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.
RAY KROCI 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.
More Ray Kroc Quotes
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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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Understanding created by the intellect cannot be acquired by means of the occult, only by the aid of the zodiac, bringing forth that small flame by whose light part of the future may be discerned.
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When you’re green, your growing. When you’re ripe, you rot.
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Creativity is a highfalutin’ word for the work I have to do between now and Tuesday.
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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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I like to get people fired up, fill them with zeal for McDonald’s, and watch the results in their work.
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Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.
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The organization cannot trust the individual; the individual must trust the organization.
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I suffer with you. I’ve never seen such stupid ballplaying in all my life!
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Adversity can strengthen you if you have the will to grind it out.
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The definition of salesmanship is the gentle art of letting the customer have it your way.
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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 was an overnight success all right, but 30 years is a long, long night.
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If you’ve got time to lean, you’ve got time to clean.
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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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