Talk:Ray Kroc

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• "You're only as good as the people you hire."

• "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."

• "It's easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're 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.”

• "We provide food that customers love, day after day after day. People just want more of it."[1]

• "Luck is a dividend of sweat. The more you sweat, the luckier you get." [2]

• "None of us is as good as all of us"
  • https://www.magazine-advertisements.com/mcdonalds-founder-ray-kroc-1969-ad.html (claims to come from a 1969 ad, copyright date is 1988?)
• "If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business."

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

• "Not all that are wandering are lost; just missing at the moment."

• "The first dollar is the most you will get if you don't love what you are doing."

• "Take calculated risks. Act boldly and thoughtfully. Be an agile company."

• "It takes a certain type of mind to see beauty in a hamburger"

• "Look after the customers and the business will take care of itself."

• "We're not in the food industry, we're in people industry. We just happen to sell hamburgers"