--- title: "14 Knows Quotes By Fred Rogers" description: "14 Knows quotes by Fred Rogers. Plus more from Fred Rogers and more Knows sayings from other authors." 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 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) > [You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/you-make-each-day-a-special-day-you-know-how-by-just-your-being-you/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/887/fred-rogers-1272_each-day_you-make-each-day-a-special-day-you-know_3182716.png) > [All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/all-i-know-to-do-is-to-light-the-candle-that-has-been-given-to-me/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/fred-rogers-1272_candle_all-i-know-to-do-is-to-light-the-candle_2531679.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) > [Children who have learned to be comfortably dependent can become not only comfortably independent but also comfortable with having people depend on…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d59/fred-rogers-1272_children_children-who-have-learned-to-be-comforta_29918.jpg) > [Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning...They have to play with what they know to be true in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/play-gives-children-a-chance-to-practice-what-they-are-learning-they/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/fred-rogers-1272_being-true_play-gives-children-a-chance-to-practice_745687.png) > [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) > [Deep within us-no matter who we are-there lives a feeling of wanting to be lovable, of wanting to be the kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/deep-within-us-no-matter-who-we-are-there-lives-a-feeling-of-wanting/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/fred-rogers-1272_can-do_deep-within-us-no-matter-who-we-are-ther_1531377.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) > [Parenting forces us to get to know ourselves better than we ever might have imagined we could--and in many new ways. .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/parenting-forces-us-to-get-to-know-ourselves-better-than-we-ever/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/fred-rogers-1272_accepting_parenting-forces-us-to-get-to-know-ourse_1468217.jpg) > [Children long to know that they are lovable. And there are ways that technology can help with that. But ultimately it's their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/children-long-to-know-that-they-are-lovable-and-there-are-ways-that/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f24/fred-rogers-1272_child_children-long-to-know-that-they-are-lova_3066055.png) > [I've often hesitated in beginning a project because I've thought, 'It'll never turn out to be even remotely like the good idea…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/i-ve-often-hesitated-in-beginning-a-project-because-i-ve-thought-it/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/fred-rogers-1272_accepting_i-ve-often-hesitated-in-beginning-a-proj_2109341.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) > [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) ## Other authors on Knows ## 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/knows/fred-rogers/#itemlist", "name": "14 Knows Quotes By Fred Rogers", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's important to know when we need to stop, reflect, and receive. 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And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fred Rogers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/deep-within-us-no-matter-who-we-are-there-lives-a-feeling-of-wanting/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/fred-rogers-1272_can-do_deep-within-us-no-matter-who-we-are-ther_1531377.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/fred-rogers-1272_can-do_deep-within-us-no-matter-who-we-are-ther_1531377.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/fred-rogers-1272_can-do_deep-within-us-no-matter-who-we-are-ther_1531377.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Deep within us-no matter who we are-there lives a feeling of wanting to be lovable, of wanting to be the…” — Fred Rogers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If the grain of wheat could know fear, it would be paralyzed with anxiety at the thought of being dropped in the ground, covered over, put out of sight, doomed to inactivity, yet what a glorious harvest awaits it!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fred Rogers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/if-the-grain-of-wheat-could-know-fear-it-would-be-paralyzed-with/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/707/fred-rogers-1272_anxiety_if-the-grain-of-wheat-could-know-fear-it_174822.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/707/fred-rogers-1272_anxiety_if-the-grain-of-wheat-could-know-fear-it_174822.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/707/fred-rogers-1272_anxiety_if-the-grain-of-wheat-could-know-fear-it_174822.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If the grain of wheat could know fear, it would be paralyzed with anxiety at the thought of being dropped in…” — Fred Rogers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Parenting forces us to get to know ourselves better than we ever might have imagined we could--and in many new ways. . . . We'll discover talents we never dreamed we had and fervently wish for others at moments we feel we desperately need them. As time goes on, we'll probably discover that we have more to give and can give more than we ever imagined. 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And there are ways that technology can help with that. But ultimately it's their relationships with their parents, their grandparents, their peers, and their teachers that help them to know that for sure. 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