There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

FAIL - First Attempt In Learning

There are no bad mistakes in maths, only discoveries.

I have not failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

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

MATHS = Mistakes Allow Thinking To Happen

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

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

Skills are built not born.

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

The temptation to quit will be the greatest when you are about to succeed

Time is your friend, impulse is your enemy.

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. 

Good mathematics is not about how many answers you know... It is about how you behave when you don't know.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.