Quotes from Marva Collins

There is a brilliant child locked inside every student.

Teaching children to read was one thing; keeping them interested in reading was something else.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

There is a brilliant child locked inside every student.

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

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

Peace will always rule the day where reason rules the mind.

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