I am a big believer in the value of traveling while you are young. The experiences you have in other countries can inspire greatness.
Almost every morning I write in my journal. I've been keeping it for a long time - I've filled more than 50 books. I write about what's going on in my personal and spiritual life or what's going on at work. It helps me keep things in perspective, especially when things get crazy or I get stressed or we have obstacles.
When people start serving together, they forgot about all their stress, [...] all their own problems. They start focusing on someone else's.
Facts are neutral until human beings add their own meaning to those facts. People make their decisions based on what the facts mean to them, not on the facts themselves. The meaning they add to facts depends on their current story … facts are not terribly useful to influencing others. People don’t need new facts—they need a new story.
TOMS is no longer a shoe company... we're a one-for-one company.
Giving is what fuels us. Giving is our future.
The most important things are actually the easiest to obtain: great friends, good food, and a decent bottle of wine.
Simplicity is simple. Perhaps this sounds redundant. But it's true, and it's important.
I don't think college is for everyone. School is awesome, but for me, I was learning a lot more outside the classroom in the real world than I was in school.
People always ask me, when I had the idea for TOMS, did it change my life? As romantic and noble as it is, no it did not change my life. But when I went to Argentina on that first shoe-drop, it did change my life.
I don't get jet lagged that much. I'm so used to traveling and being in different places every day that I can sleep anywhere.
When you incorporate giving into your business, you attract the most amazing partners.
Allow your team to incorporate giving into their life through their job. Not only do employees stay around a lot longer, they do a lot more good.
Instead of squirreling away your earnings early in your career, spend on experiences that will enrich your life - like diving with great white sharks. It can expose you to influential people who could open doors for you.
My goal was to go back to Argentina, and give them all-all the shoes-away. Not just to give them away, but to place them on each child's foot.
I did what I think a lot of entrepreneurs do. I started putting up a lot of ads on Craigslist for interns.
Giving feels good, but it's also good for the bottom line. Charity is a viable growth strategy for a lot of companies. Our customers get excited to be a part of what we're doing. If you ask anyone wearing Toms how they first heard about us, most won't mention an advertisement; they'll say a friend told them our story.
[Our employees] do it not because we pay them more, but because they want to be part of something.
TOMS didn't have to focus on advertising, but on giving in a way that's sustainable.
When you don't know the rules, you break them all. It's hard to take big risks when you know the history of an industry and what has worked and what didn't.
We believe Skype in the Classroom will be a milestone in inspiring the next generation of social entrepreneurs and we can't wait to connect students with TOMS partners.
[People] had never heard about someone giving something away every time they sold something.
Complicated lives and heaps of possessions don’t necessarily bring happiness; in fact, they can bring the opposite.
Vogue Magazine does something really interesting here: They make it look like I know exactly what I'm doing. Because Vogue made it look like I knew exactly what I'm doing, stores from all over started calling.
With technology today, companies are less in control of their brand
Follow AzQuotes on Facebook, Twitter and Google+. Every day we present the best quotes! Improve yourself, find your inspiration, share with friends
or simply: