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Quotes of the Day for 20 March 2005 - Mr Rogers

Fred McFeely Rogers was born at Latrobe, Pennsylvania on this day in 1928. His bachelor's degree from Rollins College was in musical composition, but he went directly into television. He was hired by WQED Pittsburgh when that educational station wasn't yet on the air and developed their early children's programs. After work he went to seminary and was ordained a Presbyterian minister. He composed over 200 songs and wrote several books for children and their parents. For more than thirty years, Mr Rogers walked onto the set of Mr Rogers' Neighborhood, set aside his sport coat and put on a red cardigan sweater, and talked straight to America's kids. His vocabulary wasn't elaborate, but his words were welcome.

If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.

In the eternal scheme of things, this evening is as brief as the twinkling of an eye yet such twinklings is what eternity is made of.

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.

The world is not always a kind place. That's something all children learn for themselves, whether we want them to or not, but it's something they really need our help to understand.

What really matters is whether the alphabet is used for the declaration of war or for the description of a sunrise.

You know, you don't have to look like everybody else to be acceptable and to feel acceptable.
     - All from Fred McFeely Rogers, 1928 - 2003

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