Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers Quotes

“Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“Life is for service.”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“I believe that at the center of the universe there dwells a loving spirit who longs for all that’s best in all of creation, a spirit who knows the great potential of each planet as well as each person, and little by little will love us into being more than we ever dreamed possible. That loving spirit would rather die than give up on any one of us.”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“You are a very special person. There is only one like you in the whole world. There's never been anyone exactly like you before, and there will never be again. Only you. And people can like you exactly as you are.”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“I realize that it isn't very fashionable to talk about some things being holy; nevertheless, if we ever want to rid ourselves of personal and corporate emptiness, brokenness, loneliness, and fear, we have to allow ourselves room for that which we can not see, hear, touch , or control.”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“There’s a part of all of us that longs to know that even what’s weakest about us is still redeemable and can ultimately count for something good.”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“There are times when explanations, no matter how reasonable, just don't seem to help.”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“We all have different gifts, so we all have different ways of saying to the world who we are.”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“It’s very important, no matter what you may do professionally, to keep alive some of the healthy interests of your youth. Children’s play is not just kids’ stuff. Children’s play is rather the stuff of most future inventions.”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“I can put on a hat, or put on a coat,
Or wear a pair of glasses or sail a boat. I can change all my names and find a place to hide. I can do most anything, but I'm still myself inside. I can go far away, or dream of anything, Or wear a scary costume or act like a king. I can change all my names and find a place to hide. I can do almost anything, but I'm still myself. I'm still myself. I'm still myself inside.”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“I remember one of my seminary professors saying people who were able to appreciate others—who looked for what was good and healthy and kind—were about as close as you could get to God—to the eternal good. And those people who were always looking for what was bad about themselves and others were really on the side of evil. “That’s what evil wants,” he would say. “Evil wants us to feel so terrible about who we are and who we know, that we’ll look with condemning eyes on anybody who happens to be with us at the moment.” I encourage you to look for the good where you are and embrace it.”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“All we’re ever asked to do in this life is to treat our neighbor—especially our neighbor who is in need—exactly as we would hope to be treated ourselves. That’s our ultimate responsibility.”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“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, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“A friend of mine was in a taxi in Washington, D.C., going slowly past the National Archives, when he noticed the words on the cornerstone of the building: “The past is prologue.” He read them out loud to the taxi driver and said, “What do you think that means, ‘The past is prologue’?” The taxi driver said, “I think it means, ‘Man, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet!”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“Deep within each of us is a spark of the divine just waiting to be used to light up a dark space.”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“Most of us have so few moments like that in our lives. There’s noise everywhere. There are some places we can’t even escape it. Television and radio are probably the worst culprits. They are very seductive. It’s so tempting for some people to turn on the television set or the radio when they first walk into a room or get in the car… to fill any space with noise. I wonder what some people are afraid might happen in the silence. Some of us must have forgotten how nourishing silence can be. That kind of solitude goes by many names. It may be called “meditation” or “deep relaxation,” “quiet time” or “downtime.” In some circles, it may even be criticized as “daydreaming.” Whatever it’s called, it’s a time away from outside stimulation, during which inner turbulence can settle, and we have a chance to become more familiar with ourselves.”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“if we can allow ourselves to be gentle with ourselves no matter what our feelings may be, we have the chance of discovering the very deep roots of who we are.”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“Love and success, always in that order. It's that simple AND that difficult.”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“The toughest thing is to love somebody who has done something mean to you–especially when that somebody is yourself. Look inside yourself and find that loving part of you. Take good care of that part because it helps you love your neighbor.”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“To get somewhere new, we may have to leave somewhere else behind.”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“One of our friends asked Fred about his thoughts on heaven when she was taking a walk with him on a Nantucket beach a few years ago. I’ll bet there was a twinkle in his eye when he told her, “Oh, I think there will be a lot of people surprised to see who’s there!” Fred would never want anyone to think they might not be worthy of getting through heaven’s gate. His God loved everyone—just the way they were!”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“Where would any of us be without teachers–without people who have passion for their art or their science or their craft and love it right in front of us? What would any of us do without teachers passing on to us what they know is essential about life?”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“One of our chief jobs in life, it seems to me, is to realize how rare and valuable each one of us really is–that each of us has something which no one else has–or ever will have–something inside which is unique to all time.”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way

“When I was very young, most of my childhood heroes wore capes .. But, as I grew my heroes changed so that now I can honestly say that anyone who does anything to help a child, is a hero to me.”
― Fred Rogers, Life's Journeys According to Mister Rogers: Things to Remember Along the Way