There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

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

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

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

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.

It is never too late to become what you might have been

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. 

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

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

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

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

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than the things you did do

Whenever you find yourself doubting how far you can go, just remember how far you have come.

The easiest person to deceive is yourself.

Never let a dark chapter make you forget that better days are ahead of you. Your story is far from over.