If you want to inculcate character in someone else, teach them how to form commitments--temporary ones in childhood, provisional ones in youth, permanent ones in adulthood. Commitments are the school for moral formation. #DavidBrooks

If you want to inculcate character in someone else, teach them how to form commitments--temporary ones in childhood, provisional ones in youth, permanent ones in adulthood. Commitments are the school for moral formation. #DavidBrooks

— English Quotes (@english_quotes) Sep 8, 2025