About Fred Rogers

American television host and creator of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. (1928-2003)

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• I think everybody longs to be loved, and longs to know that he or she is lovable. And, consequently, the greatest thing that we can do is to help somebody know that they're loved and capable of loving.Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor (2003)
• I believe that appreciation is a holy thing, that when we look for what's best in the person we happen to be with at the moment, we're doing what God does.Commencement address, Middlebury College (May 2001)
• If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of.Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Thoughts for All Ages
• It's our insides that make us who we are, that allow us to dream and wonder and feel for others.Commencement address, Middlebury College (May 2001)

More quotes on kindness and giving

• Life is really very simple. What we give out, we get back.Louise Hay
• With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in.Abraham Lincoln
• Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.George Washington
• The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.Franklin D. Roosevelt
• One of the difficulties with all our institutions is the fact that we've emphasized the reward instead of the service.Harry S. Truman
• A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others.Jimmy Carter

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