Nico Santos Quotes

To look back where I started from, you can't help but be amazed.

It's so crazy to look at your life and see how far you've come.

Every situation has changed me as a person.

Before 'Idol,' I was lost... Now, I've actually followed through with something. I am a better man for it!

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.

Sometimes I have to pinch myself to think: have I really come this far? Because it is quite different, where I find myself today, from where I started off, in the streets of Waterloo, in the suburbs of Liverpool - that's for sure.

I always want to grow and top myself.

Life is about growing and improving and getting better.

Success did change me. You don't want it to, but it does.

It's so rewarding the journey that I've been on.

I feel different than I did three years ago, in The Cider House Rules.

Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life.

I feel honored to have been a part of that dramatic change.

You cannot travel within and stand still without.

None of us suddenly becomes something overnight. The preparations have been in the making for lifetime.

People say, You paid your dues, but I never paid any dues. It's always been a great trip.

I need to mature a bit - then I might have something to show for it.

I've always known I would be a success, but I was surprised at the way it came.

It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind me and I see the steps. That's where I was.

I think that life is about growth. You continue to grow and progress, hopefully.

America loves to watch people growing and getting better.

Life is lived on levels and arrived at in stages.

I'm in a great place because I've gone full circle.

It has been great journey from where I have started to where I am today. I am really blessed with God's grace.

I didn't really know what I was going to do with my life. I've taken every opportunity, pushed myself in ways I'm not sure I knew were even possible, I've made the best of my life and career. So yes, I do feel proud of myself.