99% of genius comes from hard work, the remaining 1% comes from innate talent

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

It is never too late to become what you might have been

The gift of imperfection - let go of who you think you're supposed to be and embrace who you are.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift—that's why it's called 'the present

Don't expect to be good at maths or understand things straight away. Be patient and persistent. Rome wasn't built in a day, but they worked on it every single day. 

Success is not final, failure is not fatal.  It is the courage to continue that counts.

Good mathematics is not about how many answers you know... It is about how you behave when you don't know.

There is no talent here. There is hard work and obsession. You could be anyone if you put in the time.

Work on your weaknesses until they are your strengths and work on your strengths until they are second nature.

The greatest enemy to human potential is your comfort zone

Hard work always pays off - it is not a question of if you will get there, but WHEN you will get there

We all have two lives. The second begins when we realise we only have one. 

Failure to prepare = preparing to fail

You can pick up a mistake and carry it as a burden,  or you can set it down as use it as a stepping stone to greatness.