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

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

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

I'd like to be remembered as one who kept my priorities in the right order.

S. Truett Cathy

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

Putting people before profits is how we've tried to operate from the beginning.

S. Truett Cathy

Chick-fil-A is what it is today because of its people, purpose and product.

S. Truett Cathy

I had to create some good work habits and attitude.

S. Truett Cathy

I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.

S. Truett Cathy

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

I cook chicken for a living.

S. Truett Cathy

If a man can't manage his own life, he can't manage a business.

S. Truett Cathy

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

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

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

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

We tell applicants, 'If you don't intend to be here for life, you needn't apply.'

S. Truett Cathy

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

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

Why would I retire from something I enjoy doing? I can hardly wait to get here.

S. Truett Cathy

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