Desire, burning desire, is basic to achieving anything beyond the ordinary.

Lying, stealing, and cheating are commonplace.

Those who stand at the threshold of life always waiting for the right time to change are like the man who stands at the bank of a river waiting for the water to pass so he can cross on dry land.

While we yearn for peace, we live in a world burdened with hunger, pain, anguish, loneliness, sickness, and sorrow.

We know that we are often judged by the company we keep. We know how influential classmates, friends, and other peer groups can be. If any of our companions are prone to be unrighteous in their living, we are better off seeking new associations immediately.

Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes.

Honesty is of God and dishonesty of the devil; the devil was a liar from the beginning.

Sometimes we make the process more complicated than we need to. We will never make a journey of a thousand miles by fretting about how long it will take or how hard it will be. We make the journey by taking each day step by step and then repeating it again and again until we reach our destination.

As with the butterfly, adversity is necessary to build character in people.

You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you.

I give thanks to my Creator for this wonderful life where each of us has the opportunity to learn lessons we could not fully comprehend by any other means.

Sometimes we should express our gratitude for the small and simple things like the scent of the rain, the taste of your favorite food, or the sound of a loved one's voice.

Some memories are unforgettable, remaining ever vivid and heartwarming!

The more often we see the things around us - even the beautiful and wonderful things - the more they become invisible to us. That is why we often take for granted the beauty of this world: the flowers, the trees, the birds, the clouds - even those we love. Because we see things so often, we see them less and less.

Any business, no matter what it is, lives or dies by the customer reaction it creates.

I guess I've just always had an entrepreneurial spirit.

Nine out of ten people who are failing blame their failure on somebody else. And that is the common denominator of failure.

Society is causing us to talk less and interact more digitally. So, I'd be remiss if I didn't believe that businesses will have to follow that same path.

People don't go to bars they think are uncool.

If your main reason for opening a bar is to have somewhere for you and your friends to hang out, then build a bar in your basement, and stay out of the industry.

The 'hottest bar in town,' to me, means high energy.

I went to college for political science and got a bartending job.

I do a lot of corporate consulting work. I've been doing it a long time.

Great negotiations happen when people are relaxed, so a relaxing environment is important. A high-energy environment tenses people up. It closes them up. You're not as likely to get that concession.