--- title: "15 Ifs Quotes By Fred Rogers" description: "15 Ifs quotes by Fred Rogers. Plus more from Fred Rogers and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/196/fred-rogers-1272_conflict_if-it-s-mentionable-it-s-manageable-2192_2192183.png" --- > [If it's mentionable, it's manageable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/if-it-s-mentionable-it-s-manageable/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/196/fred-rogers-1272_conflict_if-it-s-mentionable-it-s-manageable-2192_2192183.png) > [If your trusted and people will allow you to share their inner gardern...what better gift?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/if-your-trusted-and-people-will-allow-you-to-share-their-inner/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/fred-rogers-1272_cute-friendship_if-your-trusted-and-people-will-allow-yo_1636209.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) > [Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered . . . just one kind word to another person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/imagine-what-our-real-neighborhoods-would-be-like-if-each-of-us/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/fred-rogers-1272_caring_imagine-what-our-real-neighborhoods-woul_410199.png) > [I wonder if we might pledge ourselves to remember what life is really all about—not to be afraid that we're less flashy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/i-wonder-if-we-might-pledge-ourselves-to-remember-what-life-is-really/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/fred-rogers-1272_flashy_i-wonder-if-we-might-pledge-ourselves-to_342365.png) > [Human relationships are primary in all of living. When the gusty winds blow and shake our lives, if we know that people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/human-relationships-are-primary-in-all-of-living-when-the-gusty-winds/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f3/fred-rogers-1272_blow_human-relationships-are-primary-in-all-o_715837.png) > [We're all on a journey - each one of us. And if we can be sensitive to the person who happens to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/we-re-all-on-a-journey-each-one-of-us-and-if-we-can-be-sensitive-to/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e60/fred-rogers-1272_challenges_we-re-all-on-a-journey-each-one-of-us-an_1237910.png) > [My hunch is that if we allow ourselves to give who we really are to the children in our care, we will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/my-hunch-is-that-if-we-allow-ourselves-to-give-who-we-really-are-to/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/391/fred-rogers-1272_care_my-hunch-is-that-if-we-allow-ourselves-t_2782765.png) > [What matters in this life is more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win too. Even if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/what-matters-in-this-life-is-more-than-winning-for-ourselves-what/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9b/fred-rogers-1272_courses_what-matters-in-this-life-is-more-than-w_3153648.png) > [If the grain of wheat could know fear, it would be paralyzed with anxiety at the thought of being dropped in the…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/707/fred-rogers-1272_anxiety_if-the-grain-of-wheat-could-know-fear-it_174822.png) > [If you like to make things out of wood, or sew, or dance, or style people's hair, or dream up stories and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/if-you-like-to-make-things-out-of-wood-or-sew-or-dance-or-style/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/fred-rogers-1272_boxes_if-you-like-to-make-things-out-of-wood-o_2471124.jpg) > [More and more I've come to understand that listening is one of the most important things we can do for one another.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/more-and-more-i-ve-come-to-understand-that-listening-is-one-of-the/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee4/fred-rogers-1272_adults_more-and-more-i-ve-come-to-understand-th_432100.jpg) > [The roots of a child's ability to cope and thrive, regardless of circumstance, lie in that child's having had at least a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/the-roots-of-a-child-s-ability-to-cope-and-thrive-regardless-of/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbc/fred-rogers-1272_ability_the-roots-of-a-child-s-ability-to-cope-a_1917972.jpg) > [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) > [This is what I give. I give an expression of care every day to each child, to help him realize that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/this-is-what-i-give-i-give-an-expression-of-care-every-day-to-each/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/fred-rogers-1272_care_this-is-what-i-give-i-give-an-expression_2709162.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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/ifs/fred-rogers/#itemlist", "name": "15 Ifs Quotes By Fred Rogers", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If it's mentionable, it's manageable.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fred Rogers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/if-it-s-mentionable-it-s-manageable/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/196/fred-rogers-1272_conflict_if-it-s-mentionable-it-s-manageable-2192_2192183.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/196/fred-rogers-1272_conflict_if-it-s-mentionable-it-s-manageable-2192_2192183.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/196/fred-rogers-1272_conflict_if-it-s-mentionable-it-s-manageable-2192_2192183.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If it's mentionable, it's manageable.” — Fred Rogers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If your trusted and people will allow you to share their inner gardern...what better gift?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fred Rogers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/if-your-trusted-and-people-will-allow-you-to-share-their-inner/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/fred-rogers-1272_cute-friendship_if-your-trusted-and-people-will-allow-yo_1636209.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/fred-rogers-1272_cute-friendship_if-your-trusted-and-people-will-allow-yo_1636209.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/fred-rogers-1272_cute-friendship_if-your-trusted-and-people-will-allow-yo_1636209.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If your trusted and people will allow you to share their inner gardern...what better gift?” — Fred Rogers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Most of us, I believe, admire strength... 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