You’re only as good as the people you hire.
RAY KROC
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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.
Ray KrocRay Kroc The key to success is being in the right place at the right time, recognizing that you are there, and taking action!
Ray KrocRay Kroc The first dollar is the most you will get if you don’t love what you are doing.
Ray KrocRay Kroc Take calculated risks. Act boldly and thoughtfully. Be an agile company.
Ray KrocRay Kroc 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.
Ray KrocRay Kroc The more I help others to succeed, the more I succeed.
Ray KrocRay Kroc Are you green and growing or ripe and rotting?
Ray KrocRay Kroc Speaking of competition in the fast-food industry. This is rat eat rat, dog eat dog. I’ll kill ’em, and I’m going to kill ’em before they kill me.
Ray KrocRay Kroc I saw opportunity appear in an ugly six-spindle shake machine … and grabbed it.
Ray KrocRay Kroc The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
Ray KrocRay Kroc Adversity can strengthen you if you have the will to grind it out.
Ray KrocRay Kroc If you believe in it, and you believe in it hard, it is impossible to fail.
Ray KrocRay Kroc Our aim was to insure repeat business based on the system’s reputation rather than on the quality of a single store or operator.
Ray KrocRay Kroc I suffer with you. I’ve never seen such stupid ballplaying in all my life!
Ray KrocRay Kroc When you’re green, your growing. When you’re ripe, you rot.
Ray KrocRay Kroc 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.
Ray KrocRay Kroc
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