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

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

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

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

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

There are no bad mistakes in maths, only discoveries.

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

I think, therefore I am.

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

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

Don't be afraid to take an unfamiliar path.  Sometimes they're the ones that lead you to the best places.

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

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.

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

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