The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

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

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

I think, therefore I am.

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

It always seems impossible until it's done.

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

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

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

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

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

Everything that happens was once a dream.

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

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. 

Run in the morning before your body figures out what you're doing