Skills are built not born.

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

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.

The greatest glory in loving lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

FAIL - First Attempt In Learning

Nothing is impossible if you want it badly enough. Impossible = I'm possible.

Failure to prepare = preparing to fail

I think, therefore I am.

There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.

Just stick with it, what seems hard now will one day be your warm up.

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

Don’t compare yourself to others. Compare yourself to the person you were yesterday.

It always seems impossible until it's done.

A book a day keeps the stupidity away.

The gift of imperfection - let go of who you think you're supposed to be and embrace who you are.