” What matters isn’t how a person’s inner life finally puts together the alphabet and numbers of his outer life. What really matters is whether he uses the alphabet for the declaration of a war or the description of a sunrise-his numbers for the final count at Buchenwald or the specifics of a brand-new bridge.”

Quote Mr. Fred Rogers

“Little by little we human beings are confronted with situations that give us more and more clues that we aren’t perfect.”

Quote Mr. Rogers

“Transitions are almost always signs of growth, but they can bring feelings of loss. To get somewhere new, we may have to leave somewhere else behind.”

Quote Mr. Rogers

” Who you are inside is what helps you make and do everything in life.”

Quote by Mr Rogers

” How many times have you noticed that it’s the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning?”

Quote Mr Rogers

” Forgiveness is a strange thing.  It can sometimes be easier to forgive our enemies than our friends.  It can be hardest of all to forgive people we love.  Like all of life’s important coping skills, the ability to forgive and the capacity to let go of resentments most likely take root very early in our lives.”

Quote by Fred Rogers

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

Quote by Mr. Rogers

” The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile.”

Quote by Fred Rogers

“One of the greatest paradoxes about omnipotence is that we need to feel it early in life, and lose it early in life, in order to achieve a healthy, realistic, yet exciting, sense of potency later on.”

Quote by Fred Rogers

“You can make believe it happens,
Or pretend that something’s true.
You can wish or hope or contemplate
A thing you’d like to do.
But until you start to do it,
You will never see it through
‘Cause the make-believe pretending
Just won’t do it for you.

(Chorus)
You’ve got to do it.  Every little bit,
You’ve got to do it, do it, do it.
And when you’re through,
You can know who did it,
For you did, you did it, you did it.

If you want to ride a bicycle
And ride it straight and tall.
You can’t simply sit and look at it
“Cause it won’t move at all.
But it’s you who have to try it.
And it’s you who have to fall (sometimes)
If you want to ride a bicycle
And ride it straight and tall.

(Chorus)
You’ve got to do it.  Every little bit,
You’ve got to do it, do it, do it.
And when you’re through,
You can know who did it,
For you did, you did it, you did it.

*** This verse Fred wrote but  rarely sang ***

It’s not easy to keep trying,
But it’s one good way to grow.
It’s not easy to keep learning,
But I know that this is so:
When you’re tried and learned,
You’re bigger than you were a day ago.
It’s not easy to keep trying,
But it’s one way to grow. ”

Written by Fred Rogers
One of many songs written and song by Fred.
To listen to Fred  Sing it download it here.
You’ve Got to Do It.mp3