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

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

The greatest enemy to human potential is your comfort zone

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

Procrastination makes easy things hard and hard things harder.

Success is a journey, not a destination.

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.

You can have results or excuses, not both

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

Shoot for the moon and even if you miss you’ll land among the stars/

I think, therefore I am.

Mathematics Is not a spectator sport. The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics.

Tough times never last, but tough people do.

You cannot start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.

Go as far as you can see, when you get there, you’ll be able to see further