Hermann Ebbinghaus

Psychologist German 1850 – 1909

German psychologist who pioneered experimental memory research and forgetting curves.

375 quotes

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."
Perseverance
"Do what you feel in your heart to be right."
Courage
"The only impossible journey is the one you never begin."
Motivation
"Everything you want is on the other side of fear."
Fear
"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."
Happiness
"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
Courage
"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."
Success
"Believe you can and you're halfway there."
Motivation
"The mind is everything. What you think you become."
"Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life."
Time
"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."
Hope
"The only way out is through."
Perseverance
"Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try our best."
Motivation
"Growth begins at the end of your comfort zone."
Change
"The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power."
Time
"Nothing is impossible to a willing heart."
Courage
"Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends."
Success
"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today."
Hope
"Great things never come from comfort zones."
Courage
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
Change
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
Time
"Your potential is endless. Your excuse is not."
Motivation
"Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you."
Work
"Sometimes we're tested not to show our weaknesses, but to discover our strengths."
Strength
"The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday."
"Fear is only as deep as the mind allows."
Fear
"Impossible is nothing when you set your mind to it."
Motivation
"Do something today that your future self will thank you for."
Success
"Little things make big days."
Gratitude
"It's going to be hard, but hard does not mean impossible."
Courage