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The time to establish
good habits!
The character is formed,
to a great extent, in the
early years. The habits
then established have
more influence than
any natural indowment
in making men either
giants or dwarfs in
intellect. For the very
best talents may
through wrong habits
become warped and
enfeebled. The earlier
in life one contracts
hurtful habits the more
firmly they will hold
their victim in slavery.
And the more certainly
will they lower his
standard of spirituallity.
On the other hand
if correct and virtuous
habits are formed in
youth, they will
generally mark the
course of the possessor
through life. In most
cases, it will be found
that those in later life
reverence God and
honor the right learned
that lesson before there
was time for the world
to stamp its images of
sin upon the soul.
Those of mature age
are generally as
insensible to new
impressions as is
the hardened rock,
but youth is impressible.
E. White
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