Best Ray Kroc Quotes & Sayings

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 this an industry. This is not. This is rat eat rat, dog eat dog. I'll kill 'em, and I'm going to kill 'em before they kill me. You're talking about the American way - of survival of the fittest. — Ray Kroc

Visions of McDonald's restaurants dotting crossroads all over the country paraded through my brain. I don't believe in saturation. We're thinking and talking worldwide. — Ray Kroc

I guess to be an entrepreneur you have to have a large ego, enormous pride and an ability to inspire others to follow your lead, — Ray Kroc

Luck is a dividend of sweat. — Ray Kroc

That's the name of the game ... pleasing the customer. If we ever lose sight of that fact, we've lost the ball game. — Ray Kroc

I HAVE ALWAYS believed that each man makes his own happiness and is responsible for his own problems. — Ray Kroc

Customers tend to avoid a restaurant that's going aswamp in its own sludge. — Ray Kroc

In business for yourself, but not by yourself. — Ray Kroc

It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor. — Ray Kroc

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

This is rat eat rat, dog eat dog. I'll kill 'em, and I'm going to kill 'em before they kill me. Speaking of competition in the fast-food industry. — Ray Kroc

One of my suppliers told me, "Ray, you know you aren't in the hamburger business at all. You're in the french-fry business. I don't know how the livin' hell you do it, but you've got the best french fries in town, and that's what's selling folks on your place. — Ray Kroc

I didn't know what we would be selling in the year 2000 but whatever it was we would be selling the most of it. — Ray Kroc

You must perfect every fundamental of your business if you expect it to perform well. — Ray Kroc

It requires a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger bun, — Ray Kroc

None of Us is as Good as All of Us. — Ray Kroc

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

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

Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald's, said, There are three keys to success: 1. Being at the right place at the right time. 2. Knowing you are there. 3. Taking action. — Jack Canfield

I was 52 years old. I had diabetes and incipient arthritis. I had lost my gall bladder and most of my thyroid gland in earlier campaigns, but I was convinced the best was ahead of me. — Ray Kroc

Achievement must be made against the possibility of failure, against the risk of defeat. It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in achievement and, consequently, no happiness. The only way we can advance is by going forward, individually and collectively, in the spirit of the pioneer. We must take the risks involved in our free enterprise system. This is the only way in the world to economic freedom. There is no other way. — Ray Kroc

I never considered my dreams wasted energy; they were invariably linked to some form of action. When I dreamed about having a lemonade stand, for example, it wasn't long before I set up a lemonade stand. — Ray Kroc

Adversity can strengthen you if you have the will to grind it out. — Ray Kroc

Take calculated risks. Act boldly and thoughtfully. Be an agile company. — Ray Kroc

You're only as good as the people you hire. — Ray Kroc

The life's work of Walt Disney and Ray Kroc had come full-circle, uniting in perfect synergy. McDonald's began to sell its hamburgers and french fries at Disney's theme parks. The ethos of McDonaldland and of Disneyland, never far apart, have finally become one. Now you can buy a Happy Meal at the Happiest Place on Earth. — Eric Schlosser

I was an overnight success all right, but 30 years is a long, long night. — Ray Kroc

I suffer with you. I've never seen such stupid ballplaying in all my life! — Ray Kroc

If I had a brick for every time I've repeated the phrase Quality, Service, Cleanliness and Value, I think I'd probably be able to bridge the Atlantic Ocean with them. — Ray Kroc

I believe in God, family, and McDonald's. And in the office, that order is reversed. — Ray Kroc

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

Look after the customer and the business will take care of itself — Ray Kroc

If you have time to lean, you have time to clean ... — Ray Kroc

The McDonald brothers were simply not on my wavelength at all. I was obsessed with the idea of making McDonald's the biggest and the best. They were content with what they had; they didn't want to be bothered with more risks and more demands. — Ray Kroc

In my experience, good executives don't make mistakes. — Ray Kroc

I saw opportunity appear in an ugly six-spindle shake machine ... and grabbed it. — Ray Kroc