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.

— Marva Collins

Marva Collins Quotes

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

— Marva Collins

What 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

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

— Marva Collins

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.

— Marva Collins

You can pay people to teach, But you can’t pay them to care.

— Marva Collins

I cannot change the world, but I do not have to conform.

— Marva Collins

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

— Marva Collins

Praise is essential in developing the right attitude toward learning and toward school.

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Excellence is not an act, but a habit.

— Marva Collins

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

— Marva Collins

Before I can effectively discipline students, I have to earn their friendship and respect.

— Marva Collins

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

— Marva Collins

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

— Marva Collins

Until kids decide, ‘I am a miracle. I am unique. There is no one else exactly like me,’ they can never draw the conclusion, ‘Because I’m a miracle, I will never harm another person who’s a miracle like me.’ In this slippery world, they all need something to hang on to.

— Marva Collins

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.

— Marva Collins

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

— Marva Collins

Death cannot put the brakes on a good dream.

— Marva Collins

Readers are leaders. Thinkers succeed.

— Marva Collins

Encouraging for Students Lifelong Learning Inspirational for Students Teaching

Everything works when the teacher works. It’s as easy as that, and as hard.

— Marva Collins

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

— Marva Collins

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