Work ethic is important, because, unlike intelligence, athleticism, or charisma, or any natural attribute, it’s a choice.

Good mathematics is not about how many answers you know... It is about how you behave when you don't know.

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.

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

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

Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come.

Shoot for the moon and even if you miss you’ll land among the stars/

Don’t practice until you get it right, practice until you can’t get it wrong.

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

Tomorrow is worth more than yesterday but less than today.

You can have results or excuses, not both

A book a day keeps the stupidity away.

Time is your friend, impulse is your enemy.

I can is 100 times more important than IQ.

The bad news is time flies, the good new is that you're the pilot.