About S. Truett Cathy: Samuel Truett Cathy was an American entrepreneur who founded the fast food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A.
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.
I'd be resentful if shareholders who don't know the business tried to tell me what to do.
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.
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.
In the Great Depression, you bought something if you had the cash to buy it.
We tell applicants, 'If you don't intend to be here for life, you needn't apply.'
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.
Nearly every moment of every day, we have the opportunity to give something to someone else - our time, our love, our resources.
If it took seven days to make a living with a restaurant, then we needed to be in some other line of work.
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 wi...
I have people say, 'I'll come to work for you for free,' and I tell my employees they have to compete with that.
