Quotes by Ray Kroc

The quality of an individual is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

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

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.

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

The definition of salesmanship is the gentle art of letting the customer have it your way.

It's a matter of having principles. It's easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor.

When you're green, your growing. When you're ripe, you rot.

If you do it first class and you don't compromise values, and you don't compromise quality, and you don't compromise service, and you don't compromise cleanliness, then everybody else who is the competitor has got to play catch-up.

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 that the best was ahead of me. Reflecting on the time when he started in the fast-food business.

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.