Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.

We are all maths people : step 1 - do maths and step 2 - be a person. 

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

Fall down seven times, stand up eight.

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

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

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

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. 

Success is a journey, not a destination.

A book a day keeps the stupidity away.

99% of genius comes from hard work, the remaining 1% comes from innate talent

Start, struggle, fail, fix and learn. Repeat.

Mistakes have the power to turn you into something better than you were before.

It always seems impossible until it's done.