Some days, you just need a friendly face to motivate your good intentions.

Consider Mister Rogers your neighborhood pick-me-up. The children's television star and cardigan connoisseur spent 50 years spreading inspiration and kindness. Rogers often spoke of loving people despite their faults and striving to improve yourself from the inside out, sometimes in song and other times in soft-spoken words.

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Fred Rogers passed away in 2003 at age 74, but his words continue to inspire.

Mister Rogers Quotes

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