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Ray Kroc Quotes

Total quotes: 7
“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, Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Tagged: Sales, Mix It Up, Surprise Them!, Winning Clients
“It has always been my belief that authority should be placed at the lowest possible level. I wanted the man closest to the stores to be able to make decisions without seeking directives from headquarters.”
— Ray Kroc, Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Tagged: Leadership, Delegation
“A good executive does not like mistakes. He will allow his subordinates an honest mistake once in a while, but he will never condone or forgive dishonesty.”
— Ray Kroc, Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Tagged: Leadership, Employees
“You must perfect every fundamental of your business if you expect it to perform well.”
— Ray Kroc, Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Tagged: Business, How To Improve Performance
“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, McDonald's – Our History
Tagged: mcdonalds, Fast Food Restaurants, Founding Principles, History
“A little bit of luck helps, yes, but the key element, which too many in our affluent society have forgotten, is still hard work—grinding it out.”
— Ray Kroc, Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Tagged: Luck, Hard Work
“America had become an ice cream society in the last years of the twenties, thanks in large part to Prohibition. Bars and fine lounges in hotels sold ice cream, because they could no longer sell liquor, and dairy bars began to crop up all over the country. It was an incredible era.”
— Ray Kroc, Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's
Tagged: American History, Prohibition, ice cream
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