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’ve got time to lean, you’ve got time to clean. — 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

The key to success is being in the right place at the right time, recognizing that you are there, and taking action! — Ray Kroc

I was never much of a reader when I was a boy. Books bored me. I liked action. But I spent a lot of time thinking about things. I’d imagine all kinds of situations and how I would handle them. — Ray Kroc

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

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

There are things money can’t buy and hard work can’t win. One of them is happiness. — 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

I like to get people fired up, fill them with zeal for McDonald’s, and watch the results in their work. — Ray Kroc

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 — Ray Kroc

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

The more I help others to succeed, the more I succeed. — Ray Kroc

In business for yourself, but not by yourself. — 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

The organization cannot trust the individual; the individual must trust the organization. — Ray Kroc

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

I don’t believe in saturation. We’re thinking and talking worldwide. — Ray Kroc

If you believe in it, and you believe in it hard, it is impossible to fail. — Ray Kroc

Our aim was to insure repeat business based on the system’s reputation rather than on the quality of a single store or operator. — Ray Kroc