Skills are built not born.

There is great wisdom in being able to realise that you don’t understand something before it goes too far.

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

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

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

He who has begun his task is half-way done. Have the courage to begin!

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

Just stick with it, what seems hard now will one day be your warm up.

Time is your friend, impulse is your enemy.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

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

Success is the sum of small repeated efforts, day in and day out.

Tomorrow is worth more than yesterday but less than today.

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. Rome wasn't built in a day, but they worked on it every single day.