Bill O'Reilly Quotes

As the twig is bent the tree inclines.

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.

I went whole hog at the actor's lifestyle - really embraced it. I had by then known how much I loved acting already, because I discovered acting from a teacher in the seminary - that's the first place I ever did it, in the seminary.

When kids are young, before the age of ten, there is a critical window of opportunity when their habits and motivations can be influenced.

Only recently - about five minutes ago, relative to the long-running human comedy - have parents been driving themselves to distraction by taking too seriously the idea that 'as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.'

The child is father of the man.

What is learned in youth is carved in stone.

When qualities have become fixed in men by nature or by the training of a long period of time, it is impossible for them to lay them aside thus lightly.

The first 3 years of a person’s life determines the next 80 years.

Experiences from our youth shape what we do later in life.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Everything in adulthood can be traced back to childhood.

The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression is more readily taken.

The habits we form from childhood make no small difference, but rather they make all the difference.

The habits of a young man are, like his coat, removable; the habits of an old man are like the drapery of a statue.

Good wombs have borne bad sons." -- (Miranda, I:2)

Some of our weaknesses are born in us, others are the result of education; it is a question which of the two gives us most trouble.

You become courageous by doing courageous acts...Courage is a habit.

You must have the strength to discipline yourselves so that you can accomplish your goals and enhance your natural strengths. Habits of self-discipline formed while you are young will become part of the makeup of your character for the rest of your lives.

For a great nature, it is a happiness to escape a religious training; religion of character is so apt to be invaded.

Thus strength is afforded by good and thorough customs, thus is learnt the subjection of the individual, and strenuousness of character becomes a birth gift and afterwards is fostered as a habit.

What you do daily determines what you become permanently

Christ is most concerned with the direction in which you habitually are going and not with a spasmodic eruption either good or bad.

I make myself strict rules in order to correct my nature. But it is my nature that I finally obey.

Character is, for the most part, simply habit become fixed.