Work ethic is important, because, unlike intelligence, athleticism, or charisma, or any natural attribute, it’s a choice.

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

Failure to prepare = preparing to fail

Lose an hour in the morning and you will spend all day looking for it.

Success is the sum of small repeated efforts, day in and day out.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

A book a day keeps the stupidity away.

It is never too late to turn an unproductive day into a productive one.