BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD 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

“You don’t ever have to do anything sensational for people to love you.” – Fred Rogers

“Love is at the root of everything, all learning, all parenting, all relationships. Love, or the lack of it, is the driving force behind all human behaviors.” – Fred Rogers

“I’m not always happy, but I’m always so glad to be alive.” – Fred Rogers

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

“It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor. Would you be mine? Could you be mine?” – Fred Rogers

“We need to help people to discover the true meaning of love. Love is generally confused with dependence. Those of us who have grown in true love know that we can love only in proportion to our capacity for independence.” – Fred Rogers

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

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

“You are special. You’re my friend. You’re special to me. You are the only one like you.” – 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

“If we can only make it clear that feelings are mentionable and manageable, we would have done a great service for mental health.” – Fred Rogers

“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.” – 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 somebody else.” – Fred Rogers

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

“Often when you think you’re at the end of something, you’re at the beginning of something else.” – Fred Rogers MOTHER AND BEST FRIEND QUOTES

“The greatest thing that we can do is to help somebody know that they’re loved and capable of loving.” – Fred Rogers

“Discovering we don’t have to keep up a facade, that it’s okay to let our hair down and be ourselves, is one of the most liberating experiences in life.” – Fred Rogers

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

“When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.” – 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

“Precisely because our children are so dear to us, we give them presents that will last for eternity.” – Fred Rogers

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

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

“Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable.” – Fred Rogers

“There’s something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with someone.” – Fred Rogers

“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” – Fred Rogers