I was an overnight success all right, but 30 years is a long, long night.
RAY KROCThe quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
More Ray Kroc Quotes
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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.
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When you’re green, your growing. When you’re ripe, you rot.
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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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You’ll learn more about a road by traveling it than by consulting all the maps in the world.
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The more I help others to succeed, the more I succeed.
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There is absolutely nothing special about walking on a rope stretched along the ground. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in a deed accomplished, and therefore no happiness.
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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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Creativity is a highfalutin’ word for the work I have to do between now and Tuesday.
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Happiness is not a tangible thing, it’s a byproduct – a byproduct of achievement.
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All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment.
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Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.
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If you have time to lean, you have time to clean.
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No self-respecting pitcher throws the same way to every batter and no self-respecting salesman makes the same pitch to every client.
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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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I HAVE ALWAYS believed that each man makes his own happiness and is responsible for his own problems.
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