I was an overnight success all right, but 30 years is a long, long night.
RAY KROCMankind will discover objects in space sent to us by the watchers.
More Ray Kroc Quotes
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Adversity can strengthen you if you have the will to grind it out.
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I don’t believe in saturation. We’re thinking and talking worldwide.
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The organization cannot trust the individual; the individual must trust the organization.
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You’ll learn more about a road by traveling it than by consulting all the maps in the world.
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If my competitor were drowning I’d stick a hose in his mouth and turn on the water.
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I guess to be an entrepreneur you have to have a large ego, enormous pride and an ability to inspire others to follow your lead.
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When times are bad is when you want to build! Why wait for things to pick up so everything will cost more?
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When the exhausted Sun takes up his cycle then my prophecy and threats will be accomplished.
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There’s a lot more future in hamburgers than in baseball.
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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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The key to success is being in the right place at the right time, recognizing that you are there, and taking action!
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I saw opportunity appear in an ugly six-spindle shake machine … and grabbed it.
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There’s almost nothing you can’t accomplish if you set your mind to it.
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If you’ve got time to lean, you’ve got time to clean.
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While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap.
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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.
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Perfection is very difficult to achieve, and perfection was what I wanted in McDonald’s. Everything else was secondary for me.
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We take the hamburger business more seriously than anyone else.
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Visions of McDonald’s restaurants dotting crossroads all over the country paraded through my brain. I don’t believe in saturation. We’re thinking and talking worldwide.
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If you believe in it, and you believe in it hard, it is impossible to fail.
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Take calculated risks. Act boldly and thoughtfully. Be an agile company.
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I wasn’t prepared for this big room with clattering typewriters and teletype printers. You could hardly hear yourself think.
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The body without soul is no longer at the sacrifice. At the day of death it come to rebirth. The divine spirit will make the soul rejoice seeing the eternity of the world.
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To be successful, you must be daring, be first and be different.
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Happiness is not a tangible thing, it’s a byproduct – a byproduct of achievement.
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In business for yourself, but not by yourself.
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