My hunch is that if we allow ourselves to give who we really are to the children in our care, we will in some way inspire cartwheels in their hearts.
Fred RogersRead
The child is in me still and sometimes not so still.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote expresses the enduring presence of childhood within us, reflecting the importance of maintaining a sense of wonder and playfulness.
Fred Rogers' quote captures the essence of retaining one's inner child, emphasizing that our childhood experiences and emotions continue to influence us throughout our adult lives. It encourages individuals to embrace their playful nature and not lose touch with the innocence and curiosity that define childhood, suggesting that this aspect is vital for emotional well-being and creativity.
Themes
ChildhoodInner ChildPlayfulnessWonderEmotions
In practice
Example use cases
During a speech about creativity, you can use this quote to remind adults to embrace their inner child.
More from Fred Rogers
All quotes βHuman beings need to feel that they are lovable and capable of loving.
Fred RogersRead
Listening is a very active awareness of the coming together of at least two lives. Listening, as far as I'm concerned, is certainly a prerequisite of love. One of the most essential ways of saying 'I love you' is being a receptive listener.
Fred RogersRead
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 RogersRead
The presence of a grandparent confirms that parents were, indeed, little once, too, and that people who are little can grow to be big, can become parents, and one day even have grandchildren of their own. So often we think of grandparents as belonging to the past; but in this important way, grandparents, for young children, belong to the future.
Fred RogersRead
One of the most important gifts a parent can give a child is the gift of accepting that child's uniqueness.
Fred RogersRead
Similar quotes
Hatsumi had a pretty good idea that Nagasawa was sleeping around, but she never complained to him. She was seriously in love with him, but she never made demands. 'I don't deserve a girl like Hatsumi,' Nagasawa once said to me. I had to agree with him.
Haruki MurakamiRead
Faced with today's problems and disappointments , many people will try to escape from their responsibility. Escape in selfishness, escape in sexual pleasure, escape in drugs, escape in violence, escape in indifference and cynical attitudes. I propose to you the option of love, which is the opposite of escape.
Pope John Paul IiRead
I've seen too much hate to want to hate, myself.
Martin Luther King, Jr.Read
Whoever you are, now I place my hand upon you/ That you may be my poem/ I whisper with my lips close to your ear/ I have loved many women and men, but I love none better than you.
Walt WhitmanRead
Help People Know They're Loved (Part 2) Spend the rest of your life giving people back to themselves, that they might love themselves. And show them by how you are with them that you know there is nothing they are lacking, nothing they are missing, nothing they need, nothing they are not.
Neale Donald WalschRead
I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who happens to write.
Jeanette WintersonRead