Kenneth Langone Quotes

I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.

I've never had anything given to me. I've never had anything easy. My whole career has been that way.

I didn't corner the market on great stories. I'm not the only one who can do something like work at a grocery store and then win a Super Bowl. Other people can do it. You hope people will see that and say, 'Hey, that will be me.' They're going to chase after it like I did. And they're going to be the next one.

Young people can learn from my example that something can come from nothing. What I have become is the result of my hard efforts.

I come from a very rough background, and I'm saying that if you work hard and dedicate yourself that you can make it, too.

I came from nothing and achieved humungous fame and fortune. But I worked hard. I had discipline and determination. I had that ice in me.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

As his partner on this amazing journey, I can tell you Mitt Romney was not handed success. He built it.

I want to be an example of a guy who made something of himself out of nothing. A guy who overcame the odds of a tough childhood, who worked hard, who didn't let his surroundings get the best of him and lead him to jail or the graveyard. Where I ended up - being a comedian, a TV star, and a movie actor - might be unique, but my story is not.

There wasn't a rich father or rich family that paid for everything that I have right now, so I worked my way.

I take my hat off to my friend, Mark Wahlberg, because I know that it took him a long time to make 'The Fighter', and he overcame a lot of obstacles to do it, and now the film is an unqualified success.

My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.

I've had the school of hard knocks, and I've worked my way up to be the governor of this great state of Connecticut.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

I've had all six of my books reach the New York Times bestseller list, which is especially rewarding seeing as I flunked out of high school twice because I couldn't write. It just goes to show you that we learn from our mistakes.

I strongly believe that through dedication and perseverance, one can overcome adversity to achieve success. It is a privilege to accept membership in the Horatio Alger Association, an organization which promotes this principle.

I want a kid to look at me and say, 'You know what, this man had no chance in life, but he stayed in there, and he worked hard. He dedicated himself, and he did it'.

Success, in my view, is the willingness to strive for something you really want. The person not reaching the top is no less a success than the one who achieved it, if they both sweated blood, sweat and tears and overcame obstacles and fears. The failure to be perfect does not mean you're not a success.

The thing that I think about the most, and is the most rewarding to me, is the whole past. That I kind of went from nothing to something and I did it on my own, and I did it through hard work and smarts.

A man can make what he wants of himself if he truly believes that he must be ready for hard work and many heartbreaks.

In my particular instance, I came from a family that didn't have anything. Everything I earned in life I made. Myself. With songs that I wrote.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

I'm proud of my triumphs. I've dreamed of being world champion, I've had some difficult times and they've made me value the good times.

I think it's a great thing to have failed in life and then pulled yourself up by the boot straps and actually done something, because then you appreciate it more.

I've worked hard over the years, I've been injured and I've worked hard through it, and I've made it.