About S. Truett Cathy: Samuel Truett Cathy was an American entrepreneur who founded the fast food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A.
I had to create some good work habits and attitude.
I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.
Why would I retire from something I enjoy doing? I can hardly wait to get here.
I had a low image of myself because I was brought up in the deep Depression.
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 cook chicken for a living.
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'd like to be remembered as one who kept my priorities in the right order.
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.
Why did the chicken cross the road? To prove to the possum that it could be done.
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?'
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.
We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles.
If you have debt, you have to worry about it. I would challenge each of you to try to be debt-free.
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.
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 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.
