Fred Rogers

Anything mentionable is manageable.

— Fred Rogers

Love isn't a perfect state of caring.

— Fred Rogers

I like you just the way you are.

— Fred Rogers

Love begins with listening.

— Fred Rogers

The child is in me still and sometimes not so still.

— Fred Rogers

Vermont is a small state which makes an enormous difference.

— Fred Rogers

Hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.

— Fred Rogers

“It's good to be curious about many things.”

— Fred Rogers

The real drama of life is never centerstage. It's always in the wings.

— Fred Rogers

All of us have special ones who have loved us into being

— Fred Rogers

All I know to do is to light the candle that has been given to me.

— Fred Rogers

Who you are inside is what helps you make and do everything in life.

— Fred Rogers

This evening is as brief as the twinkling of an eye yet such twinklings is what eternity is made of.

— Fred Rogers

How many times have you noticed that it's the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the…

— Fred Rogers

I don't think anyone can grow unless he's loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what…

— Fred Rogers

I believe it's a fact of life that what we have is less important than what we make out of what we…

— Fred Rogers

My hunch is that if we allow ourselves to give who we really are to the children in our care, we will…

— Fred Rogers

Love isnt a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun, like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept…

— Fred Rogers

“Everyone longs to be loved. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and…

— Fred Rogers

You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can…

— Fred Rogers

Deep within us-no matter who we are-there lives a feeling of wanting to be lovable, of wanting to be the kind of…

— Fred Rogers

Whether we're a preschooler or a young teen, a graduating college senior or a retired person, we human beings all want to…

— Fred Rogers

“The media shows the tiniest percentage of what people do. There are millions and millions of people doing wonderful things all over…

— Fred Rogers

Sometimes people are good, and they do just what they should. But the very same people who are good sometimes are the…

— Fred Rogers

When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for…

— Fred Rogers

I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story. The pleasure is in the…

— Fred Rogers

I recently learned that in an average lifetime a person walks about sixty-five thousand miles. That's two and a half times around…

— Fred Rogers

As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is,…

— Fred Rogers

“There was a story going around about the Special Olympics. For the hundred-yard dash, there were nine contestants, all of them so-called…

— Fred Rogers

Very frankly, I am opposed to people being programmed by others. My whole approach in broadcasting has always been 'You are an…

— Fred Rogers

“Mutually caring relationships require kindness and patience, tolerance, optimism, joy in the other's achievements, confidence in oneself, and the ability to give…

— Fred Rogers

I wonder what memories of yours will persist as you go on in life. My hunch is that the most important will…

— Fred Rogers

This is what I give. I give an expression of care every day to each child, to help him realize that he…

— Fred Rogers

It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood, A beautiful day for a neighbor. Would you be mine? Could you be mine?... It's…

— Fred Rogers

In the external scheme of things, shining moments are as brief as the twinkling of an eye, yet such twinklings are what…

— Fred Rogers

Part of the problem with the word 'disabilities' is that it immediately suggests an inability to see or hear or walk or…

— Fred Rogers

Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.

— Fred Rogers

Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.

— Fred Rogers

How sad it is that we give up on people who are just like us.

— Fred Rogers

“Sometimes you are in just the right place.”

— Fred Rogers