--- title: "16 Needs Quotes By Fred Rogers" description: "16 Needs quotes by Fred Rogers. Plus more from Fred Rogers and more Needs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/fred-rogers-1272_constant_our-worlds-needs-more-time-to-wonder-and_1873976.png" --- > [Our worlds needs more time to wonder and reflect but there is too much fast paced constant distraction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/our-worlds-needs-more-time-to-wonder-and-reflect-but-there-is-too/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/fred-rogers-1272_constant_our-worlds-needs-more-time-to-wonder-and_1873976.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) > [The world is not always a kind place. That's something all children learn for themselves, whether we want them to or not,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/the-world-is-not-always-a-kind-place-that-s-something-all-children/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/fred-rogers-1272_child_the-world-is-not-always-a-kind-place-tha_2604323.png) > [The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/the-world-needs-a-sense-of-worth-and-it-will-achieve-it-only-by-its/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/fred-rogers-1272_achieve_the-world-needs-a-sense-of-worth-and-it_3063091.png) > [You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/you-rarely-have-time-for-everything-you-want-in-this-life-so-you-need/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0a/fred-rogers-1272_choice_you-rarely-have-time-for-everything-you_3147164.jpg) > [We need to help people to discover the true meaning of love. Love is generally confused with dependence. Those of us who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/we-need-to-help-people-to-discover-the-true-meaning-of-love-love-is/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/480/fred-rogers-1272_capacity_we-need-to-help-people-to-discover-the-t_2966415.png) > [ \[I\]f we can bring our children understanding, comfort, and hopefulness when they need this kind of support, then they are more likely… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/i-f-we-can-bring-our-children-understanding-comfort-and-hopefulness/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/495/fred-rogers-1272_adults_i-f-we-can-bring-our-children-understand_3184532.jpg) > [We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It's easy to say "It's not my child, not my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/we-live-in-a-world-in-which-we-need-to-share-responsibility-it-s-easy/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/fred-rogers-1272_children_we-live-in-a-world-in-which-we-need-to-s_2902483.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) > [There are many things children accept as "grown-up things" over when they have no control and for which they have no responsibility--for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/there-are-many-things-children-accept-as-grown-up-things-over-when/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/664/fred-rogers-1272_accepting_there-are-many-things-children-accept-as_1210443.jpg) > [The gifts we treasure most over the years are often small and simple. In easy times and tough times, what seems to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/the-gifts-we-treasure-most-over-the-years-are-often-small-and-simple/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4b/fred-rogers-1272_challenges_the-gifts-we-treasure-most-over-the-year_952911.jpg) > [Of course, I get angry. Of course, I get sad. I have a full range of emotions. I also have a whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/of-course-i-get-angry-of-course-i-get-sad-i-have-a-full-range-of/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46b/fred-rogers-1272_anger_of-course-i-get-angry-of-course-i-get-sa_2977841.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) > [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) > [Confronting our feelings and giving them appropriate expression always takes strength, not weakness. It takes strength to acknowledge our anger, and sometimes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/confronting-our-feelings-and-giving-them-appropriate-expression/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/414/fred-rogers-1272_acknowledge_confronting-our-feelings-and-giving-them_1242861.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 Needs ## 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/needs/fred-rogers/#itemlist", "name": "16 Needs Quotes By Fred Rogers", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our worlds needs more time to wonder and reflect but there is too much fast paced constant distraction.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fred Rogers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/our-worlds-needs-more-time-to-wonder-and-reflect-but-there-is-too/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/fred-rogers-1272_constant_our-worlds-needs-more-time-to-wonder-and_1873976.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/fred-rogers-1272_constant_our-worlds-needs-more-time-to-wonder-and_1873976.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23e/fred-rogers-1272_constant_our-worlds-needs-more-time-to-wonder-and_1873976.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our worlds needs more time to wonder and reflect but there is too much fast paced constant distraction.” — Fred Rogers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's important to know when we need to stop, reflect, and receive. 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