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.

The greatest glory in loving lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Success is a journey, not a destination.

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

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

There are no bad mistakes in maths, only discoveries.

The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried

I have not failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Hard work - a two way street where you get exactly what you put in.

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

Procrastination makes easy things hard and hard things harder.

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

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

Never underestimate the importance of small steps. small steps = big changes. 

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