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

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.

Focus on progress, not perfection. Practise a little bit every day - little and often  Slow and steady wins the race.

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

FAIL - First Attempt In Learning

You can have results or excuses, not both

Do what you have always done and you will always be what you have always been

No matter how bad it gets, you’re still way ahead of those who haven’t even started.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. 

You can be shown the path, but only you can make the first step.

Shoot for the moon and even if you miss you’ll land among the stars/

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

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

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

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