The key to success is being in the right place at the right time, recognizing that you are there, and taking action! — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
When times are bad is when you want to build! Why wait for things to pick up so everything will cost more? — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
If I had a brick for every time I’ve repeated the phrase Quality, Service, Cleanliness and Value, I think I’d probably be… — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
“Too many salesmen, I found, would make a good presentation and convince the client, but they couldn’t recognize that critical moment when… — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
I was never much of a reader when I was a boy. Books bored me. I liked action. But I spent a… — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing… — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
“I refused to worry about more than one thing at a time, and I would not let useless fretting about a problem,… — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
“the basics have to be stressed over and over. If I had a brick for every time I’ve repeated the phrase QSC… — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
“The best part of it for me personally was that every time I saw a new Walgreen’s store going up it meant… — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
“There was a lot of nervous tension at that time on all levels of society over the alarming developments in Europe and… — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
“Cooking with gas was a popular expression at the time, but it was an in-joke with us. When somebody was cooking with… — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
I believe in God, family, and McDonald's. And in the office, that order is reversed. — Ray Kroc Copy Share
“The best part of it for me personally was that every time I saw a new Walgreen’s store going up it meant new business.… — Ray Kroc Copy Share
Creativity is a highfalutin' word for the work I have to do between now and Tuesday. — Ray Kroc Copy Share
“We started Franchise Realty Corporation with $1,000 paid-in capital, and Harry parlayed that cash investment into something like $170 million worth of real estate.… — Ray Kroc Copy Share
“I was about to lose one of my biggest accounts, Walgreens, the people I had created a tremendous amount of business for and to… — Ray Kroc Copy Share
“One time a McDonald’s operator came to me with the idea he’d dreamed up to cut costs by producing a doughnut-shaped patty. His notion… — Ray Kroc Copy Share
I wasn't prepared for this big room with clattering typewriters and teletype printers. You could hardly hear yourself think. — Ray Kroc Copy Share
If any of my competitors were drowning, I'd stick a hose in their mouth and turn on the water. It is ridiculous to call… — Ray Kroc Copy Share
“the basics have to be stressed over and over. If I had a brick for every time I’ve repeated the phrase QSC and V… — Ray Kroc Copy Share
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 Copy Share
