Explore Quotes by Marva Collins

Readers are leaders. Thinkers succeed.

There isn't a certain time we should set aside to talk about God. God is part of our every waking moment

If you don't give anything, don't expect anything. Success is not coming to you, you must come to it.

Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind.

The purpose of a liberal arts education is to learn that a person can like both cats and dogs.

When someone is taught the joy of learning, it becomes a life-long process that never stops, a process that creates a logical individual. That is the challenge and joy of teaching.

I got so tired of hearing those proverbs when I was a child. Now I use them all the time. Sometimes they are the best way to say what needs to be said. I teach them to my students. I have a collection of proverbs for class discussion and writing assignments.

Character is what you know you are, not what others think you have.

Mr. Meant-to has a friend, his name is Didn't-Do. Have you met them? They live together in a house called Never-Win. And I am told that it is haunted by the Ghost of Might-have-Been.

Determination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.

There is a brilliant child locked inside every student.

An error means a child needs help, not a reprimand or ridicule for doing something wrong.

None of you has ever failed. School may have failed you. Goodbye to failure, children. Welcome to success.

What all good teachers have in common, however, is that they set high standards for their students and do not settle for anything less.

Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior. When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed.

I'm a teacher. A teacher is someone who leads. There is no magic here. I do not walk on water. I do not part the sea. I just love children.

When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed.

Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.

The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior.

If you can't make a mistake, you can't make anything.

Excellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will do best.