Quotes by Ray Kroc

About Ray Kroc:

Raymond Albert "Ray" Kroc was an American businessman Autodidact and philanthropist. 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 later in life when he was past his 50th birthday.
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When you're green, your growing. When you're ripe, you rot.

Ray Kroc

As long as you're green, you're growing. As soon as you're ripe, you start to rot.

Ray Kroc

Are you green and growing or ripe and rotting?

Ray Kroc

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

Ray Kroc

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

Ray Kroc

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

Ray Kroc

We take the hamburger business more seriously than anyone else.

Ray Kroc

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

Ray Kroc

None of Us is as Good as All of Us.

Ray Kroc

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

Ray Kroc

All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment.

Ray Kroc

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

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

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

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

Ray Kroc

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

Ray Kroc

Author Bio

  • NameRay Kroc
  • DescriptionAmerican businessman
  • AliasesRaymond Albert Kroc
  • BornOctober 5, 1902
  • DiedJanuary 14, 1984
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionRestaurateur; Author