To know oneself, one should assert oneself.
Well done is better than well said.
Know or listen to those who know.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.
What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
Expect problems and eat them for breakfast.
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.