One of the most important gifts a parent can give a child is the gift of accepting that child's uniqueness. — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
Silence is so powerful, so important. There is so much to be learned from it. — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
I believe it's a fact of life that what we have is less important than what we make out of what we… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
When our children see us expressing our emotions, they can learn that their own feelings are natural and permissible, can be expressed,… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
One of the most important things a person can learn to do is to make something out of whatever he or she… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
Very frankly, I am opposed to people being programmed by others. My whole approach in broadcasting has always been 'You are an… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
I believe it's a fact of life that what we have is less important than what we make out of what we… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
What do you think it is that drives people to want far more than they could ever use or need? I frankly… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
What's been important in my understanding of myself and others is the fact that each one of us is so much more… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
And those handmade presents that children often bring home from school: They have so much value! The value is that the child… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
The presence of a grandparent confirms that parents were, indeed, little once, too, and that people who are little can grow to… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
More and more I've come to understand that listening is one of the most important things we can do for one another.… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
I think it's very important - no matter what you may do professionally - to keep alive some of the healthy interests… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
It's important to know when we need to stop, reflect, and receive. In our competitive world, that might be called a waste… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
It's really easy to fall into the trap of believing that what we do is more important than what we are. Of… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
I hope that you're learning how important you are, how important each person you see can be. Discovering each one's specialty is… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
What interests me so much about the characters of the Bible is that they make mistakes but God uses them anyway, in… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
I wonder what memories of yours will persist as you go on in life. My hunch is that the most important will… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
One way to think about play, is as the process of finding new combinations for known things--combinations that may yield new formsof… — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
If you like to make things out of wood, or sew, or dance, or style people's hair, or dream up stories and… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
This evening is as brief as the twinkling of an eye yet such twinklings is what eternity is made of. — Fred Rogers Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
