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

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

Skills are built not born.

We learn more from failure than we do from success.

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

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

Fall down seven times, stand up eight.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today

There are no bad mistakes in maths, only discoveries.

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

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

It doesn’t matter where you start, it matters how you end

FAIL - First Attempt In Learning

The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried

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