Colonel Sanders: Colonel Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980) was an American businessman,
best known for founding fast-food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (also known as KFC) and later acting as the company’s brand ambassador and symbol. His name and image are still symbols of the company. The title ‘colonel’ was honorary – a Kentucky Colonel – not the military rank.
Colonel Sanders traveled door to door to houses and restaurants all over his local area. He wanted to partner with someone to help promote his chicken recipe. Needless to say, he was met with little enthusiasm. He started traveling by car to different restaurants and cooked his fried chicken on the spot for restaurant owners. If the owner liked the chicken, they would enter into a handshake agreement to sell the Colonel’s chicken. Legend has it that Colonel Sanders heard 1009 “no”s before he heard his first “yes”.
Top 5 Colonel Sanders quotes
- My life isn’t over and I’m not going to sit in a rocking chair and take money from the government.
- There’s something inside of me that makes me want to help people, especially people who are having difficulty of some kind.
- People are just like farm equipment. They rust out quicker than they wear out.
- There’s no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can’t do any business from there.
- You got to like your work. You have got to like what you are doing, you have got to be doing something worthwhile so you can like it – because it is worthwhile, that it makes a difference, don’t you see?
Sources:
- https://youtu.be/g0tSeSSuivk
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Sanders
- https://yourstory.com/2012/07/the-story-of-colonel-sanders-a-man-who-started-at-65-and-failed-1009-times-before-succeeding
- https://www.azquotes.com/author/12952-Colonel_Sanders
- https://wsimag.com/economy-and-politics/26354-the-spirit-of-the-west
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