When writting an Academic college essay, do italicize quotes?

Question

For ex: Alex Nobel once said, “Success is a process, a quality of mind and way of being, an outgoing affirmation of life.”

would I italicize the "Success.....life."

Answer 1

No.  Use quotation marks.  Italics are for titles (as are underlines) and for words or phrases with special meaning or emphasis.

You might also use a block indent for a long quotation, though I don't remember how long it needs to be.