The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
RAY KROCI saw opportunity appear in an ugly six-spindle shake machine … and grabbed it.
More Ray Kroc Quotes
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Our aim was to insure repeat business based on the system’s reputation rather than on the quality of a single store or operator.
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Mankind will discover objects in space sent to us by the watchers.
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The organization cannot trust the individual; the individual must trust the organization.
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Creativity is a highfalutin’ word for the work I have to do between now and Tuesday.
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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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There’s a lot more future in hamburgers than in baseball.
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There’s almost nothing you can’t accomplish if you set your mind to it.
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Look after the customer and the business will take care of itself.
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Adversity can strengthen you if you have the will to grind it out.
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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.
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When the exhausted Sun takes up his cycle then my prophecy and threats will be accomplished.
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I never considered my dreams wasted energy; they were invariably linked to some form of action. When I dreamed about having a lemonade stand, for example, it wasn’t long before I set up a lemonade stand.
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It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor.
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That’s the name of the game. Pleasing the customer. If we ever lose sight of that fact, we’ve lost the ball game.
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