Marva Collins Quotes (8 Quotes)

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.

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.

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

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

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

Success doesn't come to you you go to it.

The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another.