When a child hits a child, we call it aggression. When a child hits an adult, we call it hostility. When an adult hits an adult, we call it assault. …

- Haim Ginott

If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.

- Haim Ginott

Happiness... is not a destination: it is a manner of traveling. Happiness is not an end in itself. It is a by-product of working, playing, loving and…

- Haim Ginott

Parenthood is an endless series of small events, periodic conflicts, and sudden crises which call for a response. The response is not without consequ…

- 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 hearts …

- Haim Ginott

Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times they accomplish this impossible task.

- Haim Ginott

Misbehavior and punishment are not opposites that cancel each other - on the contrary they breed and reinforce each other.

- Haim Ginott

Only if a child feels right can he think right.

- Haim Ginott

Treat a child as though he already is the person he's capable of becoming.

- Haim Ginott