Never complain and never explain.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
Only the educated are free.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Wherever you are - be all there.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Who seeks shall find.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
You never know what motivates you.
Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldn't have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me.