Focus on progress, not perfection. Practise a little bit every day - little and often  Slow and steady wins the race.

If you really want something you’ll find a way. If you don’t you’ll find an excuse.

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. 

FAIL - First Attempt In Learning

Hard work - a two way street where you get exactly what you put in.

Skills are built not born.

The greatest enemy to human potential is your comfort zone

Pure mathematics is in its way, the poetry of logical ideas.

Nobody said it’d be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.

We are all maths people : step 1 - do maths and step 2 - be a person. 

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

Don't be afraid to take an unfamiliar path.  Sometimes they're the ones that lead you to the best places.

In order to become better than anybody else you must first become better than yourself.