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title: "2 Humiliate Quotes By Haim Ginott"
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> [I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haim-ginott/i-can-be-a-tool-of-torture-or-an-instrument-of-inspiration-i-can/)

[Haim Ginott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haim-ginott/)

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> [I've come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my personal approach that creates the climate. It's my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess tremendous power to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haim-ginott/i-ve-come-to-the-frightening-conclusion-that-i-am-the-decisive/)

[Haim Ginott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haim-ginott/)

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## Other authors on Humiliate

## More by Haim Ginott

> [I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, it is my response…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haim-ginott/i-can-be-a-tool-of-torture-or-an-instrument-of-inspiration-i-can/)

[Haim Ginott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haim-ginott/)

> [A modern teacher educates children to value their emotions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haim-ginott/a-modern-teacher-educates-children-to-value-their-emotions/)

[Haim Ginott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haim-ginott/)

> [Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haim-ginott/teachers-are-expected-to-reach-unattainable-goals-with-inadequate/)

[Haim Ginott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haim-ginott/)

> [“I’ve come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It’s my personal approach that creates the climate. It’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haim-ginott/i-ve-come-to-a-frightening-conclusion-that-i-am-the-decisive-element/)

[Haim Ginott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haim-ginott/)

> [How can we help a child change from undependable to dependable, from a mediocre student to a capable student, from someone who won't amount…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haim-ginott/how-can-we-help-a-child-change-from-undependable-to-dependable-from-a/)

[Haim Ginott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haim-ginott/)

> [Whenever I hear about a child needing something, I ask myself, 'Is it what he needs or what he wants?' It isn't always easy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haim-ginott/whenever-i-hear-about-a-child-needing-something-i-ask-myself-is-it/)

[Haim Ginott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haim-ginott/)

> [Adolescence can be a time of turmoil and turbulence, of stress and storm. Rebellion against authority and against convention is to be expected and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haim-ginott/adolescence-can-be-a-time-of-turmoil-and-turbulence-of-stress-and/)

[Haim Ginott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haim-ginott/)

> [If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haim-ginott/if-you-want-your-children-to-improve-let-them-overhear-the-nice/)

[Haim Ginott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haim-ginott/)

> [Each of us carries within himself a collection of instant insults.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haim-ginott/each-of-us-carries-within-himself-a-collection-of-instant-insults/)

[Haim Ginott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haim-ginott/)

> [Only if a child feels right can he think right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haim-ginott/only-if-a-child-feels-right-can-he-think-right/)

[Haim Ginott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haim-ginott/)

> [I have great faith in 'ordinary parents.' Who has a child's welfare more at heart than his ordinary parent? It's been my experience that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haim-ginott/i-have-great-faith-in-ordinary-parents-who-has-a-child-s-welfare-more/)

[Haim Ginott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haim-ginott/)

> [Many teenagers are tormented by terrors they deem private and personal. They do not know that their anxieties and doubts are universal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haim-ginott/many-teenagers-are-tormented-by-terrors-they-deem-private-and/)

[Haim Ginott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haim-ginott/)

> [Teenagers crave independence. The more self-suf-ficient we make them feel, the less hostile they are toward us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haim-ginott/teenagers-crave-independence-the-more-self-suf-ficient-we-make-them/)

[Haim Ginott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haim-ginott/)

> [When children feel understood, their loneliness and hurt diminish. When children are understood, their love for their parent is deepened. A parent's sympathy serves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haim-ginott/when-children-feel-understood-their-loneliness-and-hurt-diminish-when/)

[Haim Ginott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haim-ginott/)

> [While parents possess the original key to their offspring's experience, teachers have a spare key. They, too, can open or close the minds and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haim-ginott/while-parents-possess-the-original-key-to-their-offspring-s/)

[Haim Ginott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haim-ginott/)

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