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How do you identify someone who needs encouragement? That person is breathing.
I cook chicken for a living.
It's better to build boys than mend men.
Sometimes success is disguised as hard work.
You know what ego stands for: Edging Out God!
Food is Essential to life, therefore make it good.
Whatever you do... put your heart and soul into it!
I had to create some good work habits and attitude.
People want to work with a person, not for a company.
No goal is too high if we climb with care and confidence.
If we get better our customers will demand we get bigger.
You don't have to make the headlines to make a difference.
Success in any relationship or endeavor begins with trust.
I realized I could do anything if I wanted it badly enough.
Learn to love your work and you'll never have to 'work' again.
If a man can't manage his own life, he can't manage a business.
It's OK to have wealth. But keep it in your hands, not in your heart.
How do you know if someone needs encouragement? If they are breathing!
The difference between success and failure is often about 5% more effort.
Chick-fil-A is what it is today because of its people, purpose and product.
I'd like to be remembered as one who kept my priorities in the right order.
Many of the unexpected opportunities we encounter are small but significant.
I had a low image of myself because I was brought up in the deep Depression.
In the Great Depression, you bought something if you had the cash to buy it.
If it takes seven days to make a living, you ought to be doing something else.
Why would I retire from something I enjoy doing? I can hardly wait to get here.
Putting people before profits is how we've tried to operate from the beginning.
To take advantage of unexpected opportunities, we must leave ourselves available.
Why did the chicken cross the road? To prove to the possum that it could be done.
We tell applicants, 'If you don't intend to be here for life, you needn't apply.'
A business, successful or not, is merely a reflection of the character of its leadership.
I'd be resentful if shareholders who don't know the business tried to tell me what to do.
Nearly every moment of every day we have the opportunity to give something to someone else.
The one thing I take more joy in than anything else in the world is seeing young people develop
As Christians, we have an obligation and responsibility to abide by the principles of the Bible.
If you have debt, you have to worry about it. I would challenge each of you to try to be debt-free.
I have always encouraged my restaurant operators and team members to give back to the local community.
We must motivate ourselves to do our very best, and by our example lead others to do their best as well.
I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.
If it took seven days to make a living with a restaurant, then we needed to be in some other line of work.
I have people say, 'I'll come to work for you for free,' and I tell my employees they have to compete with that.
We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles.
As a kid, I can't remember having anything to play with except a loose tooth. And that wasn't mine. It was my brother's.
Nearly every moment of every day, we have the opportunity to give something to someone else - our time, our love, our resources.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Each person's destiny is not a matter of chance; it's a matter of choice. It's determined by what we say, what we do, and whom we trust.
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.
