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title: "2 Listen Ears Quotes By Fred Rogers"
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> [In times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers.](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/)

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> [We speak with more than our mouths. We listen with more than our ears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/we-speak-with-more-than-our-mouths-we-listen-with-more-than-our-ears/)

[Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/)

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## 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/)

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