Truett Cathy
Truett Cathy
Samuel Truett Cathy, was an American entrepreneur who founded the fast food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A...
people witness
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.
business conflict good mix people religion whatsoever
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.
attention business close directing god honoring mattered sunday
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.
operate people putting
Putting people before profits is how we've tried to operate from the beginning.
love nearly opportunity time
Nearly every moment of every day, we have the opportunity to give something to someone else - our time, our love, our resources.
cross
Why did the chicken cross the road? To prove to the possum that it could be done.
business life man manage
If a man can't manage his own life, he can't manage a business.
days line needed seven took work
If it took seven days to make a living with a restaurant, then we needed to be in some other line of work.
remembered
I'd like to be remembered as one who kept my priorities in the right order.
business
I'd be resentful if shareholders who don't know the business tried to tell me what to do.
airplane both brothers question
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?'
encouraged local members operators
I have always encouraged my restaurant operators and team members to give back to the local community.
employ forty motivate people thousand various 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 with that.
chance die few good people point
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.