Hermann Ebbinghaus Quotes

In school, many of us procrastinate and then successfully cram for tests. We get the grades and degrees we need to get the jobs we want, even if we fail to get a good general education.

I never learned to study in studio school, so I had to teach myself to study.

I never studied much at Howard, but at Boston University, I didn't do much else but study.

I would have to say I was an excellent student. I was the type to always do my homework and study when I needed to. I never really partied or did anything like that.

No study, pursued under compulsion, remains rooted in the memory

While growing up, I used to sleep at 8 P.M. and get up at 4 A.M. to study.

I'm definitely a note taker.

I was a student that responded well to knowing what to work on.

Coming from the University of Miami, I developed really good study habits.

I highlight everything I find interesting, and then type out everything I've highlighted, and then print out everything I've typed, and reread these printed notes as often as possible.

I think like a lot of people, you look back on your life and say, 'Gee, why didn't I apply myself?' If I would have spent as much time studying as I did conniving, trying to do as little as possible, I probably would have got the A's.

I wasn't the kind of kid who would get A's without even trying. I had to work to get good grades, but I was very organised about it because I always wanted to do well at everything I did. I'm very competitive.

When I went to college, I was doing well in school, but I didn't have any drive to study.

If I'm not at my study by 10:00, 10:30, forget it, I can't write a word.

I wasn't very good in academics, but I could have been if I could have studied well. I was a smart kid.

Good students are good at all things.

The Purdue education was fine, but I wasn't ready to learn when I was at Purdue.

I was always a good student. I wasn't the A-plus student, but I studied really hard, and I probably had a 3.2. I always wished that I had the capacity to get straight A's, but I didn't. I didn't beat myself up about it, but I really studied hard for my grades.

Sometimes I miss out the morning's painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open.

I was not a good student. I did not spend much time at college; I was too busy enjoying myself.

Always remember those things that tend to strengthen and improve your understanding. You cannot learn without attention, neither retain those lessons that you have once learnt without frequently reflecting upon and reviewing them in your mind; by this means, things long past will remain impressed upon your memory.

I didn't have good grades until I started dancing, because I didn't try - I didn't see the point. Once I realized why I wanted to go to college, I started to study and do well. I knew I had to have a certain GPA to get in.

My parents were very firm about me always getting my homework done.

I think I am more determined than ever in my future plans, and I have quite made up my mind that nothing must be suffered to interfere with them. I intend to make such arrangements in town as will secure me a couple of hours daily (with very few exceptions) for my studies.

I'm the type of person, I have to study to get an A on the test.