Ten thoughtful quotations from Fred Rogers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is a good article by James Melzer at Movieweb on July 15, 2023 titled Fred Rogers’s 10 most wholesome quotes from Mister Roger’s Neighborhood. They are:

 

 1]  Real strength has to do with helping others.

 

 2]  It’s not so much what we have in this life that matters. It’s what we do with what we have.

 

 3]  The only thing evil can’t stand is forgiveness.

 

 4]  We all have different gifts, so we all have different ways of saying to the world who we are.

 

 5]  There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind.  The third way is to be kind.

 

 6]  When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary.

 

 7]  Often out of periods of losing come the greatest strivings toward a new winning streak.

 

 8]  You can’t really love someone else unless you really love yourself first.

 

 9]  Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero [to me].

 

10] Nobody else can live the life you live.

 

Quotations from celebrities sometimes turn out to be made up. Based on my searches at Google Books these are real with a couple exceptions. Number nine is missing the final [to me]. And in number five Fred was quoting Henry James. At Quote Investigator on September 21, 2018 there is an article by Garson O’Toole titled Three Things in Human Life Are Important. The First Is To Be Kind. The Second Is To Be Kind. And The Third Is To Be Kind.

 

Fred was on TV long before the Neighborhood. I watched him as a small child beginning in 1955! Back on February 21, 2018 I blogged about Remembering Fred Rogers and the Children’s Corner. My sister Ellen knew Fred’s paperboy, who said in real life Fred was the same as he was on television.

 

 

The image of Fred came from Wikimedia Commons.