Fred Rogers Quotes

If someone as blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?

Our people expect the best of us. They send us to take care of the people's business, and those of us who take hold of that responsibility understand that's what it's really about.

It is nobody's right to be waited on and nobody's fate to do the waiting.

You have to step up when your number is called.

Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.

That I should lay down my charge at a proper period is as much a duty as to have borne it faithfully.

Leadership involves not so much marching gloriously at the head of a parade as paying quietly for the parade permit and the cleanup afterward. Leading the world means acting not as its Commander-In-Chief but as its concierge.

I am only one. But I am one. I cannot do everything. But I can do something. What I can do I ought to do. What I ought to do I will do

I feel like I have to share whatever I can. You're culpable if you don't act.

I really believe, if I learned anything in the military, it was that I was accountable for my actions and I like to be part of the team that kind of brings that back to Washington, D.C. - not just responsibility, but accountability and being ready to lose my job over doing what's right.

In carrying out every aspect of our work, CIA officers are guided by a professional ethos that is the sum of our abiding principles, core values, and highest aspirations. These include service, integrity, excellence, courage, teamwork, and stewardship. Sacrifice, too, is an inescapable part of our mission.

Every great leader knows that his or her role comes with responsibility for those who follow him or her, and in ensuring they provide value in return for their loyalty.

There comes a time in everybody's life when it's no longer enough to point and say he or she should do it, but you have to answer yourself... That's why I put myself at the party's service.

I learned that you have a responsibility to do things when you can.

Look at my record. I have done my duty.

Of those to whom much is given, much is asked.

You take care of the people you love, but it’s true, too, that you take care of the things you own.

You can blame people who knock things over in the dark or you can begin to light candles. You're only at fault if you know about the problem and choose to do nothing.

I shall do everything it becomes me to do.

Leadership starts with understanding responsibility, not ability. Leadership is a Stewardship, not a show.

In front of you I commit myself to serve my country with devotion.

Dammit Sir, it's your duty to get married. You can't always be living for pleasure!

It matters, it matters very much, what each of us chooses to do. The journey toward self-discovery and self-knowledge is not only life's highest adventure, but also the only way to transform society from one based on self-centeredness and compulsory compassion to one based on service and mutual responsibility.

Those of us who have been blessed with worldly success have an even greater responsibility to make an impact with our time, talents, and resources.