Hardly anything can be more important in the mental training of a child than the bringing him to do it in its proper time, whether he enjoys it or not. The measure of a child's ability to do this becomes, in the long run, the measure of his practical efficiency in whatever sphere of life he labors.


Hints on Child-training (ed. 1893)

Henry Clay Trumbull Quotes

Hardly anything can be more important in the mental training of a child than the bringing him to do it in its proper time, whether he enjoys it or...

Hardly anything can be more important in the mental training of a child than the bringing him to do it in its proper time, whether he enjoys it or...

Hardly anything can be more important in the mental training of a child than the bringing him to do it in its proper time, whether he enjoys it or...

Hardly anything can be more important in the mental training of a child than the bringing him to do it in its proper time, whether he enjoys it or...