S. Truett Cathy
I had to create some good work habits and attitude.Collection: Attitude
We live in a changing world, but we need to be reminded that the important things have not changed, and the important things will not change if we keep our priorities in proper order.Collection: Change
I'm planning to be here forever, but I know at some point I'll probably have to give it up. If you live to 100, there's a very good chance you'll live forever. Because very few people die after 100.Collection: Chance
The people are more important than the food. We want a person to be as successful as he can be, and it works the other way around, too.Collection: Food
Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and of directing our attention to things that mattered more than our business.Collection: Business
Nearly every moment of every day, we have the opportunity to give something to someone else - our time, our love, our resources.
Chick-fil-A is what it is today because of its people, purpose and product.
Putting people before profits is how we've tried to operate from the beginning.
Why did the chicken cross the road? To prove to the possum that it could be done.
In the Great Depression, you bought something if you had the cash to buy it.
Why would I retire from something I enjoy doing? I can hardly wait to get here.
We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles.
I have always encouraged my restaurant operators and team members to give back to the local community.
We should be about more than just selling chicken: we should be a part of our customers' lives and the communities in which we serve.
I motivate what I see in young people because we employ about forty thousand young people in our various Chick-fil-A units. Some of them come to work because they need to work; others just work because they just like to work. There's nothing wrong with that.
I'd like to be remembered as one who kept my priorities in the right order.
I had a low image of myself because I was brought up in the deep Depression.
I'd be resentful if shareholders who don't know the business tried to tell me what to do.
If you have debt, you have to worry about it. I would challenge each of you to try to be debt-free.
If a man can't manage his own life, he can't manage a business.
You don't have to be a Christian to work at Chick-fil-A, but we ask you to base your business on biblical principles because they work.
I struggled to get through high school. I didn't get to go to college. But it made me realize you can do anything if you want to bad enough.
I was not so committed to financial success that I was willing to abandon my principles and priorities. One of the most visible examples of this is our decision to close on Sunday.
We tell applicants, 'If you don't intend to be here for life, you needn't apply.'
If it took seven days to make a living with a restaurant, then we needed to be in some other line of work.
It's a silent witness to the Lord when people go into shopping malls, and everyone is bustling, and you see that Chick-fil-A is closed.
I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.
I lost two brothers in an airplane crash, both of them leaving a wife and kids. When I get to Heaven, that's probably the first question I'd like to ask: 'Why was it necessary?'
I have people say, 'I'll come to work for you for free,' and I tell my employees they have to compete with that.
I cook chicken for a living.
I see no conflict whatsoever between Christianity and good business practices. People say you can't mix business with religion. I say there's no other way.
We must motivate ourselves to do our very best, and by our example lead others to do their best as well.Collection: Example
No goal is too high if we climb with care and confidence.Collection: Goal
Nearly every moment of every day we have the opportunity to give something to someone else—our time, our love, our resources. I have always found more joy in giving when I did not expect anything in return.Collection: Opportunity
How do you identify someone who needs encouragement? That person is breathing.Collection: Encouraging
If you're excited about what you're doing, it's a lot more likely that your employees will also be excited. People want to work for a person, not a company. It's about relationships.Collection: People
Each person's destiny is not a matter of chance; it's a matter of choice. It's determined by what we say, what we do, and whom we trust.Collection: Destiny
The difference between success and failure is often about 5% more effort.Collection: Differences
Food is Essential to life, therefore make it good.Collection: Essentials
Learn to love your work and you'll never have to 'work' again.Collection: Love You
If we get better our customers will demand we get bigger.Collection: Get Better
Whatever you do... put your heart and soul into it!Collection: Heart
You don't have to make the headlines to make a difference.Collection: Differences
Nearly every moment of every day we have the opportunity to give something to someone else.Collection: Opportunity
I believe no amount of business school training or work experience can teach what is ultimately a matter of personal character. Businesses are not dishonest or greedy, people are. Thus, a business, successful or not, is merely a reflection of the character of its leadership.Collection: Believe
Sometimes success is disguised as hard work.Collection: Hard Work
I’d like to be remembered as one who kept my priorities in the right order. We live in a changing world, but we need to be reminded that the important things have not changed, and the important things will not change if we keep our priorities in proper order.Collection: Inspirational
If you wish to enrich days, plant flowers; If you wish to enrich years, plant trees; If you wish to enrich Eternity, plant ideals in the lives of others.Collection: Flower
How do you know if someone needs encouragement? If they are breathing!Collection: Encouragement
A business, successful or not, is merely a reflection of the character of its leadership.Collection: Character