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.”

“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.”

“I have people say, 'I'll come to work for you for free,' and I tell my employees they have to compete with that.”

“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.”

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

“In the Great Depression, you bought something if you had the cash to buy it.”

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

“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 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.”

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