Fred Rogers Quotes

I saw this new thing called television, and I saw people throwing pies in each other’s faces, and I thought, ‘This could be a wonderful tool for education! Why is it being used this way?’ So I said to my parents, ‘You know, I don’t think I’ll go into seminary right away. I think I’ll go into television.’

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

The whole idea is to look at the television camera and present as much love as you possibly could to a person who might feel that he or she needs it.

Love isn’t a perfect state of caring. It’s an active noun, like ‘struggle.’

There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.

How sad it is that we give up on people who are just like us.

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

You know, you don’t have to look like everybody else to be acceptable and to feel acceptable.

Deep and simple are far, far more important than shallow and complicated and fancy.

In my own life, as the nearer I get to the end of life on this earth, the simpler I want to become.

When we look for what’s best in the person we happen to be with at the moment, we’re doing what God does, so in appreciating our neighbor, we’re participating in something truly sacred.

Love begins with listening.

When I first saw children’s television, I thought it was perfectly horrible. And I thought there was some way of using this fabulous medium to be of nurture to those who would watch and listen.

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.