“The whole narcissism and echo syndrome is usually the result of early childhood training. Those are very hard habits for anyone to break.” HardWholeResultsBreakChildhoodHabitTrainingNarcissismEchoesSyndromesEarly Childhood Author:Merrill Markoe
“Holidays are also an opportunity for kids to unlearn every good habit they've learned during the rest of the year. They don't go to school. They get to stay up past their bedtime. They get candy and presents for doing nothing. Childhood utopia.” YearsKidsSchoolPastOpportunityChildhoodHabitVery GoodHolidayCandyDoing NothingUtopiaBedtimeUnlearnGood Habits Book:Dad Is Fat Source: Dad Is Fat
“There was the usual dreaminess, I suppose. Also a shyness that caused me - and others - to notice that I could express myself better by writing than by speaking. This is typical of many writers, I think. What is a drawback in childhood is an asset to a literary life. Not being fluent on one’s feet sends one to the page and a habit is born.” ThinkingWritingBornFeetChildhoodHabitPagesAssetsUsualTypicalShynessDrawbacksFluent Author:Lorrie Moore
“To be a social success, do not act pathetic, arrogant, or bored. Do not discuss your unhappy childhood, your visit to the dentist,the shortcomings of your cleaning woman, the state of your bowels, or your spouse's bad habits. You will be thought a paragon (or perhaps a monster) of good behavior.” StatesSuccessSocialChildhoodHabitBehaviorMonstersUnhappyBoredArrogantSpouseCleaningPatheticEtiquetteShortcomingsBad HabitsDentistBowelsGood BehaviorParagonUnhappy Childhood Author:Mason Cooley
“Custom, law bent my first years to the religion of the happy Muslims. I see it too clearly: the care taken of our childhood forms our feelings, our habits, our belief. By the Ganges I would have been a slave of the false gods, a Christian in Paris, a Muslim here.” YearsFirstsHas BeensFeelingsCareChristianFormLawBeliefTakenAtheismChildhoodHabitOur ChildrenSlavePositive AtheismParisCustomsBentFalse Gods Author:Voltaire
“(An unhappy childhood was not) an unsuitable preparation for my future, in that it demanded a constant wariness, the habit of observation, and the attendance on moods and tempers; the noting of discrepancies between speech and action; a certain reserve of demeanour; and automatic suspicion of sudden favours.” ActionCertainChildhoodHabitSpeechConstantMoodUnhappyObservationPreparationTemperSuspicionReservesFavourMy FutureAttendanceDiscrepanciesDiscrepancies BetweenUnhappy Childhood Author:Rudyard Kipling
“The habits we form from childhood make no small difference, but rather they make all the difference.” FormDifferencesEducationTeachingChildhoodHabitSmall Differences Author:Aristotle
“Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. Extract from 'Memories of childhood and youth.'” MenLittlesMemoriesAnimalChildhoodYouthHabitInstinctIntuitionCrueltyAnimal RightsAnimal WelfareChildhood MemoriesAnimal CrueltyAnimal LifeAnimal TestingKindness To AnimalsHuman CrueltyThoughtlessnessAnimal InstinctAnimals And Society Author:Albert Schweitzer
“In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry or idleness, good or evil, by the habits to which you train your children. Teach them right habits then, and their future life is safe.” MayChildrenLife IsEvilPovertyTeachChildhoodIndustryHabitSafeOur ChildrenFoundationLaysTrainRichesYour ChildrenIdlenessEarly ChildhoodFuture Life Author:Lydia Sigourney