What did Mr. Rogers say?

These quotes reflect Mr. Rogers' wisdom, compassion, and belief in the inherent goodness of every individual. They continue to inspire and remind us of the power of kindness and acceptance in our daily lives.

1. "There's no person in the whole world like you, and I like you just the way you are."

2. "The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self."

3. "Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It's an active noun, like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now."

4. "Listening is where love begins: listening to ourselves and then to our neighbors."

5. "You don't have to do anything sensational for people to love you."

6. "Anything that's human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable."

7. "It's not so much what we have in this life that matters. It's what we do with what we have."

8. "You make each day a special day. You know how: by just your being you."

9. "When we love a person, we accept him or her exactly as is: the lovely with the unlovely, the strong with the fearful, the true mixed in with the facade."

10. "The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile."

11. "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."

12. "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."

13. "Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime's work, but it's worth the effort."

14. "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.'"

15. "Feeling good about ourselves is essential in our being able to love others."

16. "It's our insides that make us who we are, that allow us to dream and wonder and feel for others."

17. "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."

18. "It's not the honors and the prizes and the fancy outsides of life which ultimately nourish our souls. It's the knowing that we can be trusted, that we never have to fear the truth, that the bedrock of our lives from which we make our choices is very good stuff."