Fred Rogers

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

Fred Rogers

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Recognition Achievement Success Self-worth

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Fred Rogers

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2002 Dartmouth commencement address

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Speech

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Commencement address

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Advice

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English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. Commencement address to the Dartmouth Class of 2002. Commencement cermony. 2002, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.

Our world hangs like a magnificent jewel in the vastness of space. Every one of us is a part of that jewel, a facet of that jewel. And in the perspective of infinity, our differences are infinitesimal. We are intimately related.

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Interconnectedness of all people The world

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Fred Rogers

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2002 Dartmouth commencement address

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Speech

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Commencement address

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English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. Commencement address to the Dartmouth Class of 2002. Commencement cermony. 2002, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.

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.

Fred Rogers

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What really matters Recognition Achievement Success Meaning of life

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Fred Rogers

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2002 Dartmouth commencement address

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Speech

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Commencement address

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English

Time

2002 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. Commencement address to the Dartmouth Class of 2002. Commencement cermony. 2002, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA.

You bring all you ever were and are to any relationship you have today.

Fred Rogers

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Relationships

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Fred Rogers

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The World According to Mister Rogers

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English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 87.

The greatest gift you will ever give is your honest self.

Fred Rogers

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Authenticity Giving of oneself Generosity

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Fred Rogers

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The World According to Mister Rogers

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English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 81.

There is only one thing evil cannot stand and that is forgiveness.

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Overcoming evil Forgiveness

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Fred Rogers

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The World According to Mister Rogers

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English

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2003 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 62.

Solitude is different from loneliness, and it doesn't have to be a lonely kind of thing.

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Solitude Loneliness

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Fred Rogers

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The World According to Mister Rogers

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English

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2003 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 31.

Doing what we can with what we have is the most we should expect of ourselves or anyone else.

Fred Rogers

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Perfectionism Expectations Accepting others Self-acceptance

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Fred Rogers

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The World According to Mister Rogers

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English

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2003 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 14.

How many times have you noticed that it's the little quiet moments in the midst of life that seem to give the rest extra-special meaning?

Fred Rogers

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Special moments Stillness Meaning of life

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Fred Rogers

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The World According to Mister Rogers

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English

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2003 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 22.

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

Fred Rogers

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Self-discovery Therapy Hard work

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Fred Rogers

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The World According to Mister Rogers

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English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 13.

I'm proud of you for the times you came in second, or third, or fourth, but what you did was the best you had ever done.

Fred Rogers

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Doing one's best Second place Self-improvement

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Fred Rogers

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The World According to Mister Rogers

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English

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2003 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 39.

Deep within us—no matter who we are—there lives a feeling of wanting to be lovable, of wanting to be the kind of person that others like to be with. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving.

Fred Rogers

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Feeling loved Love Accepting others Acceptance Human nature

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Fred Rogers

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The World According to Mister Rogers

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English

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2003 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 52.

It's very dramatic when two people come together to work something out. It's easy to take a gun and annihilate your opposition, but what is really exciting to me is to see people with differing views come together and finally respect each other.

Fred Rogers

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Conflict resolution Interpersonal conflict Conflict Accepting others Compromise

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Fred Rogers

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The World According to Mister Rogers

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English

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2003 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 174.

When we love a person, we accept him or her exactly as is: the lovely with the unlovely, the strong along with the fearful, the true mixed in with the facade, and of course, the only way we can do it is by accepting ourselves that way.

Fred Rogers

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Accepting others Self-acceptance Acceptance Love Yin and yang

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Fred Rogers

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The World According to Mister Rogers

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English

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2003 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 95.

Human relationships are primary in all of living. When the gusty winds blow and shake our lives, if we know that people care about us, we may bend with the wind... But we won't break.

Fred Rogers

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Resilience Support from others Support Relationships

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Fred Rogers

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The World According to Mister Rogers

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English

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2003 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 94.

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... Think of the ripple effect that can be created when we nourish someone. One kind empathetic word has a wonderful way of turning into many.

Fred Rogers

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Supporting others Kindness Butterfly effect Interconnectedness of all people Support

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Fred Rogers

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The World According to Mister Rogers

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English

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2003 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 185.

We want to raise our children so that they can take a sense of pleasure in both their own heritage and the diversity of others.

Fred Rogers

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Parents and children Parenting Human diversity Heritage

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Fred Rogers

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The World According to Mister Rogers

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English

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2003 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 146.

It always helps to have people we love beside us when we have to do difficult things in life.

Fred Rogers

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Support from others Support

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Fred Rogers

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The World According to Mister Rogers

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2003 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 57.

Confronting our feelings and giving them appropriate expression always takes strength, not weakness.

Fred Rogers

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Understanding oneself Emotions Courage

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Fred Rogers

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The World According to Mister Rogers

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English

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2003 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 15.

I remember after my grandfather's death, seeing Dad in the hall with tears streaming down his face. I don't think I had ever seen him cry before. I'm glad I did see him. It helped me know that it was okay for men to cry. Many years later, when my father himself died, I cried; and way down deep I knew he would have said it was alright.

Fred Rogers

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Crying Tears Masculinity Vulnerability

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Fred Rogers

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The World According to Mister Rogers

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English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Rogers, Fred. The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember. Hachette Books, 2019, p. 29.