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Ray Kroc Quotes


A founder of the McDonald's Corporation. His ideas and methods of customer service have found home in many industries.
(1902 - 1984)


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All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment.
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Creativity is a highfalutin word for the work I have to do between now and Tuesday.
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I HAVE ALWAYS believed that each man makes his own happiness and is responsible for his own problems.
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If any of my competitors were drowning, I'd stick a hose in their mouth.
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If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.
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If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.
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If you've got time to lean, you've got time to clean.
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It takes a certain type of mind to see beauty in a hamburger.
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It was not her sex appeal but the obvious relish with which she devoured the hamburger that made my pulse begin to hammer with excitement.
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It's a matter of having principles.  It's easy to have principles when you're rich.  The important thing is to have principles when you're poor.
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It's easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor.
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Look after the customers and the business will take care of itself.
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Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.
[Luck]
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None of Us is as Good as All of Us.
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Not all that are wandering are lost; just missing at the moment.
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Take calculated risks. Act boldly and thoughtfully. Be an agile company.
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The first dollar is the most you will get if you don't love what you are doing.
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The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
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The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.
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We have found out... that we cannot trust some people who are nonconformists… We will make conformists out of them... The organization cannot trust the individual; the individual must trust the organization.
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