The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.
Only the educated are free.
Know or listen to those who know.
Wherever you are - be all there.
You never know what motivates you.
Never complain and never explain.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
The wise does at once what the fool does at last.
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.