Don't fear the unknown for it may be the change you're looking for. And, once you've crossed that bridge be prepared to change once again for the only for sure in life is change.

Inspect what you expect from others otherwise you only end up disappointing yourself.

Stay the course. Don't tell me about the storms just bring the ship home and dock it.

The journey may be long for those who accept the challenge. And, if you endure the storms along the way the rewards for doing so are that much greater.

Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wishes to die. The same could be said about success. Everybody wants to achieve it but few are willing to pay the price of success.

If you make your own path in this thing we call life, you will forever know that it was yours and not someone else's. - Michael A. Contés II

If you make your own path in this thing we call life, you will forever know that it was yours and not someone else's.

In the grand scheme of things it makes no difference who is right but rather what's right that counts.

This is not a dirty little secret which was discovered just yesterday. But, if you follow the Golden Rule, good things happen to you and those around you.

When taking on a leadership role in business remember it's about relationships. If your people (aka employees) are taken care of then they will respect you and return the favor.

Ever wonder what it's like to walk in another persons shoes? Try it sometime. Then perhaps you will understand the definition of experience.

It has never been easier to get books but never harder to find the quiet needed to study them.

Autocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another.

Ceaseless work, analysis, reflection, writing much, endless self-correction, that is my secret.

I thought people cared about music in a deep way, so I was writing to that spirit in people and in myself. It was me, thinking I knew what was up. Youth, who else can change the world?

Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore.

The fitter you are, the more energy you have.

Smell is the voice of the soul.

I remain committed to improving the government services to which Hudson Valley veterans are entitled.

The music I love listening to is more of the Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Dido, Jewel Kilcher, Norah Jones, Joss Stone, a bit more of that organic live-instrumentation feel.

I just think winners win. And guys who won all the way through high school and college, the best player at every level, they have a way of making things happen and winning games.