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50 Of The Best Fred Rogers Quotes On Kindness, Love, and Play

Last Updated on March 2, 2024

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If you grew up around the 70s, then you probably have been part of the generation that loved Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood . The PBS show that ran for 30 years made a huge impact on children’s TV shows. But more importantly, it taught us the values of being ‘neighborly’.

Who Is Fred Rogers

Born as Fred McFeely Rogers on March 20, 1928 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Fred lived a somewhat lonely childhood. He was shy, introverted, and suffered from asthma. He also experienced bullying . Things started to be better when he attended Latrobe High School. Fred began making friends, and even joined a few extra-curricular activities.

Fred Rogers became a puppeteer and ordained minister. His involvement in television began in 1953, working as a program developer at WQED. His reasoning was that, he hated television, but thought it would be a great medium for teaching values. 10 years later, he would find himself working at CBC in Toronto for a 15-minute children’s show that aired from 1963 to 1967.

His iconic appearance on Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on PBS would begin in 1968. The show would be famous not only for its slow, quiet pace, but also for its imaginative elements, like the castle and trolley. It would be one of the longest-running programs on PBS, airing from 1968 to 2001.

Lessons from Mister Rogers

We can make a difference in our own small ways. Although Jim Crow laws have ended by this time, inequality and racism were still active. True to his gentle nature however, Fred did his own kind of rallying and picketing: by casting black actors. This shows that wherever we are, and whatever work we do, we can always find a way to help those who are oppressed or vulnerable.

People are more complex than we think. In an age when social media makes it easy for us to label even our loved ones and friends, Fred reminds us think about our actions. One of his favorite quotes reads: ‘L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux’, which translates to ‘What is essential is invisible to the eye.’ Before we judge others, may we remember that we too, have our own intricacies and problems that affect our behavior. But…

Our feelings and issues shouldn’t be an excuse for bad behavior. When Fred was called to testify before a Senate subcommittee in 1969, he simply sat calmly and explained his side. It’s easy to rant and shout and pound your fists. What’s not so easy is to take it all back.

Understanding your emotions and channelling it to something else that won’t hurt or harm others is something we could all benefit from.

The Fred Rogers Legacy

Fred Rogers had a way of talking to kids through the television screen that captured the hearts and minds of the show’s viewers. At its peak, with more than a million households tuned in, one can say that many of today’s parents were once educated by the gentle Mister Rogers.

The songs, lessons, and mild mannerisms are tender reminders for us to always be mindful of others. That we are all different; yet we all need the same things: love, understanding, and kindness . Being neighborly means helping those around you.

Being kind doesn’t need a lot of effort . Let these Fred Rogers quotes remind you to be a good neighbor today.

Fred Rogers Quotes

• “All of us, at some time or other, need help. Whether we’re giving or receiving help, each one of us has something valuable to bring to this world. That’s one of the things that connects us as neighbors – in our own way, each one of us is a giver and a receiver.” – Fred Rogers
• “Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero. “ – Fred Rogers
• “As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has – or ever will have – something inside that is unique to all time. It’s our job to encourage each other to discover that uniqueness and to provide ways of developing its expression.” – Fred Rogers
• “Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.” – Fred Rogers
• “Like all of life’s important coping skills, the ability to forgive and the capacity to let go of resentments most likely take root very early in our lives.” – 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 rest extra-special meaning?” – 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 he will be.” – Fred Rogers
• “I hope you’re proud of yourself for the times you’ve said “yes,” when all it meant was extra work for you and was seemingly helpful only to someone else.” – Fred Rogers
• “If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.” – Fred Rogers
• “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.” – Fred Rogers
• “It’s not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It’s the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our very being is good stuff.” – Fred Rogers
• “It’s really easy to fall into the trap of believing that what we do is more important than what we are. Of course, it’s the opposite that’s true: What we are ultimately determines what we do!” – Fred Rogers
• “Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.” – Fred Rogers
• “Listening is where love begins: listening to ourselves and then to our neighbors.” – Fred Rogers
• “Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we are not perfect.” – Fred Rogers
• “Love and success, always in that order. It’s that simple AND that difficult.” – Fred Rogers
• “Love is like infinity: You can’t have more or less infinity, and you can’t compare two things to see if they’re ‘equally infinite.’ Infinity just is, and that’s the way I think love is, too.” – Fred Rogers
• “Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.” – Fred Rogers
• “Peace means far more than the opposite of war. The next one is extra relevant today.” – Fred Rogers
• “Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like ‘struggle’. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.” – Fred Rogers
• “Mutual caring relationships require kindness and patience, tolerance, optimism, joy in the other’s achievements, confidence in oneself, and the ability to give without undue thought of gain.” – 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 forgive people we love.” – Fred Rogers
• “Often out of periods of losing come the greatest strivings toward a new winning streak.” – Fred Rogers
• “Nobody else can live the life you live. And even though no human being is perfect, we always have the chance to bring what’s unique about us to live in a redeeming way.” – Fred Rogers
• “Our society is much more interested in information than wonder, in noise rather than silence…And I feel that we need a lot more wonder and a lot more silence in our lives” – Fred Rogers
• “Real strength has to do with helping others.” – Fred Rogers
• “Some days, doing ‘the best we can’ may still fall short of what we would like to be able to do, but life isn’t perfect on any front – and doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else.” – Fred Rogers
• “There’s a world of difference between insisting on someone’s doing something and establishing an atmosphere in which that person can grow into wanting to do it.” – Fred Rogers
• “The connections we make in the course of a life – maybe that’s what heaven is.” – Fred Rogers
• “The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.” – Fred Rogers
• “The kingdom of God is for the broken hearted” – Fred Rogers
• “The media shows the tiniest percentage of what people do. There are millions and millions of people doing wonderful things all over the world, and they’re generally not the ones being touted in the news.” – Fred Rogers
• “The only thing evil can’t stand is forgiveness.” – Fred Rogers
• “It’s not so much what we have in this life that matters. It’s what we do with what we have. The next one made me tear up, not gonna lie.” – Fred Rogers
• “The thing I remember best about successful people I’ve met all through the years is their obvious delight in what they’re doing and it seems to have very little to do with worldly success. They just love what they’re doing, and they love it in front of others.” – Fred Rogers
• “The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile.” Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given.” – Fred Rogers
• “There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.” – Fred Rogers
• “We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.” – Fred Rogers
• “There are times when explanations, no matter how reasonable, just don’t seem to help.” – Fred Rogers
• “There is no normal life that is free of pain. It’s the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.” – Fred Rogers
• “There’s a part of all of us that longs to know that even what’s weakest about us is still redeemable and can ultimately count for something good.” – Fred Rogers
• “We all have different gifts, so we all have different ways of saying to the world who we are.” – Fred Rogers
• “We get so wrapped up in numbers in our society. The most important thing is that we are able to be one-to-one, you and I with each other at the moment. If we can be present to the moment with the person that we happen to be with, that’s what’s important.” – Fred Rogers
• “We speak with more than our mouths. We listen with more than our ears.” – Fred Rogers
• “Whatever we choose to imagine can be as private as we want it to be. Nobody knows what you’re thinking or feeling unless you share it.” – Fred Rogers
• “Who you are inside is what helps you make and do everything in life.” – Fred Rogers
• “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” – Fred Rogers
• “You can think about things and make believe. All you have to do is think and they’ll grow.” – Fred Rogers
• “You can’t really love someone else unless you really love yourself first.” – Fred Rogers
• “You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.” – Fred Rogers

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143 Most Inspiring Mister Rogers Quotes for Helpers

Fred Rogers was an American television personality, musician, puppeteer, writer, and producer. He was best known as the creator, composer, and star of the educational children’s television series Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, which ran from 1968 to 2001.

Rogers was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame, was nominated for an Academy Award for one of his songs, and received a Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award. He was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002 shortly before he died from cancer at the age of 74.

At Good Good Good, our work celebrating good news has been highly influenced by Fred Rogers’ passion for filling the world with more love, kindness , and care .

We partnered with Rick Lee James — the creator of @MisterRogersSay on Twitter — to compile this collection of Fred Rogers best quotes.

As an expert on the life and words of Fred Rogers, Rick shares Mr. Rogers quotes on his Twitter account daily, and hosts the podcast “Welcome To The Neighborhood (A Mister Rogers Tribute Podcast)” .

Together we compiled 143 Mister Rogers quotes — because of Fred Rogers love for the numbers 143 . 143 was Rogers’ code for “I love you” — a numerical shorthand derived from the number of characters in each word. “It takes one letter to say I and four letters to say love and three letters to say you. One hundred and forty-three,” he once said.

As we celebrate Fred Rogers’ birthday on March 20th , and 143 Day on May 23rd , our hope is that these love-filled quotes will leave you feeling encouraged, inspired, and ready to become a Helper.

Scroll through and enjoy the ultimate list of Fred Rogers’ best quotes —

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Famous Mister Rogers Quotes

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’” — Fred Rogers

“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say ‘It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.”

“Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given.”

“You know you can always help to make each day a special day by just your being yourself. You grow in your own way; everyone does. That’s one reason each one of us is different and special and people can like us exactly as we are.”

“Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone.”

“From the time you were very little, you’ve had people who have smiled you into smiling, people who have talked you into talking, sung you into singing, loved you into loving. Let’s take some time to think of those extra special people.”

“If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.”

“Love is at the root of everything. All learning. All parenting. All relationships. Love, or the lack of it.”

“When I say it’s you I like, I’m talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for those things without which humankind cannot survive. Love that conquers hate, peace that rises triumphant over war, and justice that proves more powerful than greed. ”

“To me, what makes someone successful is managing a healthy combination of wishing and doing. Wishing doesn’t make anything happen, but it certainly can be the start of some important happenings.”

“You make each day a special day. You know how, by just your being you. There’s only one person in this whole world like you. And people can like you exactly as you are.” — Fred Rogers, the words he used to close Mister Rogers Neighborhood each day.

About Kindness

“Being kind means responding to the needs of others — and people can be kind, no matter how old or young we are.”

“Caring comes from the Gothic word kara, which means ‘to lament.’ So caring is not what a powerful person gives to a weaker one. Caring is a matter of being there... lamenting right along with the one who laments. ”

“I hope you’re proud of yourself for the times you’ve said ‘yes,’ when all it meant was extra work for you and was seemingly helpful only to someone else.”

“People have said, ‘Don’t cry’ to other people for years and years, and all it has ever meant is ’I’m too uncomfortable when you show your feelings: Don’t cry.’ I’d rather have them say, ‘Go ahead and cry. I’m here to be with you.’”

“There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.”

“There’s a part of all of us that longs to know that even what’s weakest about us is still redeemable and can ultimately count for something good.”

Short Mr. Rogers Quotes

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

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

“Do you get enough quiet?”

“Hate is such a strong word to use so lightly.”

“I really think that everybody, every day, should be able to feel some success.”

“I think children and adults long to be in touch with what’s real. Don’t you?”

“The child is in me still and sometimes not so still.” — Fred Rogers, in an example of his sense of humor.

“How can we make goodness attractive? And how can we encourage quiet reflection rather than noise?” — Fred Rogers, in an interview on PBS

“I think those who try to make you feel less than you are — that’s the greatest evil.” — Fred Rogers, in an interview that appeared in Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

“The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.”

“Anger makes us feel so isolated.”

“Often out of periods of losing come the greatest strivings toward a new winning streak.”

“‪People wear all sorts of things, but the best part is the part that’s on the inside. That’s what’s really you — the person inside.”

“There is no person in this whole world who is a mistake, no matter how different that person may seem.”

“There is one thought that I feel can be helpful to grown-ups and children alike: Sadness isn’t forever. I’m not suggesting that we remind ourselves of this in order to lessen our grief. On the contrary. The knowledge that time does bring relief from sadness and that sooner or later there will be days when we are happy again may allow us to grieve more fully and deeply when we need to.”

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

“You can think about things and make believe. All you have to do is think and they’ll grow.”

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“Play is the work of childhood.”

“‪I loved children, I loved drama I loved music, I loved whimsy, I loved puppetry.” — Fred Rogers, reflecting on his early days in broadcasting

“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning.”

“Playing about war is very different from having a real war. Play is one of the important ways children can work through their concerns. Of course, war play can become scary or unsafe. At times like that, children need to know adults are nearby to help reassure them, to stop the play when it becomes too scary, and to redirect the play into caring and nurturing themes, perhaps by suggesting they build a hospital for people who are hurt or tents and homes where others could go to eat and sleep.”

About Silence

“Our society is much more interested in information than wonder, in noise rather than silence... And I feel that we need a lot more wonder and a lot more silence in our lives”

“Sometime in your day today, try to turn off all the noises you can around you, and give yourself some ‘quiet time.’ In the silence, let yourself think about something... or if possible, think about nothing.”

“How many times have you noticed that it’s the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning?”

About Education — Quotes For Parents and Teachers

“We speak with more than our mouths. We listen with more than our ears.”

“Do you remember your favorite teachers? They were probably the ones who wanted to learn your name; who had a warm smile; who made you feel that they were glad to be there to help you learn. No matter how old or young we are, we learn best from people who care about us. That relationship grows when teachers are friendly, respectful, and interested in us as unique human beings.” — Fred Rogers, in an interview with Education World

“ My mother would try to find out who was helping the person who got hurt. ‘Always look for the people who are helping,’ she’d tell us. ‘You’ll always find somebody who’s trying to help.’ So even today when I read the newspaper and see the news on television I look for the people who were trying to help... One of the most important parts of growing up is learning to talk and play about our feelings. Some people wonder if Mister Rogers ever gets angry. Of course I do, especially when I hear about people hurting other people or when somebody hurts me.” — Fred Rogers, in another version of his famous quote

“You learn something old everyday.” — Fred Rogers, said by X the Owl in Make-Believe

“A high school student wrote to ask, ‘What was the greatest event in American history?’ I can’t say. However, I suspect that likes so many ‘great’ events, it was something very simple and very quiet little or no fanfare (such as someone forgiving someone else for a deep hurt that eventually change the course of history). The really important ‘great’ things are never center stage of life’s dramas; they’re always ‘in the wings.’ That’s why it’s so essential for us to be mindful of the humble and the deep rather than the flashy and the superficial.”

“Children are not merely vessels into which facts are poured one week and then when it comes time for exams they turn themselves upside down and let the facts run out. Children bring all of themselves, their feelings, and their experiences to the learning.”

“Children need lots of free, quiet time to get used to all that’s developing within them. Have you noticed that unhurried time by yourself or with someone you really trust can be the best setting for personal growth? It’s no different for children.”

“How our words are understood doesn’t depend just on how we express our ideas. It also depends on how someone receives what we’re saying. I think the most important part about communicating is the listening we do beforehand. When we can truly respect what someone brings to what we’re offering, it makes the communication all the more meaningful.”

“I think that a fear of the world has a lot to do with some children’s difficulty in looking carefully and listening carefully. I’m thinking of those children who grow up amidst deprivation and in surroundings where so much of what there is to look at and listen to is painful and scary. A human being can take only so much frightening stimulation, and then he or she is likely to shut off the desire to look at or listen to anything carefully. If a child is confronted with murder, rape, domestic violence, and other kinds of destructive aggression in daily life, it doesn’t surprise me if that child ‘turns off’ careful looking and listening. I even feel that this may be one of the most frequent causes of trouble for children who can’t learn to read.”

“‪I think the most important part about communicating is the listening we do beforehand. When we can truly respect what someone brings to what we’re offering, it makes the communication all the more meaningful.”

“Our children will learn a lot about expressing their feelings by watching how we express ours. And we need to let them know that the violent expressions of anger that they see around them are not the way it has to be. Above all, we need to try to show our children that we love and value them. By doing so, we can help them learn that there is much in the world to love and value as well... and that goes for the people in it, too.”

“Please think of the children first. If you ever have anything to do with their entertainment, their food, their toys, their custody, their child care, their health care, their education — listen to the children, learn about them, learn from them. Think of the children first.”

“The best way to learn something well is to ask somebody to help you with it. But it takes hours and hours of practice to be really good at it. In fact, it takes a lot of practice to be good at almost everything. But it’s worth it.”

“The most important learning is the ability to accept and expect mistakes, and deal with the disappointments that they bring.”

“The thing I remember best about successful people I’ve met all through the years is their obvious delight in what they’re doing and it seems to have very little to do with worldly success. They just love what they’re doing, and they love it in front of others.”

“There’s a world of difference between insisting on someone’s doing something and establishing an atmosphere in which that person can grow into wanting to do it.”

“There are all kinds of artists in the world. If people can combine the talent that they have inside of them with the hard work that it takes to develop it, they can become a true artist of some kind.”

“When children bring up something frightening, it’s helpful right away to ask them what they know about it. We often find that their fantasies are very different from the actual truth. What children probably need to hear most from us adults is that they can talk with us about anything and that we will do all we can to keep them safe in any scary time.”

“When fears are present, many parents try to be reassuring, telling their children not to be afraid. But for inexplicable reasons, a child may actually need to be afraid. It may be more helpful to say, ‘There aren’t any real tigers out there, but I understand you’re scared, and I’ll be here to keep you safe.’ With reassurance like that, a child may feel strong enough to think about the ‘tiger’ and eventually tame it.”

“Where there is pain or sorrow in our children’s lives, as there is bound to be, there is often no way we can make it go away. Often our quiet availability is just what children need, far more than they need coaxes or cajoling or threats or punishments. Our reassuring presence may be enough to help them find inner resources of their own.”

“No matter how helpful computers are as tools (and of course they can be very helpful tools), they don’t begin to compare in significance to the teacher-child relationship, which is human and mutual. A computer can help you learn to spell ‘HUG,’ but it can never know the risk or the joy of actually giving or receiving one.”

“I usually say at the end of each Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood program, ‘You’ve made this day a special day by just your being you. There’s only one person in the whole world like you and people can like you just because you’re you.’ That’s meant for children to hear, but it’s meant for parents, too.”

About Feelings

“I used to cry to myself when I was alone. And I would cry through my fingers and make up songs on the piano.” — Fred Rogers, on being bullied as a child when he was overweight

“It can be fun to be scared, as many of us will recall from Halloweens past. But if we think back, we’ll probably agree that there were two things that made it possible for that scariness to be fun. First, that we knew we were safe because someone we loved was nearby. Second, we knew that whatever was scaring us was only pretend.”

“It takes strength to face our sadness and to grieve and to let our grief and anger flow in tears when they need to. It takes strength to talk about our feelings and to reach out for help and comfort when we need it.”

“Children have very strong feelings. Children love intensely, and they get angry just as intensely. They can be so happy that they laugh out loud, and they can be so sad that they feel their hearts are breaking. And often the way children look at others depends a lot on how they feel within themselves.”

“I’m wary of people who insist on trying to make other people feel bad about themselves. The more I look around me and within me the more I notice that those who feel best about themselves have the greatest capacity to feel good about others.”

“The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile.”

“There is no normal life that is free of pain. It’s the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.”

“There’s no ‘should’ or ‘should not’ when it comes to having feelings. They’re part of who we are, and their origins are beyond our control. When we can believe that, we may find it easier to make constructive choices about what to do with those feelings.”

About Forgiveness

“Forgiveness is a strange thing. It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends. It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love. Like all of life’s important coping skills, the ability to forgive and the capacity to let go of resentments most likely take root very early in our lives.”

“There is no chance of redemption if the goal is annihilation.”

“The only thing evil can’t stand is forgiveness.”

About Friendship

“When the gusty winds blow and shake our lives, if we know that people care about us, we may bend with the wind... but we won’t break.”

“Mutual caring relationships require kindness and patience, tolerance, optimism, joy in the other’s achievements, confidence in oneself, and the ability to give without undue thought of gain.”

“Neighbors are people who are close to us and friends are people who are close to our hearts. I like to think of you as my neighbor and my friend.”

“The connections we make in the course of a life — maybe that’s what heaven is.”

“Your real friends are the people who like you for who you are, not what you have.”

“You know how when you find somebody who you know is in touch with the truth, how you want to be in the presence of that person?”

About Anger

“Finding constructive ways to express our anger, whether we’re parents or children, is one of life’s important jobs.”

“Confronting our feelings and giving them appropriate expression always takes strength, not weakness. It takes strength to acknowledge our anger, and sometimes ‘more’ strength yet to curb the aggressive urges anger may bring and to channel them into nonviolent outlets.”

“If I’m angry with someone, and I say, ‘Oh, it doesn’t matter, I don’t care,’ then I probably don’t know what I’m feeling. On the other hand, if we can allow ourselves to be gentle with ourselves no matter what our feelings may be, we have the chance of discovering the very deep roots of who we are.”

“We all have negative urges, but we don’t have to act out those urges.”

About Diversity

“We want to raise our children so that they can take a sense of pleasure in both their own heritage and the diversity of others.”

“They didn’t want Black people to come and swim in their swimming pools. That is absolutely ridiculous.” — Fred Rogers, actor François Clemmons recalled , about the iconic Officer Clemmons wading pool scene in Mister Rogers Neighborhood, in the film Won’t You Be My Neighbor

“It’s you I like — Every part of you, Your skin, your eyes, your feelings...” — Fred Rogers, in a song

"As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has — or ever will have — something inside that is unique to all time. It's our job to encourage each other to discover that uniqueness and to provide ways of developing its expression."

“As human beings, our job in life is to help people realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is, that each of us has something that no one else has — or ever will have — something inside that is unique to all time. It’s our job to encourage each other to discover that uniqueness and to provide ways of developing its expression.”

“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 one thing. A sick child is much more than his or her sickness.

A person with a disability is much, much more than a handicap. A pediatrician is more than a medical doctor. You’re much more than your job description or your age or your income or your output.”

About Faith

“You know, when I decided to look for work in television, I couldn’t possibly have known how I would be used... I’ve simply tried to be open to the possibilities God has made available to me.”

“When I think about heaven, it is a state in which we are so greatly loved that there is no fear and doubt and disillusionment and anxiety. It is where people do look at you with those eyes of Jesus.”

“You see, I believe that Jesus gave us an eternal truth about the universality of feelings. Jesus was truthful about his feelings: Jesus wept; he got sad; Jesus got discouraged; he got scared; and he reveled in the things that pleased him. For Jesus, the greatest sin was hypocrisy. He always seemed to hold out much greater hope for a person who really knew the truth about himself or herself even though that person was a prostitute or a crooked tax collector. Jesus had much greater hope for someone like that than for someone who always pretended to be something he wasn’t.”

“The kingdom of God is for the broken hearted” — Fred Rogers, to his hurting friend, author Tim Madigan

“I realize that it isn’t very fashionable to talk about some things as being holy; nevertheless, if we ever want to rid ourselves of personal and corporate emptiness, brokenness, loneliness, and fear we will have to allow ourselves room for that which we cannot see, hear, touch, or control. ”

“When I was ordained, it was for a special ministry, that of serving children and families through television. I consider that what I do through ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ is my ministry. A ministry doesn’t have to be only through a church, or even through an ordination. And I think we all can minister to others in this world by being compassionate and caring. I hope you will feel good enough about yourselves that you will want to minister to others, and that you will find your own unique ways to do that.”

“It’s a wonderful feeling when you know that people love you.”

“You can’t really love someone else unless you really love yourself first.”

“When your heart can cry another’s sadness, Then your heart is full of love” — Fred Rogers, from the song, “The Your Heart Is Full of Love”

“Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.” — Fred Rogers, The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember

“As you grow, I trust that you are finding many more ways to show and tell people that you love them. Those are the most important things that you’ll ever learn to do.”

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

“I don’t think anyone can grow unless he’s loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be.”

“In the disappointment of a defeat, a child may seem to find little comfort in our saying, ‘But you really tried hard, and I’m proud of you.’ It takes time to get over a disappointment. For those children who have learned to feel valued and loved by the people they love, these disappointments do pass. It’s the children who are less fortunate, those who feel they have to bank everything on their performance, who come to believe that losing in a competition means being one of life’s unloved ‘losers.’”

“It seems to me that the most essential element in the development of any creation must be love — a love the begins in the simple expressions of care for a little child and, once received, goes on to mature into responsible feelings about ourselves and others.”

“Listening is where love begins: listening to ourselves and then to our neighbors.”

“Love and success, always in that order. It’s that simple and that difficult.”

“Love and trust, in the space between what’s said and what’s heard in our life, can make all the difference in the world.”

"Love is like infinity: You can't have more or less infinity, and you can't compare two things to see if they're 'equally infinite.' Infinity just is, and that's the way I think love is, too."

“Love is like infinity: You can’t have more or less infinity, and you can’t compare two things to see if they’re ‘equally infinite.’ Infinity just is, and that’s the way I think love is, too.”

“May you seek out your own continuing life education and, over time, over your whole lifetime, may you grow in faith and reverence, uprightness in morals, knowledge of language and arts, forgiveness, honesty, commitment, maturity, and your capacity to love.”

“There isn’t anyone you couldn’t learn to love once you’ve heard their story.”

“What changes the world? The only thing that ever really changes the world is when somebody gets the idea that love can abound and be shared.”

“When we hear the word that we are not lovable, we are not hearing the Word of God. No matter how unlovely, how impure or weak or false we may feel ourselves to be, all through the ages God has still called us lovable.”

“Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others.”

“You’re certainly somebody that people can love”

About the Media

“The media shows the tiniest percentage of what people do. There are millions and millions of people doing wonderful things all over the world, and they’re generally not the ones being touted in the news.”

“I got into television because I saw people throwing pies at each other’s faces, and that to me was such demeaning behavior. And if there’s anything that bothers me, it’s one person demeaning another. That really makes me mad!” — Fred Rogers, talking about why he got into television. He hated television and wanted to do all he could to elevate its content, especially for children who may be influenced by it.

“I’m so convinced that the space between the television set and the viewer is holy ground. And what we put on the television can, by the Holy Spirit, be translated into what this person needs to hear and see, and without that translation it’s all dross as far as I’m concerned.”

“What we see and hear on the screen is part of who we become.”

About Being a Good Neighbor & Helper

“I’m one of the adults in your life who cares about what you’re doing.” — Fred Rogers, in an episode of Mister Rogers Neighborhood

“The purpose of life is to listen — to yourself, to your neighbor, to your world and to God and, when the time comes, to respond in as helpful a way as you can find... from within and without.”

“Real strength has to do with helping others.”

“All of us, at some time or other, need help. Whether we’re giving or receiving help, each one of us has something valuable to bring to this world. That’s one of the things that connects us as neighbors — in our own way, each one of us is a giver and a receiver.”

“All we’re ever asked to do in this life is to treat our neighbor — especially our neighbor who is in need — exactly as we would hope to be treated ourselves. That’s our ultimate responsibility.”

“Because deep down we know that what matters in this life is much more than winning for ourselves. What really matters is helping others win, too, even if it means slowing down and changing our course now and then.”

“I have tried to encourage children to love and care for themselves and to love the parents who care for them. That’s the way true neighborliness grows — loving others as we first loved ourselves.”

“Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person.”

"It's the people who feel strong and good about themselves who are best able to accept outside difference — their own and others!"

“It’s the people who feel strong and good about themselves who are best able to accept outside difference — their own and others!”

“The more I think about it, the more I wonder if God and neighbor are somehow One. ‘Loving God, Loving neighbor’ — the same thing? For me, coming to recognize that God loves every neighbor is the ultimate appreciation.”

“When I was very young, most of my childhood heroes wore capes, flew through the air, or picked up buildings with one arm. They were spectacular and got a lot of attention. But as I grew, my heroes changed, so that now I can honestly say that anyone who does anything to help a child is a hero to me.”

More Deep and Simple Mister Rogers Quotes

“This program is not for young children to watch alone. When children see and hear about frightening things it’s best for them to have an adult close by, somebody who loves them and can put their arm around them. So please get a grown-up that you love to watch this program with you because we’re going to talk about some sad and scary things. … Well, the people who are doing these terrible things are making a lot of other people sad and angry but when we get sad and angry, you and I, we know what to do with our feelings so we don’t have to hurt other people. When I was a boy and I would hear about something scary somebody getting badly hurt or something like that I’d ask my parents or my grandparents about it and they would usually tell me how they felt about it.” — Fred Rogers, following the assassination of John Lennon, a series of murders in Atlanta, and the attempted assassination of President Reagan

“Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.”

“After you’ve heard someone play beautiful music, sometimes you just like to have a quiet time to remember it. Let’s just sit and think about what we’ve heard.”

“All I can do is be myself. I’ve had the grace to be able to do that. I walk into the studio and I think, ‘Let some word that is heard be Thine.’ Whatever doesn’t come from the eternal is just dross anyway. So I just pass on what’s been given to me.”

“It’s really easy to fall into the trap of believing that what we do is more important than what we are. Of course, it’s the opposite that's true: What we are ultimately determines what we do!”

“It’s very dramatic when two people come together to work something out. It’s easy to take a gun and annihilate your opposition, but what is really exciting to me is to see people with differing views come together and finally respect each other.”

“It’s tempting to think ‘a little’ isn’t significant and that only ‘a lot’ matters. But most things that are important in life start very small and change very slowly, and they don’t come with fanfare and bright lights.”

“Frankly, I think that after we die, we have this wide understanding of what’s real. And we’ll probably say, ‘Ah, so that’s what it was all about.’”

“In the external scheme of things, shining moments are as brief as the twinkling of an eye, yet such twinklings are what eternity is made of — moments when we human beings can say ‘I love you,’ ‘I’m proud of you,’ ‘I forgive you,’ ‘I’m grateful for you.’ That’s what eternity is made of: invisible imperishable good stuff.”

“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.”

“Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we are not perfect.”

“Are you able to believe in a loving presence who desires the best for you and the whole universe? With all the sadness and destruction, negativity and rage expressed throughout the world, it’s tough not to wonder where the loving presence is. Well, we don’t have to look very far. Deep within each of us is a spark of the divine just waiting to be used to light up a dark place. The only thing is — we have the free choice of using it or not. That’s part of the mysterious truth of who we human beings are” — Fred Rogers (Fred would often talk about the divine spark that exists in every human being.)

“It’s not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It’s the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our very being is good stuff.” — Fred Rogers, an often used quote from Fred while speaking at graduation ceremonies

“The big thing about God is God’s faithfulness: not giving up on those with whom God has made covenant... not even giving up on them as they torture and kill each other.” — Fred Rogers, reflecting on the Holocaust, in an email to writer Tom Junod

“Music is the one art we all have inside. We may not be able to play an instrument, but we can sing along or clap or tap our feet. Have you ever seen a baby bouncing up and down in the crib in time to some music? When you think of it, some of that baby’s first messages from his or her parents may have been lullabies, or at least the music of their speaking voices. All of us have had the experience of hearing a tune from childhood and having that melody evoke a memory or a feeling. The music we hear early on tends to stay with us all our lives.” — Fred Rogers, The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember

“By listening, you minister to me.” — Fred Rogers, to writer Tim Madigan when he was interviewing Fred Rogers

“Many children have imaginary friends. I think that’s because when a young child wishes for something that he or she doesn’t have, that child will often create it by imagining it. That’s a normal part of childhood.”

“Some days, doing ‘the best we can’ may still fall short of what we would like to be able to do, but life isn’t perfect on any front-and doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else.”

“Whatever we choose to imagine can be as private as we want it to be. Nobody knows what you’re thinking or feeling unless you share it.”

“‘Sometimes People Are Good’ and ‘ Good People Sometimes Do Bad Things’ are songs I sing to let children know that everyone does things that are naughty once in a while but that doing something bad doesn’t make you a bad person.”

“We all have different gifts, so we all have different ways of saying to the world who we are.”

“We get so wrapped up in numbers in our society. The most important thing is that we are able to be one-to-one, you and I with each other at the moment. If we can be present to the moment with the person that we happen to be with, that’s what’s important.”

“You rarely have time for everything you want in this life, so you need to make choices. And hopefully your choices can come from a deep sense of who you are.”

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I wonder what memories of yours will persist as you go on in life. My hunch is that the most important will have to do with feelings of loving and being loved - friends, family, teachers, shopkeepers - whoever's been close to you. As you continue to grow, you'll find many ways of expressing your love and you'll discover more and more ways in which others express their love for you.

Children long to know that they are lovable. 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. A child can learn the word "hug" and the letters h-u-g through a computer, but a computer can never give the child a hug.

The best teacher in the world is someone who loves what he or she does, and just loves it in front of you.

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20 Mr. Rogers Quotes to Make It a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Would you be mine? Could you be mine? These Fred Rogers quotes will make everyone feel more neighborly.

Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood first made its way to television sets on February 19, 1968. And ever since then, host and namesake Fred Rogers charmed millions of kids (and parents too!) with his songs, puppets, factory tours, fish tank, and that very specific sweater- and shoe-changing ritual. Mr. Rogers filmed 31 seasons—that's 895 episodes!—and in his spare time, he was a major advocate for children and education. His compassion and empathy taught many of us that we are special and meaningful just for being ourselves. And his sense of curiosity and play inspired many of us to see the world not as a scary place, but as a place that held an enormous amount of potential to invent, experience, and love.

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"Nobody else can live the life you live."

"It’s not so much what we have in this life that matters. It’s what we do with what we have."

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”

"Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else."

“The connections we make in the course of a life—maybe that's what heaven is.”

"If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of."

"Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like 'struggle.' To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now."

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

"There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind."

"There is no normal life that is free of pain. It’s the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth."

"Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person."

“We all have different gifts, so we all have different ways of saying to the world who we are."

“Love and trust, in the space between what’s said and what’s heard in our life, can make all the difference in this world."

“The thing I remember best about successful people I've met all through the years is their obvious delight in what they're doing and it seems to have very little to do with worldly success. They just love what they're doing, and they love it in front of others.”

"I don’t think anyone can grow unless he’s loved exactly as he is now, appreciated for what he is rather than what he will be. "

“Try your best to make goodness attractive. That’s one of the toughest assignments you’ll ever be given.”

“It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our very being is good stuff.”

“Imagining something may be the first step in making it happen, but it takes the real time and real efforts of real people to learn things, make things, turn thoughts into deeds or visions into inventions."

“When we love a person, we accept him or her exactly as is: the lovely with the unlovely, the strong with the fearful, the true mixed in with the façade, and of course, the only way we can do it is by accepting ourselves that way."

“All of us, at some time or other, need help. Whether we’re giving or receiving help, each one of us has something valuable to bring to this world. That’s one of the things that connects us as neighbors—in our own way, each one of us is a giver and a receiver.”

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For 33 years, children watched in awe as a man in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania taught them how to love themselves, and others. Fred Rogers was a national treasure for what he did for children's education, while at the same time teaching many adults how to live a rich, fulfilling life. Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was a staple in many homes across the nation, and to this day the effects of it can still be seen from such teachers as Ms. Rachel .

Though Fred Rogers passed away from stomach cancer in 2003, his legacy lives on in the many books he published, the Tom Hanks film A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood , as well as re-runs of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood that can be seen on PBS Kids. As one of the most wholesome educators there ever was, let's take a look at 10 of Fred Rogers' best quotes, and what we can learn from them.

10 "Nobody else can live the life you live."

We only get one life, and it's ours for the taking. Many times we look at those on social media who seem to be living the high life, when what's presented before us isn't always reality. Yet we get jealous, and covet the things others have, without realizing that no one's life is as important as our own. It's up to us to get out there and live our lives the way we want to, not succumbing to how others think we should live. There's nobody that can live the life we have, so you might as well make the best of it while you still can.

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

Children are more precious than gold, yet there are kids out there that are abused, trafficked, and neglected. While it's impossible to save every single child, it's important to remember that even the smallest of gestures can help turn a frown upside down. It can be as simple as telling a child you're proud of them, or giving them half your chocolate bar.

Whatever the case may be, it's vital to treat children with respect and care, helping them when we can , and going that extra mile to make sure they know they're loved. It might make all the difference in someone's life.

8 "You can't really love someone else unless you really love yourself first."

It's always important to love one another, but it's also important to love yourself, too. By taking time to love what's on the inside of ourselves, we'll be better equipped to outwardly show love to others. We often forget about self-care, and just how important it is to our survival. We give, and give, and give to others, but what about giving to ourselves?

Take that mental health day off from work, learn to be still and meditate, and seek out those things that refresh your soul, so that when the time comes you can give genuine love to other people, knowing that your heart is full of love for yourself.

7 "Often out of periods of losing come the greatest strivings toward a new winning streak."

It's hard to not see defeat as a negative thing, but Mister Rogers reminds us that sometimes defeat can lead to even greater successes. We learn from our mistakes, no matter how many times we make them, and grow to be better people. Sure, others might make fun of us, but who cares? They're not in our shoes.

They don't know how many times we've fallen, only to get back up and dust ourselves off. It's important to keep striving for greatness, even in defeat. Take those failures, and apply what you've learned to new situations. You might just discover an even bigger win is just over the horizon.

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6 "When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting and less scary."

Oftentimes we bottle up our feelings, letting them fester because we're too afraid that others will see it as a sign of weakness if we talk about them. We imagine scary situations, giving ourselves anxiety and stress that can lead to physical ailments. However, simply talking about our feelings can lead to breakthroughs we never thought possible.

Whether it's sitting down with a therapist, or having a chat with a trusted friend, talking about our feelings is not only good for our physical health, but our mental health as well . So ditch the tough guy exterior and let those feelings flow. You'll be amazed at how much better you feel once they're all out in the open.

5 "There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind."

So often we tend to complicate things by thinking that others expect the world from us, when in reality being kind is often enough. We work ourselves to the bone, believing the only way to success is by becoming a workaholic. We think that success means lots of money, big houses, and fancy cars, but the person that is truly successful is the one that can be kind to others.

We've seen it on such TV shows as Undercover Boss , where people in positions of power have no idea what it's like to be a worker on the line. Yet when they realize that being kind is all they ever needed to do, they're provided with a renewed sense of purpose. Don't spend your life striving for material things, just be kind to others, and you'll discover the greatest success comes from lending a helping hand to someone in need.

4 "We all have different gifts, so we all have different ways of saying to the world who we are."

No two people are alike. Even twins have different personalities, goals, and gifts. It's these gifts that show others who we really are. Though finding them isn't always easy, it's important to try and discover what you can do that no one else can. It could be writing, public speaking, or being able to touch your tongue to the tip of your nose.

Whatever your gift is , it's what makes you the unique individual that you are, and sets you apart from others. There are many painters in this world, but only one who paints the way you do. Get out there and make the world your canvas, and show everyone the glory that is you.

3 "The only thing evil can't stand is forgiveness."

Arguments are a way of life. They're virtually unavoidable, and at one time or another someone has done or said something to us that we've allowed to penetrate our soul, and define who we are as a person. We've vowed never to speak to them again, thinking that we're the better person for avoiding contact. Spoiler alert: we're not. We've only become everything they said about us, or believed to be true.

We've let the evil win, giving others ammunition to gossip and spread rumors about us behind our backs. Yet evil hates forgiveness, and cannot stand to be in its light. By forgiving someone that has wronged you, you take back the power that they hold over you, and become the bigger person. Some things are easier to forgive than others, but it's important to at least try to work toward forgiveness to live a life of sanity.

2 "It’s not so much what we have in this life that matters. It’s what we do with what we have."

Being the richest person in the world doesn't necessarily make you a better person. You can have all the money you need, yet still be a jerk, hoarding your riches the way a dragon hoards gold. It's what we choose to do with the things we have in life that define our character, not acquiring as many possessions as we can. By taking stock of the things we have, we might be able to figure out a way to help someone in need, and that's what truly matters.

There's no need to go into further debt just to have a new big-screen TV. The movies you watch will still end the same way if they're played on a 10" iPad screen, right? Stop striving to acquire more things, and instead share what you have, when you can, and you might just brighten up someone else's day.

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1 "Real strength has to do with helping others."

Being physically strong is nice, but have you ever bought a meal for a homeless person? Or helped your neighbor with a project they were working on? That's real strength. It takes courage to put yourself out there, and do something nice for someone else, even if they didn't ask. It shows that you're secure enough on the inside to want to outwardly help someone in need. It doesn't have to be anything big.

Sometimes, it could be as simple as taking someone's cart from them at the grocery store, so they don't have to walk all the way back to return it. Helping others goes a long way toward helping yourself achieve inner peace , so the next time you see someone struggling with something, lend a helping hand. You'll be surprised at how rewarding a smile can be.

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1. Fred Rogers was a talented musician: Before becoming a TV host, Fred Rogers graduated from Rollins College with a degree in music composition. He wrote over 200 original songs for "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood," which he often performed on the show himself. He even released several albums throughout his career.

2. He was muscular: Despite his gentle and calm demeanor on screen, Fred Rogers was actually quite athletic. He swam regularly and even once said that he gave up a career in professional swimming to pursue his work in television. He was also a longtime vegetarian and maintained a healthy lifestyle throughout his life.

3. Fred Rogers was an ordained minister: In addition to his role as a TV host, Rogers was a Presbyterian minister. He felt a moral obligation to use television as a medium to educate and promote kindness, empathy, and emotional understanding among children. He saw his show as a ministry to children and believed deeply in the power of influencing young minds in positive ways.

4. He was an advocate for public television: Fred Rogers was a fierce advocate for public television. In 1969, he famously testified before a Senate committee, passionately defending funding for the newly proposed Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). His heartfelt speech convinced the committee chairman to increase the funding to $22 million, ensuring that public television remained accessible to all.

5. Fred Rogers was an accomplished puppeteer: Besides being the host of "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood," Rogers was also a talented puppeteer. He created and operated many of the show's beloved characters, like King Friday XIII, Queen Sara Saturday, and Daniel Striped Tiger. Puppetry was an essential element of his show, and he used it as a means to communicate important life lessons and emotions to young viewers.

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