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Of all that writ, he was the wisest bard, who spoke this mighty truth He that knew all that ever learning writ, Knew only thisthat he knew nothing yet. Aphra Behn		Thursday Apr 24, 2025
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The definition of salesmanship is the gentle art of letting the customer have it your way. Ray Kroc

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Ray Kroc

Ray Kroc

Ray Kroc (October 5, 1902 - January 14, 1984) Created the then small-scale McDonald's Corporation franchise in 1955 and built it into the most successful fast food operation in the world. Dubbed the Hamburger King [ citation needed ] , Kroc was included in the TIME 100 list of the world's most influential builders and titans of industry, and amassed a $500 million fortune during his lifetime.[1] He was also the owner of the San Diego Padres baseball team starting in 1974.

Other Ray Kroc Quotes

As long as you're green, you're growing; as soon as you're ripe you start to rot.

If you have time to lean, you have time to clean.

Theres almost nothing you cant accomplish if you set your mind to it.

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.

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.

If you do it first class and you dont compromise values, and you dont compromise quality, and you dont compromise service, and you dont compromise cleanliness, then everybody else who is the competitor has got to play catch-up.

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

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

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

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

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.

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