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

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

Fall down seven times, stand up eight.

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

Patience is when you’re supposed to get mad, but you choose to understand

The power of reflection is the most powerful skill you’ll learn.

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

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

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

Success can never happen without the journey (struggle).

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

Everything you want is on the other side of fear

Nothing is impossible if you want it badly enough. Impossible = I'm possible.

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

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