Quotes by Fred Rogers

About Fred Rogers:

Fred McFeely Rogers was an American television personality, educator, Presbyterian minister, composer, songwriter, author, and activist. Rogers was most famous for creating, hosting, and composing the theme music for the educational preschool television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968–2001), which featured his gentle, soft-spoken personality and directness to his audiences.
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Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.

Fred Rogers

You know, you don't have to look like everybody else to be acceptable and to feel acceptable.

Fred Rogers

I think of discipline as the continual everyday process of helping a child learn self-discipline.

Fred Rogers

I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story. The pleasure is in the familiar way the story begins, the anticipation of familiar turns it takes, the familiar moments of suspense, and the familiar climax and en...

Fred Rogers

When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." To this day, especially in times of "disaster," I remember my mother's words and I am always co...

Fred Rogers

It's a beautiful day in this neighborhood, A beautiful day for a neighbor. Would you be mine? Could you be mine?... It's a neighborly day in this beauty wood, A neighborly day for a beauty. Would you be mine? Could you be mine?... I've always wanted ...

Fred Rogers

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

Fred Rogers

Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help...

Fred Rogers

I'm fairly convinced that the Kingdom of God is for the broken-hearted. You write of 'powerlessness.' Join the club, we are not in control. God is.

Fred Rogers

The connections we make in the course of a life--maybe that's what heaven is.

Fred Rogers

When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for those things without which humankind cannot survive. L...

Fred Rogers

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

Fred Rogers

Author Bio

  • NameFred Rogers
  • DescriptionAmerican entertainer
  • BornMarch 20, 1928
  • DiedFebruary 27, 2003
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionTelevision Presenter; Television Producer; Composer; Voice Actor; Puppeteer
  • AwardsPresidential Medal Of Freedom; Peabody Award; Daytime Emmy Award