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 Kroc

Achievement must be made against the possibility of failure, against the risk of defeat. It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in achievement and, consequently, no happiness.

Ray Kroc

All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment.

Ray Kroc

Are you green and growing or ripe and rotting?

Ray Kroc

Happiness is not a tangible thing, it’s a byproduct – a byproduct of achievement.

Ray Kroc

I believe that if you hire a man to do a job, you ought to get out of the way and let him do it.

Ray Kroc

I have always believed that each man makes his own happiness and is responsible for his own problems.

Ray Kroc

I was an overnight success all right, but thirty years is a long, long night.

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

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

Ray Kroc