Wisdom from Fred Rogers and his Neighborhood

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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

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Peace means far more than the opposite of war.

Fred Rogers

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It takes one letter to say I and four letters to say love and three letters to say you. One hundred and forty-three.

Fred Rogers

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All we're ever asked to do in this life is to treat our neighbour-especially our neighbour who is in need-exactly as we would hope to be treated ourselves. That's our ultimate responsibility.

Fred Rogers

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I would like to tell you what I often told you when you were much younger.  I like you just the way you are.

Fred Rogers

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There is a close relationship between truth and trust.

Fred Rogers

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We don't always succeed in what we try, certainly not by the world's standards but I think you'll find it's the willingness to keep trying that matters most.

Fred Rogers

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You can't be a winner all the time.

Fred Rogers

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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

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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.

Fred Rogers

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“Fame” is a four-letter word; and like “tape” or "zoom" or “life” or “love,” what ultimately matters is what we do with it.

Fred Rogers

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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

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Honesty is often very hard. The truth is often painful. But the freedom it can bring is worth the trying.

Fred Rogers

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I'm not very good at it. But it doesn't matter. It's the fun of doing it that's important. Now, I wouldn't have made that if I just thought about it. No matter how anybody says it is. It feels good to have made something.

Fred Rogers

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I’m just so proud of all of you who have grown up with us. And I know how tough it is some days to look with hope and confidence on the months and years ahead. But I would like to tell you what I often told you when you were much younger, I like you just the way you are.

Fred Rogers

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Everyone gets mad sometimes. The important thing is what we do with the mad that we feel.

Fred Rogers

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you're lovely for making this tumblr

Thank you for making my day a little more special and for being such a nice neighbour!