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Ray Kroc Quotes

Total quotes: 13
“A little bit of luck helps, yes, but the key element, which too many in our affluent society have forgotten, is still hard work—grinding it out.”
— Ray Kroc, Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Tagged: Luck, Hard Work
“I believe that if you think small, you’ll stay small.”
— Ray Kroc, Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Tagged: Ambition, Goals
“Achievement must be made against the possibility of failure, against the risk of defeat. It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in achievement and, consequently, no happiness. The only way we can advance is by going forward, individually and collectively, in the spirit of the pioneer. We must take the risks involved in our free enterprise system. This is the only way in the world to economic freedom. There is no other way.”
— Ray Kroc, Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Tagged: Success
“No self-respecting pitcher throws the same way to every batter, and no self-respecting salesman makes the same pitch to every client.”
— Ray Kroc, Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Tagged: Sales, Mix It Up, Surprise Them!, Winning Clients
“I refused to worry about more than one thing at a time, and I would not let useless fretting about a problem, no matter how important, keep me from sleeping.”
— Ray Kroc, Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Tagged: Sleep, Sleep Is So Important, Sleep More
“America had become an ice cream society in the last years of the twenties, thanks in large part to Prohibition. Bars and fine lounges in hotels sold ice cream, because they could no longer sell liquor, and dairy bars began to crop up all over the country. It was an incredible era.”
— Ray Kroc, Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Tagged: American History, Prohibition, ice cream
“There’s almost nothing you can’t accomplish if you set your mind to it.”
— Ray Kroc, Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Tagged: Confidence Is Key, Confidence
“I believe that if you hire a man to do a job, you ought to get out of the way and let him do it.”
— Ray Kroc, Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Tagged: Leadership, Employees
“A good executive does not like mistakes. He will allow his subordinates an honest mistake once in a while, but he will never condone or forgive dishonesty.”
— Ray Kroc, Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Tagged: Leadership, Employees
“It has always been my belief that authority should be placed at the lowest possible level. I wanted the man closest to the stores to be able to make decisions without seeking directives from headquarters.”
— Ray Kroc, Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Tagged: Leadership, Delegation
“I was an overnight success all right, but thirty years is a long, long night.”
— Ray Kroc, Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Tagged: Hard Work, Working Hard, Success Jokes, It Takes Forever, Patience
“You must perfect every fundamental of your business if you expect it to perform well.”
— Ray Kroc, Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Tagged: Business, How To Improve Performance
“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.”
— Ray Kroc, McDonald's – Our History
Tagged: mcdonalds, Fast Food Restaurants, Founding Principles, History
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