Chapman Cohen Quotes

I'd rather be good than lucky.

Success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square.

Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.

We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.

The fool inherits, but the wise must get.

The men who have furnished me with my greatest inspiration have not been men of wealth, but men of deeds.

There is no law that says a man who earned a hundred million dollars in his first half-dozen years on the job has to be a decent human being, but Mike Eisner is that and more.

Better deserve honor and not have it, than have it and not deserve it.

These days to be great is to exceed on prosperity; greatness today has nothing to do with moral magnanimity.

Prosperity seldom chooses the side of the virtuous.

I do not pilfer victory.

If you have to cheat to win, it doesn't mean as much as if you did it on natural abilities and hard work.

I want to win because I am the fastest out there instead, not by luck; then it means a lot more to you.

I hate that word — 'lucky.' It cheapens a lot of hard work

Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling

Fortune, the great commandress of the world, Hath divers ways to advance her followers: To some she gives honor without deserving; To other some, deserving without honor; Some wit, some wealth,--and some, wit without wealth; Some wealth without wit; some nor wit nor wealth.

Riches and power are but gifts of blind fate, whereas goodness is the result of one's own merits.

We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it.

Virtue is the roughest way, but proves at night a bed of down.

We are unreasonably desirous to separate the goods of life from those evils which Providence has connected with them, and to catch advantages without paying the price at which they are offered to us. Every man wishes to be rich, but very few have the powers necessary to raise a sudden fortune, either by new discoveries, or by superiority of skill in any necessary employment; and among lower understandings many want the firmness and industry requisite to regular gain and gradual acquisitions.

The difference between a great man and a little man is their commitment to Integrity and Hard Work

Every honest miller has a golden thumb.

The people who best use their advantages, or overcome adversity, and work honestly are those most worthy of admiration.

Build a good name. Keep your name clean. Don’t make compromises, don’t worry about making a bunch of money or being successful. Be concerned about doing good work. Protect your work and if you build a good name, eventually that name will be its own currency. Life is like a roller coaster ride, it is never going to be perfect. It is going to have perfect moments and rough spots, but it’s all worth it.

Hard work, honesty, if you keep at it, will get you almost anything.