Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" 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. "
S. Truett Cathy
You
High School
College
Related Quotes:
" I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty. "
S. Truett Cathy
Lesson
Up
You
" 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. "
S. Truett Cathy
Work
See
People
" I'd be resentful if shareholders who don't know the business tried to tell me what to do. "
S. Truett Cathy
Business
Who
Know
" 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. "
S. Truett Cathy
Successful
Food
Way
" If you have debt, you have to worry about it. I would challenge each of you to try to be debt-free. "
S. Truett Cathy
Debt
Challenge
About
" We tell applicants, 'If you don't intend to be here for life, you needn't apply.' "
S. Truett Cathy
Here
Intend
Life
" We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles. "
S. Truett Cathy
Principles
Tell
Expect
" 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. "
S. Truett Cathy
Just
Chicken
More
" I had a low image of myself because I was brought up in the deep Depression. "
S. Truett Cathy
Myself
Because
Image
" I have always encouraged my restaurant operators and team members to give back to the local community. "
S. Truett Cathy
Restaurant
Local
Community
" 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. "
S. Truett Cathy
Need
Priorities
Change
" Putting people before profits is how we've tried to operate from the beginning. "
S. Truett Cathy
Before
How
Beginning
" I cook chicken for a living. "
S. Truett Cathy
Living
Chicken
Cook
" 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. "
S. Truett Cathy
Religion
You
Business
" In the Great Depression, you bought something if you had the cash to buy it. "
S. Truett Cathy
Great
Depression
Great Depression
" Why would I retire from something I enjoy doing? I can hardly wait to get here. "
S. Truett Cathy
I Can
Why
Wait
" 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. "
S. Truett Cathy
Go
Silent
Shopping
" If it took seven days to make a living with a restaurant, then we needed to be in some other line of work. "
S. Truett Cathy
Living
Restaurant
Work
" I had to create some good work habits and attitude. "
S. Truett Cathy
Good Work
Good
Work
" Nearly every moment of every day, we have the opportunity to give something to someone else - our time, our love, our resources. "
S. Truett Cathy
Love
Day
Moment
" Chick-fil-A is what it is today because of its people, purpose and product. "
S. Truett Cathy
People
Today
Purpose
" 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. "
S. Truett Cathy
Sunday
Decision
Financial
" 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. "
S. Truett Cathy
Business
Decision
God
" 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. "
S. Truett Cathy
Work
Business
Because
" Why did the chicken cross the road? To prove to the possum that it could be done. "
S. Truett Cathy
Done
Why
Road
" If a man can't manage his own life, he can't manage a business. "
S. Truett Cathy
Man
Life
He
" I'd like to be remembered as one who kept my priorities in the right order. "
S. Truett Cathy
Right
Who
Like
" 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. "
S. Truett Cathy
Planning
Live
Good
" I have people say, 'I'll come to work for you for free,' and I tell my employees they have to compete with that. "
S. Truett Cathy
You
Say
Employees