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

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.

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

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

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...

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the...

Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the...

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible...

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible...

They wanted a great university without building a great university. They knew a lot about...

They wanted a great university without building a great university. They knew a lot about...

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...

A college education shows a man how little other people know.

A college education shows a man how little other people know.

They say that we are better educated than our parents' generation. What they mean is...

They say that we are better educated than our parents' generation. What they mean is...

True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility.

True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility.

A person educated in mind and not in morals is a menace to society

A person educated in mind and not in morals is a menace to society

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to...

Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to...

The long path from material through function to creative work has only one goal: to...

The long path from material through function to creative work has only one goal: to...

No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward...

No man can be a good teacher unless he has feelings of warm affection toward...

The fountain of information lies at your fingertips and is accessible anywhere at anytime and...

The fountain of information lies at your fingertips and is accessible anywhere at anytime and...

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

He who studies MA in English Literature but fears the name Shakespeare is one who...

He who studies MA in English Literature but fears the name Shakespeare is one who...

Education is a social process; education is growth; education is not a preparation for life...

Education is a social process; education is growth; education is not a preparation for life...

An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind.

An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind.

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...

In Class: 'I'll just do this at home.' At Home: 'I'll just do this in...

In Class: 'I'll just do this at home.' At Home: 'I'll just do this in...

We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and...

We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives teaching them to walk and...