The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

Skills are built not born.

Don't expect to be good at maths or understand things straight away. Be patient and persistent. The most powerful warriors are patience and time.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

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. 

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

Work on your weaknesses until they are your strengths and work on your strengths until they are second nature.

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

Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.

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

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

"I" not them. Be the best version of you.

Everything you want is on the other side of fear

1.00³⁶⁵=1 and 1.01³⁶⁵=37.7. Doing nothing at all versus small steps at a time. 

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