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

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

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.

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

Skills are built not born.

I had no time is no excuse. 1 hour is 4% of your day and 1 minute is 0.34 % of your day.

Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

I can is 100 times more important than IQ.

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

Each day is an opportunity to improve. Aim to be that little bit better than yesterday and better tomorrow than today.

Fall down seven times, stand up eight.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. 

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. 

Failure to prepare = preparing to fail