--- title: "22 Persons Quotes By Fred Rogers" description: "22 Persons quotes by Fred Rogers. Plus more from Fred Rogers and more Persons sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49b/fred-rogers-1272_happens_one-of-the-most-important-things-a-perso_493649.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) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/905/fred-rogers-1272_gift_the-greatest-gift-that-you-can-give-anot_133884.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) > [There's a world of difference between insisting on someone's doing something and establishing an atmosphere in which that person can grow into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/there-s-a-world-of-difference-between-insisting-on-someone-s-doing/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbe/fred-rogers-1272_atmosphere_there-s-a-world-of-difference-between-in_923154.png) > [There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/there-is-something-of-yourself-that-you-leave-at-every-meeting-with/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f36/fred-rogers-1272_esteem_there-is-something-of-yourself-that-you_998433.png) > [Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered . . . just one kind word to another person.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/imagine-what-our-real-neighborhoods-would-be-like-if-each-of-us/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/fred-rogers-1272_caring_imagine-what-our-real-neighborhoods-woul_410199.png) > [I believe that appreciation is a holy thing--that when we look for what's best in a person we happen to be with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/i-believe-that-appreciation-is-a-holy-thing-that-when-we-look-for/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62e/fred-rogers-1272_appreciate_i-believe-that-appreciation-is-a-holy-th_504000.jpg) > [Whether we're a preschooler or a young teen, a graduating college senior or a retired person, we human beings all want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/whether-we-re-a-preschooler-or-a-young-teen-a-graduating-college/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94a/fred-rogers-1272_alive_whether-we-re-a-preschooler-or-a-young-t_1427840.jpg) > [We're all on a journey - each one of us. And if we can be sensitive to the person who happens to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/we-re-all-on-a-journey-each-one-of-us-and-if-we-can-be-sensitive-to/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e60/fred-rogers-1272_challenges_we-re-all-on-a-journey-each-one-of-us-an_1237910.png) > [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) > [Perhaps we think that we won't find another human being inside that person. Perhaps we think that there are some people in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/perhaps-we-think-that-we-won-t-find-another-human-being-inside-that/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/452/fred-rogers-1272_communicate_perhaps-we-think-that-we-won-t-find-anot_559160.jpg) > [I recently learned that in an average lifetime a person walks about sixty-five thousand miles. That's two and a half times around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/i-recently-learned-that-in-an-average-lifetime-a-person-walks-about/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/fred-rogers-1272_age-life_i-recently-learned-that-in-an-average-li_1798313.jpg) > [Anyone who has ever been able to sustain good work has had at least one person--and often many--who have believed in him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/anyone-who-has-ever-been-able-to-sustain-good-work-has-had-at-least/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74b/fred-rogers-1272_able_anyone-who-has-ever-been-able-to-sustain_2717024.png) > [When we love a person, we accept him or her exactly as is: the lovely with the unlovely, the strong with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/when-we-love-a-person-we-accept-him-or-her-exactly-as-is-the-lovely/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/fred-rogers-1272_accepting_when-we-love-a-person-we-accept-him-or-h_229941.png) > [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) > [At the center of the Universe is a loving heart that continues to beat and that wants the best for every person.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/at-the-center-of-the-universe-is-a-loving-heart-that-continues-to/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a26/fred-rogers-1272_against-all-odds_at-the-center-of-the-universe-is-a-lovin_232737.png) > [When we choose to be parents, we accept another human being as part of ourselves, and a large part of our emotional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/when-we-choose-to-be-parents-we-accept-another-human-being-as-part-of/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f5/fred-rogers-1272_accepting_when-we-choose-to-be-parents-we-accept-a_1486413.png) > [The roots of a child's ability to cope and thrive, regardless of circumstance, lie in that child's having had at least a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/the-roots-of-a-child-s-ability-to-cope-and-thrive-regardless-of/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbc/fred-rogers-1272_ability_the-roots-of-a-child-s-ability-to-cope-a_1917972.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) > [I believe that at the center of the universe there dwells a loving spirit who longs for all that’s best in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/i-believe-that-at-the-center-of-the-universe-there-dwells-a-loving/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53b/fred-rogers-1272_believe_i-believe-that-at-the-center-of-the-univ_947202.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) > [This is what I give. I give an expression of care every day to each child, to help him realize that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/this-is-what-i-give-i-give-an-expression-of-care-every-day-to-each/) [Fred Rogers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-rogers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/fred-rogers-1272_care_this-is-what-i-give-i-give-an-expression_2709162.png) ## Other authors on Persons ## 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/persons/fred-rogers/#itemlist", "name": "22 Persons Quotes By Fred Rogers", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One of the most important things a person can learn to do is to make something out of whatever he or she happens to have at the moment.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fred Rogers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/one-of-the-most-important-things-a-person-can-learn-to-do-is-to-make/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49b/fred-rogers-1272_happens_one-of-the-most-important-things-a-perso_493649.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49b/fred-rogers-1272_happens_one-of-the-most-important-things-a-perso_493649.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49b/fred-rogers-1272_happens_one-of-the-most-important-things-a-perso_493649.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One of the most important things a person can learn to do is to make something out of whatever he or she…” — Fred Rogers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The greatest gift that you can give another person is to gracefully receive whatever it is that they want to give us.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fred Rogers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-rogers/the-greatest-gift-that-you-can-give-another-person-is-to-gracefully/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/905/fred-rogers-1272_gift_the-greatest-gift-that-you-can-give-anot_133884.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/905/fred-rogers-1272_gift_the-greatest-gift-that-you-can-give-anot_133884.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/905/fred-rogers-1272_gift_the-greatest-gift-that-you-can-give-anot_133884.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The greatest gift that you can give another person is to gracefully receive whatever it is that they want to…” — Fred Rogers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I hope that you're learning how important you are, how important each person you see can be. 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