I was sixty-six years old. I still had to make a living. I looked at my social security check of 105 dollars and decided to use that to try to franchise my chicken recipe. Folks had always liked my chicken.
COLONEL SANDERSOne has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.
More Colonel Sanders Quotes
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Feed the poor and get rich or feed the rich and get poor.
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No hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me.
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I’ve read hundreds of cookbooks. Most of those cookbooks don’t even tell you how to get a steak ready, how to bake biscuits or an apple pie.
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My life isn’t over and I’m not going to sit in a rocking chair and take money from the government.
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A lot of learned men think people really are the food they’ve eaten.
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I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know.
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Hard work beats all the tonics and vitamins in the world.
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One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.
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I’ve only had two rules. Do all you can and do it the best you can. It’s the only way you ever get that feeling of accomplishing something.
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I think a dream is just a suggestion to start something out, do something.
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Scientists are a bunch of romantics.
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To me, my recipes are priceless.
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The food I’ve liked in my time is American country cookin’.
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Work is the basis of living. I’ll never retire. A man’ll rust out quicker than he’ll wear out.
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There’s something inside of me that makes me want to help people, especially people who are having difficulty of some kind.
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