” 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
” Some days, doing “the best we can” may still fall short of what we would like to be able to do, but life isn’t perfect-on any front- and doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else.”
Quote from Fred Rogers
” As work grows out of play, an attitude toward work grows with it – an attitude that may persist all through our workaday life. That attitude can have a lot to do with how we accept challenges, how we can cope with failures, and whether we can find the inner fulfillment that makes working, in and of itself, worthwhile.”
Quote from Fred Rogers
“Peace means far more than the opposite of war!”
Quote from Fred Rogers
” Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person. There have been so many stories about the lack of courtesy, the impatience of today’s world, road rage and even restaurant rage. Sometimes, all it takes is one kind word to nourish another person. Think of the ripple effect that can be created when we nourish someone. One kind empathetic word has a wonderful way of turning into many.”
Quote from Fred Rogers
” The gifts we treasure most over the years are often small and simple. In easy times and in tough times, what seems to matter most is the way we show those nearest us that we’ve been listening to their needs, to their joys, and to their challenges.”
Quote from Fred Rogers.
