19 Mr. Rogers Quotes That Will Certainly Brighten Your Day

in #life • 7 years ago



Fred Rogers is maybe the best person to ever live.

He educated countless children and brought joy to so many people's homes. And not only that, he was an activist and an advocate for children from all backgrounds.

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood was a staple of so many American homes.


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And Fred Rogers was the mastermind behind it. It just so happens that he was just as calm, collected, intelligent, and empathetic off-screen as he was on.

Here are 19 of our most favorite quotes from the legend himself, Mr. Rogers.

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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.”

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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.

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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.

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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.

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