Ray Kroc Quotes

• If they were drowning to death, I would put a hose in their mouth.

  Ray Kroc

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• If you work just for money, you’ll never make it, but if you love what you’re doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.

  Ray Kroc

  Topics in Money, Success

  Tags in Doing

• As long as youre green, you’re growing. As soon as you’re ripe, you start to rot.

  Ray Kroc

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  Tags in Long, Start, Growing

• If you’re not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.

  Ray Kroc

  Topics in Business, Risk

  Tags in Hell

• Creativity is a highfalutin word for the work I have to do between now and Tuesday.

  Ray Kroc

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  Tags in Creativity, Between, Word

• Its easy to have principles when you’re rich. The important thing is to have principles when you’re poor.

  Ray Kroc

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  Tags in Important, Rich, Poor

• 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.

  Ray Kroc

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  Tags in Right, Important, Doing

• We take the hamburger business more seriously than anyone else.

  Ray Kroc

  Topics in Business

  Tags in Else, Anyone

• None of Us is as Good as All of Us.

  Ray Kroc

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  Tags in None

• The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

  Ray Kroc

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  Tags in Leader, Themselves, Quality

• When you’re green, your growing. When you’re ripe, you rot.

  Ray Kroc

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Growing, Green, Ripe

• While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap.

  Ray Kroc

  Topics in Success

  Tags in Important, While

• You’re only as good as the people you hire.

  Ray Kroc

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  Tags in Hire

• We provide food that customers love, day after day after day. People just want more of it.

  Ray Kroc

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in After, People, Food

• All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment.

  Ray Kroc

  Topics in Money

• Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get.

  Ray Kroc

  Topics in Leadership

Ray Kroc (16)

Birth:	5th October, 1902
Death:	14th January, 1984
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Businessman

About

Raymond Albert "Ray" Kroc was an American businessman. He joined McDonald's in 1954 and built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world. Kroc was included in Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century, and amassed a fortune during his lifetime. He owned the San Diego Padres baseball team from 1974 until his death in 1984.Similar to another fast-food giant, KFC founder Harland Sanders, Kroc's success came late in life when he was past his 50th birthday.

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