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.

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.

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.

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.

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

There is nothing more important and precious on earth than the opportunity to love and appreciate.

Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger.

At one time, I hated the iPhone - but that was only before I used one for the first time.

She is unable to dream, think or love. In a woman, poetry never comes naturally, but always as the result of education. Only the woman of the world is a woman; the rest are simply females.

People romanticize, I think, this notion of life. But life at all costs is not life, it's ego-extension.

If the day did not require an AK then it was good

Whenever I hear French spoken as I approve, I find myself quietly falling in love.

Nothing gold can stay.

I tend to use my music as therapy, in a way.

The greatest historian should also be a great moralist. It is no proof of impartiality to treat wickedness and goodness on the same level.