116 result(s) for Ray Kroc Quotes.
"I never thought of myself as a businessman. I was a salesman."
"There is no process. There is no system. There is only people."
"I'm not sure if I believe in luck, but I believe in hard work and my perseverance."
"Take care of the customer and the customer will take care of you."
"I would rather be a failure at something I love than a success at something I hate."
"The meat of the hamburger is the business, the bun is just a wrapper."
"When you're green, you're growing. When you're ripe, you rot."
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"I think people should be free to choose whatever they want to make money, as long as they pay their taxes."
"Success is dependent upon the outlook of the individual."
"A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, weighing arguments and listening to ideas."
"If you’re going to be a leader in business, you need to make the decisions others are unwilling to make."
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
"I didn’t always know what I wanted to do, but I did know that I wanted to work."
"We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are."
"Only the paranoid survive."
"There are people who want to change the world and people who want to improve it from the inside."
"Every time you look at that burger, you’re looking at millions of dollars."
"In business, there's no such thing as a free ride. You pay for everything, eventually."
"Your smile is your logo, your personality is your business card, and how you leave others feeling after an experience with you becomes your trademark."
"I was a man obsessed."
"To me, success is the ability to define your own success."
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"You're only as good as the people you hire."
"McDonald's is a people business, and we are not in the business of selling hamburgers."
"Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get."
"The customer is always right."
"The only time to be positive you've got a clear path is when you're on the edge of a cliff."
"If you’re not taking care of your customer, your competitor will."
"No one can do it all by themselves; you need the right people around you."
"There are no limits to what you can accomplish, except the limits you place on your own thinking."
"It's about the customer and what they want."
"Today’s customers expect service"
"If you have a good team and can rely on them, you can go anywhere you want."
"You’re not in business until you’re making a profit."
"I think you need to understand the big picture to be successful."
"In business, you must be willing to risk something, and one of the first things you must be ready to risk is your reputation."
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"The road to success is paved with mistakes well handled."
"Whatever you do, do it well."
"Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great."
"Out of the box thinkers are the most valuable asset to a company."
"It's not about the money, it's about the people."
"Work is the key to success."
"Success is not something you chase. You can only attract it by the person you become."
"To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business, and your business in your heart."
"It’s easier to duplicate a business model than to create one."
"In business for yourself, but not by yourself."
"I believe in God, family, and McDonald's. And in the office, that order is reversed."
"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."
"Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving."
"I think people should buy their franchises in their own backyards."
"There’s a right way to do everything, and the way we do things is the right way."
"Nothing can be more important than your good health—that is your principal capital asset."
"The foundation of any business is the quality of its people."
"Standards are the key to growth."
"There’s no easy way to success. You’ve got to work hard and do it right."
"Most of my life I’ve spent doing what I thought I would enjoy at the moment."
"You cannot get very far in life without a good measure of common sense."
"Growth is a great motivator."
"You have to have a lot of patience; nothing is achieved overnight."
"Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it."
"We take the hamburger business more seriously than anyone else."
"The business of business is to make a profit."
"The secret of success is to be yourself. That's all you can do."
"I think the thing about McDonald's is we cater to families with children."
"People who are the happiest are those who do the most for others."
"Quality is the foundation of any successful business."
"There is no limit to what we can achieve when we work together."
"I was an overnight success all right, but 30 years is a long, long night."
"If you’re not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business."
"The burger is the cornerstone of the fast food system."
"McDonald’s is a people business, not a hamburger business."
"The only time to be positive you won't come back is when you die."
"I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts."
"In business, you’re either a success or a failure. You’re either going up or going down."
"You must never be satisfied."
"The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it."
"You have to be willing to make mistakes, give people the opportunity to learn from them, and always be ready to support them."
"It's not about the burgers. It’s about the people."
"I don’t want to be a historian; I want to be a businessman."
"When you’re finished changing, you’re finished."
"Nothing is as important as integrity, it's the basis for all relationships."
"The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes."
"The right man at the right time."
"There are two kinds of people: those who want to achieve and those who want to be seen achieving."
"You don’t build a business, you build people, and then people build the business."
"The only thing worse than training your employees and having them leave is not training them and having them stay."
"I think the most important thing is to have a good relationship with the people."
"Success is not a destination, it’s a journey."
"Quality is the foundation of our business.”—Ray Kroc"
"The customer is the point of everything we do."
"You can't buy happiness, but you can buy a burger."
"The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves."
"If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business."
"I have always believed that each man makes his own happiness and is responsible for his own problem."
"Nothing matters but the job you take on."
"The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching."
"As long as you're going to be thinking anyway, think big."
"You'll never take a vacation if you’re a business owner."
"In business for yourself, you have to be the best. You can't be mediocre."
"You’re only as good as the people you hire."
"I’m not in the burger business. I’m in the people business."
"The only time to be positive you won't come in second is when you hit the finish line first."
"The harder I worked, the luckier I got."
"There's no chance unless you take one."
"When you’re all finished, you’ll discover you’re not a loser; you’re a winner all the way."
"People are all the same. We all want to be treated with respect."
"I believe in the power of marketing. If you don’t have the right product in front of people, you're dead."
"Success is a lot of things. It's not just revenue and diluted earnings."
"I think the key is to keep your confidence up. You can't let setbacks shake your confidence."
"It's not about being the best; it's about being better than you were yesterday."
"You must always have your wits about you, and you must not dwell on what happened last year."
"There’s a way to do it better—find it."
"To me, business isn’t a game—it’s survival."
"I knew that if we didn't continue with the progress, we would be left behind."
"The more I help, the more I am rewarded."
"A man can’t make the same mistake twice. The second time, it’s a choice."
"It’s not what you hide that matters, it’s what you reveal that counts."
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