--- title: "25 Important Quotes By Fred Rogers" description: "25 Important quotes by Fred Rogers. Plus more from Fred Rogers and more Important sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/625/fred-rogers-1272_importance_silence-is-so-powerful-so-important-ther_961220.png" --- > [Silence is so powerful, so important. There is so much to be learned from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/silence-is-so-powerful-so-important-there-is-so-much-to-be-learned/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/625/fred-rogers-1272_importance_silence-is-so-powerful-so-important-ther_961220.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) > [One of the most important gifts a parent can give a child is the gift of accepting that child's uniqueness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/one-of-the-most-important-gifts-a-parent-can-give-a-child-is-the-gift/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53c/fred-rogers-1272_child_one-of-the-most-important-gifts-a-parent_1430420.png) > [For children, play is exceedingly seriously & important](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/for-children-play-is-exceedingly-seriously-important/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e1/fred-rogers-1272_child_for-children-play-is-exceedingly-serious_1839124.png) > [One of the most important things a person can learn to do is to make something out of whatever he or she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/one-of-the-most-important-things-a-person-can-learn-to-do-is-to-make/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49b/fred-rogers-1272_happens_one-of-the-most-important-things-a-perso_493649.png) > [It's important to know when we need to stop, reflect, and receive. In our competitive world, that might be called a waste…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/it-s-important-to-know-when-we-need-to-stop-reflect-and-receive-in/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa8/fred-rogers-1272_football_it-s-important-to-know-when-we-need-to-s_2705014.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) > [In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/in-times-of-stress-the-best-thing-we-can-do-for-each-other-is-to/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04a/fred-rogers-1272_answers_in-times-of-stress-the-best-thing-we-can_271251.png) > [What interests me so much about the characters of the Bible is that they make mistakes but God uses them anyway, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/what-interests-me-so-much-about-the-characters-of-the-bible-is-that/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/fred-rogers-1272_bible_what-interests-me-so-much-about-the-char_2066173.png) > [I hope that you're learning how important you are, how important each person you see can be. Discovering each one's specialty is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/i-hope-that-you-re-learning-how-important-you-are-how-important-each/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a9/fred-rogers-1272_discovering_i-hope-that-you-re-learning-how-importan_3200361.jpg) > [When our children see us expressing our emotions, they can learn that their own feelings are natural and permissible, can be expressed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/when-our-children-see-us-expressing-our-emotions-they-can-learn-that/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f10/fred-rogers-1272_child_when-our-children-see-us-expressing-our_880531.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) > [I think it's very important - no matter what you may do professionally - to keep alive some of the healthy interests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/i-think-it-s-very-important-no-matter-what-you-may-do-professionally/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80e/fred-rogers-1272_alive_i-think-it-s-very-important-no-matter-wh_1268699.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) > [And those handmade presents that children often bring home from school: They have so much value! The value is that the child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/and-those-handmade-presents-that-children-often-bring-home-from/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86e/fred-rogers-1272_acceptable_and-those-handmade-presents-that-childre_1093436.jpg) > [One way to think about play, is as the process of finding new combinations for known things--combinations that may yield new formsof…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/one-way-to-think-about-play-is-as-the-process-of-finding-new/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd8/fred-rogers-1272_child_one-way-to-think-about-play-is-as-the-pr_2558411.png) > [The presence of a grandparent confirms that parents were, indeed, little once, too, and that people who are little can grow to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/the-presence-of-a-grandparent-confirms-that-parents-were-indeed/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bac/fred-rogers-1272_belonging_the-presence-of-a-grandparent-confirms-t_1625304.jpg) > [What do you think it is that drives people to want far more than they could ever use or need? I frankly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/what-do-you-think-it-is-that-drives-people-to-want-far-more-than-they/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3f/fred-rogers-1272_accepted_what-do-you-think-it-is-that-drives-peop_1323522.jpg) > [What's been important in my understanding of myself and others is the fact that each one of us is so much more…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e38/fred-rogers-1272_age_what-s-been-important-in-my-understandin_216951.jpg) > [If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/if-you-could-only-sense-how-important-you-are-to-the-lives-of-those/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b0/fred-rogers-1272_important_if-you-could-only-sense-how-important-yo_566760.png) > [Very frankly, I am opposed to people being programmed by others. My whole approach in broadcasting has always been 'You are an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/very-frankly-i-am-opposed-to-people-being-programmed-by-others-my/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fd/fred-rogers-1272_active_very-frankly-i-am-opposed-to-people-bein_1157833.png) > [Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/anything-that-s-human-is-mentionable-and-anything-that-is-mentionable/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb9/fred-rogers-1272_communication_anything-that-s-human-is-mentionable-and_349059.png) > [Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47e/fred-rogers-1272_ability_forgiveness-is-a-strange-thing-it-can-so_171403.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/) [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) > [I wonder what memories of yours will persist as you go on in life. My hunch is that the most important will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/i-wonder-what-memories-of-yours-will-persist-as-you-go-on-in-life-my/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db8/fred-rogers-1272_being-loved_i-wonder-what-memories-of-yours-will-per_2285692.jpg) ## Other authors on Important ## 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/important/fred-rogers/#itemlist", "name": "25 Important Quotes By Fred Rogers", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Silence is so powerful, so important. 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