Quotes from Blake Mycoskie

Make the most out of every single day you have on earth and be thankful for them.

Walk away from anyone who is unduly focused on vacation and compensation. It's a sign of potential trouble. No matter how talented you are, if you don't really want to work at TOMS, you'll never work out here.

It may sound too good to be true, but once you've seen the happiest people in your life who have nothing, you really start rethinking what the world, and society, tells us that we need to be happy.

I believe each of us has a mission in life, and that one cannot truly be living their most fulfilled life until they recognize this mission and dedicate their life to pursuing it.

I would never want to take TOMS or myself into an issues debate. That's not what we're about. We're about helping people.

I've been blessed with a lot of things in life, but God did not give me rhythm. Still, I love to dance - which past girlfriends always found hilarious.

The goal isn't how much money you make, but how much you help people.

We are all human beings and I believe that we all should have equal rights.

I think sometimes we forget what we have, and occasionally it's important to remind ourselves.

I would have never imagined that I'd become a shoe salesman so that I could give away shoes. I mean that idea is ludicrous.

Music is such an important part of my life.

I think once you start traveling, you don't stop

Most people yearn to contribute, make the world a better place and have success.... all at the same time... Make sure to give your business a background, a mission and a story. That might be the most important step part of any venture. And remember, giving may be the best investment you ever make.

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.

Traveling as much as I do, I get lonely sometimes. I have friends now in cities all over the world, so I get to be social, but it's hard to have the deep meaningful relationships, especially an intimate one. With my guy friends, I can show up once a month and go to dinner with them and they're happy.

A very big passion of mine and that of the people that run our production is finding factories that have fair labor practices and treating them more like partners in our family than people just who are going to produce for us.

Someday' is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.… If it's important to you and you want to do it 'eventually,' just do it and correct course along the way.

[Our employees] do it not because we pay them more, but because they want to be part of something.

If you have a sense that your money is somehow, even indirectly, contributing to a cause that you find morally problematic, then it seems somewhere between reasonable and obligatory for you to vote with your dollars.

I love what I do, but it is hard to have a personal relationship when you're never home.

Giving builds loyal customers and turns those customers into supporters... You can find passion and profit and meaning all at once, right now.

You know, you hear people talk about soul mates? That one person that you see, and that's it for you? Well, TOMS is the business equivalent of a soul mate for me.

When I accept an invitation for a public speaking engagement, my purpose is to share the TOMS story and our giving mission. In no way do I believe this means I endorse every single aspect of that organization. That may be naive, and you may disagree, but it is my sincere belief.

I always thought that I would spend the first half of my life making money so I can spend the second half of my life giving it all away. And one of the defining moments of my life was when I realized that I could do both at the same time with TOMS.