J. C. Ryle Quote

Fathers and mothers, do not forget that children learn more by the eye than they do by the ear... Imitation is a far stronger principle with children than memory. What they see has a much stronger effect on their minds than what they are told.

Train up a Child in the way he should go : a sermon [on Prov. xxii. 6] for parents. Second thousand (ed. 1846)