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

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

Hard work always pays off - it is not a question of if you will get there, but WHEN you will get there

Do what you have always done and you will always be what you have always been

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

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

Don’t hang your targets after you’re done shooting.

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

Hope might be a good breakfast, but it makes a very poor dinner

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

The road to success is like a staircase. If you want to succeed, double your failure rate

1.00³⁶⁵=1 and 1.01³⁶⁵=37.7. Doing nothing at all versus small steps at a time. 

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

Procrastination makes easy things hard and hard things harder.

If you can understand just one thing thoroughly, then you will understand everything.