Skills are built not born.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

You can hire a tutor but you can't hire someone to practice for you.

Don't expect to be good at maths or understand things straight away. Be patient and persistent. The most powerful warriors are patience and time.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today

You cannot start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.

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

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

We learn more from failure than we do from success.

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

GCSE and A Level Maths are a marathon not a sprint

Time is your friend, impulse is your enemy.

No matter how bad it gets, you’re still way ahead of those who haven’t even started.

Nothing is impossible if you want it badly enough. Impossible = I'm possible.

The temptation to quit will be the greatest when you are about to succeed