"Nearly every moment of every day, we have the opportunity to give something to someone else - our time, our love, our resources."
"I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty."
"I had to create some good work habits and attitude."
"Why would I retire from something I enjoy doing? I can hardly wait to get here."
"I had a low image of myself because I was brought up in the deep Depression."
"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."
"If it took seven days to make a living with a restaurant, then we needed to be in some other line of work."
"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."
"I cook chicken for a living."
"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."
"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."
"I'd like to be remembered as one who kept my priorities in the right order."
"I have always encouraged my restaurant operators and team members to give back to the local community."
"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."
"If a man can't manage his own life, he can't manage a business."
"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."
"Why did the chicken cross the road? To prove to the possum that it could be done."
"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?'"
"We tell applicants, 'If you don't intend to be here for life, you needn't apply.'"
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Chick-fil-A is what it is today because of its people, purpose and product."
"Putting people before profits is how we've tried to operate from the beginning."
"We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles."
