Take a leaf from the life of Mr. Rogers. Let the TV host’s struggles with life be a source of inspiration to you. Read our quotes on him and learn.
- 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.”
- 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.
- Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people.
- How sad it is that we give up on people who are just like us.
- I think of discipline as the continual everyday process of helping a child learn self-discipline.
- Parents are like shuttles on a loom. They join the threads of the past with threads of the future and leave their own bright patterns as they go.
- “There is no normal life that is free of pain. It’s the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth.”
- “I hope you’re proud of yourself for the times you’ve said ‘yes,’ when all it meant was extra work for you and was seemingly helpful only to somebody else.”
- “It takes strength to acknowledge our anger, and sometimes more strength yet to curb the aggressive urges anger may bring and to channel them into nonviolent outlets.”
- “There’s no ‘should’ or ‘should not’ when it comes to having feelings. They’re part of who we are and their origins are beyond our control.”
