Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
The first dollar is the most you will get if you don't love what you are doing.
Ray Kroc
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Ray Kroc
Age: 81 †
Born: 1902
Born: October 5
Died: 1984
Died: January 14
Businessman
Businessperson
Restaurateur
Sales Representative
Writer
Oak Park
Illinois
Raymond Albert Kroc
Raymond Albert Ray Kroc
Ray A. Kroc
Raymond A. Kroc
Dollar
Dollars
Firsts
First
Love
More quotes by 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
There is absolutely nothing special about walking on a rope stretched along the ground. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in a deed accomplished, and therefore no happiness.
Ray Kroc
If you have time to lean, you have time to clean.
Ray Kroc
When times are bad is when you want to build! Why wait for things to pick up so everything will cost more?
Ray Kroc
There's a lot more future in hamburgers than in baseball.
Ray Kroc
I believe in God, family, and McDonald's. And in the office, that order is reversed.
Ray Kroc
I like to get people fired up, fill them with zeal for McDonald's, and watch the results in their work.
Ray Kroc
Luck is a dividend of sweat.
Ray Kroc
The key to success is being in the right place at the right time, recognizing that you are there, and taking action!
Ray Kroc
It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor.
Ray Kroc
I suffer with you. I've never seen such stupid ballplaying in all my life!
Ray Kroc
When you're green, your growing. When you're ripe, you rot.
Ray Kroc
You're only as good as the people you hire.
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
You must perfect every fundamental of your business if you expect it to perform well.
Ray Kroc
McDonald's is a people business, and that smile on that counter girl's face when she takes your order is a vital part of our image.
Ray Kroc
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
All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment.
Ray Kroc
It requires a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger bun.
Ray Kroc
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