The easiest person to deceive is yourself.

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

It is never too late to turn an unproductive day into a productive one.

The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.

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.

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

No one starts out on top. You have to work your way up.

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

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

There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.

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

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.

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

Success can never happen without the journey (struggle).

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