You can have results or excuses, not both

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

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

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

FAIL - First Attempt In Learning

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

You're not in competition with anyone but yourself. Outdo your past, not other people.

There is great wisdom in being able to realise that you don’t understand something before it goes too far.

A book a day keeps the stupidity away.

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. 

The boxer is not afraid of being knocked down, he is afraid of not being able to get up again.

Work like you don't need the money, dance like nobody's watching and love like you've never been hurt. 

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

Success is not final, failure is not fatal.  It is the courage to continue that counts.

You can pick up a mistake and carry it as a burden,  or you can set it down as use it as a stepping stone to greatness.