most of us, I believe, admire strength. It’s something we tend to respect in others, desire for ourselves, and wish for our…

Demi Lovato

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“Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun, like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept…

Demi Lovato

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His name was Fred Rogers. He came home to Latrobe, Pennsylvania, once upon a time, and his parents, because they were wealthy,…

Tom Junod

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Once upon a time, a long time ago, a man took off his jacket and put on a sweater. Then he took…

Tom Junod

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“Fred Rogers richly deserves a place in the pantheon of pacifists who tried to shake the foundations of society and culture. To…

Michael G. Long

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“By placing Rogers in context, then, we can finally see that his compassion was not a vague feeling of warmth and fuzziness,…

Michael G. Long

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“Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun, like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept…

Demi Lovato

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“Fred Rogers was not just a compassionate human being; he was a practicing Christian who firmly believed that human compassion has its…

Michael G. Long

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