A person who creates habits of hard work in their children provides for them much better than by leaving them an inheritance. Source: Internet
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. John Dryden
It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits of companionship with individuals unlike himself, who care little for his pursuits, and whose sphere and abilities he must go out of himself to appreciate. Nathaniel Hawthorne
Old habits die hard. Portuguese Proverb
A good name is better than good habits. Vietnamese Proverb
Old habits die hard. English Proverb