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“The teachers tried everything, even pleading, but Tomas was in the habit of addressing them only in Latin, a language he spoke with papal fluency and in which he did not stammer. Sooner or later they all resigned in despair, fearing he might be possessed: he might be spouting demonic instructions in Aramaic at them, for all they knew.”

Might Language Teacher Habit Despair Spokes Latin Instruction Possessed Sooner Or Later Resigned Pleading Demonic Fluency

Book:The Shadow Of The Wind

Source: The Shadow Of The Wind

“It is very important that teachers should realize the importance of habit.”

Should Important Realizing Teacher Habit Importance

Book:Talks to Teachers on Psychology; And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

Source: Talks to Teachers on Psychology; And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

“The teacher's prime concern should be to ingrain into the pupil that assortment of habits that shall be most useful to him throughout life. Education is for behavior, and habits are the stuff of which behavior consists.”

Should Stuff Teacher Habit Behavior Concern Prime Pupils

Book:Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

Source: Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals

“Children copy their parents, friends, and teachers. They will develop the habits of the people around them. So if you want your child to be honest, peaceful and happy you should be that way first.”

People Ifs Way Want Should Firsts Children Parent Teacher Honest Habit Our Children Peaceful Being Honest Your Children Copies

Author:Baba Hari Dass

“I enrolled at a local college, but this time paid attention to myself - took only courses that really interested me, even if they weren't in sequence; kept out of classes with people I knew from high school, because I tended to act like the class clown around them; selected teachers by their teaching style - until I could build up my study habits. I ended up graduating with a 3.97 GPA and got into Harvard for my doctorate.”

People Ifs School Courses Attention Class Study Teacher Teaching Style College Habit High School Paid Locals Graduates Clown Sequence Harvard Selected Doctorates Gpa

Author:L. Todd Rose

“The better teachers recognize that by freeing yourself of the rigid ego identity habit, you actually strengthen the resilient, flexible, creative ego, and you then can be more effective in helping others, and creative in whatever work you do.”

Helping Creative Teacher Identity Habit Ego Helping Others Flexible Resilient Whatever Works

Author:Robert Thurman

“We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains.”

Want Imagination Existence Teacher Imagine Habit Selfish Chains Live Life Imagine That Inability Commonplace Escaping Clinging People Don't Change

Author:Anne Sullivan Macy

“Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are the first and most necessary steps in education and librarians, teachers and parents all over the country know it. It is our children's right and it is also our best hope and their best hope for the future.”

Knows Firsts Children Two Book Country Kids Reading Parent Steps Teacher Habit Encouragement Our Children Access Two Things Librarian Hoping For The Best Hope For The Future

Author:Michael Morpurgo

“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.”

“As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain (kind of) and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard.”

Kind Made Hard Kids Dies Fun Brain Teacher Habit Beats Convinced Teenager Muscles Skinny Jake

Book:Catch a Mate

Source: Catch a Mate