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Fred Rogers
1928 – 2003
Fred Rogers was an American television host who created and starred in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, a beloved children's show that ran for over 30 years. He spoke to children calmly and honestly about big feelings like sadness and fear, always reminding them that they were special just the way they are. He was also an ordained minister who believed television could be a gentle, caring place for children, and in 1969 his quiet testimony before a skeptical U.S. Senate subcommittee single-handedly saved $20 million in funding for public television.
Quotes
“I give an expression of care every day to each child to help him realize that he is unique.”
“You are an important person just the way you are.”
“Love is at the root of everything. All learning, all parenting, all relationships. Love, or the lack of it.”
“Always look for the helpers. There's always someone who is trying to help.”
“Our world hangs like a magnificent jewel in the vastness of space.”
“It's our insides that make us who we are, that allow us to dream and wonder and feel for others.”
“Play is really the work of childhood.”
“Deep and simple are far, far more important than shallow and complicated and fancy.”
“We just don't get to be competent human beings without a lot of different investments from others.”
“Feelings are mentionable and manageable.”
“It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls.”
“Everybody longs to be loved, and longs to know that he or she is lovable.”