In my experience, good executives don't make mistakes. Ray Kroc More Quotes by Ray Kroc More Quotes From Ray Kroc It's easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor. Ray Kroc motivationalrealitycommitment If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business. Ray Kroc mcdonaldsentrepreneurbusiness The definition of salesmanship is the gentle art of letting the customer have it your way. Ray Kroc definitionseducationalart I was an overnight success all right, but 30 years is a long, long night. Ray Kroc nightlongyears Happiness is not a tangible thing, it's a byproduct - a byproduct of achievement. Ray Kroc tangibleachievement Are you green and growing or ripe and rotting? Ray Kroc mcdonaldsgrowinginspirational If you do it first class and you don't compromise values, and you don't compromise quality, and you don't compromise service, and you don't compromise cleanliness, then everybody else who is the competitor has got to play catch-up. Ray Kroc qualityplayclass Creativity is a highfalutin' word for the work I have to do between now and Tuesday. Ray Kroc mcdonaldscreativitytuesday I 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. Ray Kroc boysbookthinking If you believe in it, and you believe in it hard, it is impossible to fail. Ray Kroc failingimpossiblebelieve You must perfect every fundamental of your business if you expect it to perform well. Ray Kroc wellsfundamentalsperfect Adversity can strengthen you if you have the will to grind it out. Ray Kroc grindadversityifs 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 congratulationssuccesstime I HAVE ALWAYS believed that each man makes his own happiness and is responsible for his own problems. Ray Kroc problemhappinessmen When you're green, your growing. When you're ripe, you rot. Ray Kroc rottinggrowing-upmotivational While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap. Ray Kroc importantguaranteesabsence 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 Kroc competitioncookingdog If my competitor were drowning I'd stick a hose in his mouth and turn on the water. Ray Kroc sticksmouthswater It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor. Ray Kroc flatsachievementwalks The organization cannot trust the individual; the individual must trust the organization. Ray Kroc fast-food-nationindividualorganization
