“When you’re green, your growing. When you’re ripe, you rot.”

You’re only as good as the people you hire.

If I had a brick for every time I’ve repeated the phrase Quality, Service, Cleanliness and Value, I think I’d probably be able to bridge the Atlantic Ocean with them.

I was never much of a reader when I was a boy. Books bored me. I liked action. But I spent a lot of time thinking about things. I’d imagine all kinds of situations and how I would handle them.

We take the hamburger business more seriously than anyone else.

There’s a lot more future in hamburgers than in baseball.

Tomorrow at sunrise I shall no longer be here.

Customers tend to avoid a restaurant that’s going aswamp in its own sludge.

Nothing in the world can one imagine beforehand,not the least thing,everything is made up of so many unique particulars that cannot be forseen.

If you’re not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.

None of Us is as Good as All of Us.

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.

You must perfect every fundamental of your business if you expect it to perform well.

McDonald’s is a people business, and that smile on that counter girl’s face when she takes your order is a vital part of our image.

The key to success is being in the right place at the right time, recognizing that you are there, and taking action!

The first dollar is the most you will get if you don’t love what you are doing.

Take calculated risks. Act boldly and thoughtfully. Be an agile company.

The art of being a slave is to rule one’s master.

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.

You will never love another the same way, again. And I’m still trying to figure out if that’s a blessing or a tragedy.

I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.

Broken crayons still color.

This is my secret,” he said. “I don’t mind what happens.

Miracles don’t exist it’s just the good deeds that pile up, the warm smiles and love. Eventually all of it overflows and creates what appears to be a miracle.

Education gives sobriety to the young, comfort to the old, riches to the poor and is an ornament to the rich.