List of Fred Rogers Quotes

For Children, Play Is Exceedingly Seriously & Important

When We Leave Our Child In Nursery School For The First Time, It Won't Be Just Our Child's Feelings About Separation That We Will Have To Cope With, But Our Own Feelings As Well-from Our Present And From Our Past, Parents Are Extra Vulnerable To New Tremors From Old Earthquakes.

Vermont Is A Small State Which Makes An Enormous Difference.

Anything Mentionable Is Manageable.

I Have Really Never Considered Myself A Tv Star. I Always Thought I Was A Neighbor Who Just Came In For A Visit.

Our Children Are Extensions Of Ourselves In Ways Our Parents Are Not, Nor Our Brothers And Sisters, Nor Our Spouses.

I Don't Believe That Children Can Develop In A Healthy Way Unless They Feel That They Have Value Apart From Anything They Own Or Any Skill That They Learn. They Need To Feel They Enhance The Life Of Someone Else, That They Are Needed. Who, Better Than Parents, Can Let Them Know That?

Most Of Us, I Believe, Admire Strength... Sometimes, Though, I Wonder If We Confuse Strength With Other Words Like Aggression Or Even Violence.

Love Isn't A Perfect State Of Caring.

Parents Who Expect Change In Themselves As Well As In Their Children, Who Accept It And Find In It The Joy As Well As The Pains Ofgrowth, Are Likely To Be The Happiest And Most Confident Parents.

There Are Many Things Children Accept As "grown-up Things" Over When They Have No Control And For Which They Have No Responsibility--for Instance, Weddings, Having Babies, Buying Houses, And Driving Cars. Parents Who Are Separating Really Need To Help Their Children Put Divorce On That Grown-up List, So That Children Do Not See Themselves As The Cause Of Their Parents' Decision To Live Apart.

It's Not Always Easy For A Father To Understand The Interests And Ways Of His Son. It Seems The Songs Of Our Children May Be In Keys We've Never Tried. The Melody Of Each Generation Emerges From All That's Gone Before. Each One Of Us Contributes In Some Unique Way To The Composition Of Life.