Marva CollinsAn error means a child needs help, not a reprimand or ridicule for doing something wrong. ✨ Marva Collins (1990). Marva Collins' Way, Tarcher372Philosophy
Marva CollinsThe good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior.363Philosophy
Marva CollinsCharacter is what you know you are, not what others think you have.326Thought
Marva CollinsExcellence is not an act, but a habit. ✨ Marva Collins (1992). Ordinary Children, Extraordinary Teachers, p.114, Hampton Roads Publishing348Hope
Marva CollinsNone of you has ever failed. School may have failed you. Goodbye to failure, children. Welcome to success. ✨ Marva Collins (1990). Marva Collins' Way, Tarcher3510Thought
Marva CollinsTrust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself. Imitation is suicide.283Thought
Marva CollinsDon'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 … ▶3210Life
Marva CollinsWhen our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed.221Time
Marva CollinsSuccess doesn't come to you, you go to it.222Humor
Marva CollinsThere isn't a certain time we should set aside to talk about God. God is part of our every waking moment245Time
Marva CollinsIf you don't give anything, don't expect anything. Success is not coming to you, you must come to it. ✨ Marva Collins (1990). Marva Collins' Way, Tarcher256Reading
Marva CollinsReaders are leaders. Thinkers succeed.192ReadingThought
Marva CollinsYou can pay people to teach, But you can't pay them to care.204Humanity
Marva CollinsIf you can't make a mistake, you can't make anything. ✨ Marva Collins (1992). Ordinary Children, Extraordinary Teachers, p.170, Hampton Roads Publishing193Humor
Marva CollinsDetermination and perseverance move the world; thinking that others will do it for you is a sure way to fail.161Thought
Marva CollinsThere is a brilliant child locked inside every student. ✨ Marva Collins, Civia Tamarkin (1984). Marva Collins Way, Tarcher249Truth
Marva CollinsWhat all good teachers have in common, however, is that they set high standards for their students and do not settle for anything less. ✨ Marva Collins (1990). Marva Collins… ▶216Thought
Marva CollinsExcellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will do best.238Humanity
Marva CollinsOnce children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another. ✨ Marva Coll… ▶239Thought
Marva CollinsI 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… ▶141Time
Marva CollinsMr. 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-Be… ▶174Love
Marva CollinsI'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.185Love
Marva CollinsWhen 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.165Life
Marva CollinsThe purpose of a liberal arts education is to learn that a person can like both cats and dogs.134Thought
Marva CollinsOnce children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. ✨ Marva Collins (1990). Marva Collins' Way, Tarcher1910Thought
