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

Quote by Marva Collins

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Success doesn't come to youÃyou go to it.

Success doesn't come to youÃyou go to it.

Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor...

Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor...

The purpose of a liberal arts education is to learn that a person can like...

The purpose of a liberal arts education is to learn that a person can like...

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more...

Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more...

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence...

A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence...

Much that passes for education is not education at all but ritual. The fact is...

Much that passes for education is not education at all but ritual. The fact is...

An educated man is one who knows a lot and says nothing about it.

An educated man is one who knows a lot and says nothing about it.

It is nothing short of a miracle that modern methods of instruction have not yet...

It is nothing short of a miracle that modern methods of instruction have not yet...

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a...

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a...

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll...

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll...

In my opinion, the greatest single failure of American education is that students come away...

In my opinion, the greatest single failure of American education is that students come away...

There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function...

There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function...

Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.

Education is what most receive, many pass on, and few possess.

Education: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of...

Education: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of...

All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on...

All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on...

When success turns a man's head he faces failure

When success turns a man's head he faces failure

Learned institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light...

Learned institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light...

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters...

The main failure of education is that it has not prepared people to comprehend matters...

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.