Marva Collins

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

— Marva Collins

Kids don't fail. Teachers fail, school systems fail. The people who teach children that they are failures, they are the problem.

— Marva Collins

You can't find me 20 children in Chicago, I don't care which section you go in - you can be on Michigan…

— Marva Collins

A person cannot all of a sudden become good at what they do just by switching streams.

— 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

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

— Marva Collins

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

— Marva Collins

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

— Marva Collins

Students do not need to be labeled or measured any more than they are. They don't need more Federal funds, grants, and…

— Marva Collins

One of the things that even wealthy children need is an education, and I think the problems I saw really have nothing…

— Marva Collins

I don't have to be accountable to some authority, which is why I don't take federal funds. I don't want anyone's monies…

— Marva Collins

There is a lot of money to be made from miseducation, from the easy to read easy to learn textbooks, workbooks, teacher…

— Marva Collins

Trust yourself. Think for yourself. Act for yourself. Speak for yourself. Be yourself.

— Marva Collins

Our children learn the phonetic method, which is why they're very good spellers, I suppose. Because rather than ABC or just saying…

— Marva Collins

There is a brilliant child locked inside every student.

— Marva Collins

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

— Marva Collins

Readers are leaders. Thinkers succeed.

— Marva Collins

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…

— Marva Collins

I believe the more difficult a child is, the more I want that child. But I won't take a child until the…

— Marva Collins

I was very, very unhappy with even the so-called very elite schools. The one thing I've always done every day with my…

— Marva Collins

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

— Marva Collins

I'm not one of those who say this is the way. I'm not that opinionated. I can only say this is my…

— Marva Collins

We've been brainwashed into thinking that it takes more monies than it actually does to educate children. That's been one of the…

— Marva Collins

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

— Marva Collins

I got so tired of hearing those proverbs when I was a child. Now I use them all the time. Sometimes they…

— Marva Collins