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> [Our generation does not want its epitaph to read, 'We kept charity overhead low.' We want it to read that we changed the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/our-generation-does-not-want-its-epitaph-to-read-we-kept-charity/)

[Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/)

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## More by Dan Pallotta

> [The next time you're looking at a charity, don't ask about the rate of their overhead; ask about the scale of their dreams -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/the-next-time-you-re-looking-at-a-charity-don-t-ask-about-the-rate-of-2/)

[Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/)

> [We have a visceral reaction to the idea that anyone would make very much money helping other people. Interesting that we don't have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/we-have-a-visceral-reaction-to-the-idea-that-anyone-would-make-very/)

[Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/)

> [What's important is how we use our time on this earth, not how conspicuously we give our money away. What's important is the energy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/what-s-important-is-how-we-use-our-time-on-this-earth-not-how/)

[Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/)

> [We tell the for-profit sector, 'Spend, spend, spend on advertising until the last dollar no longer produces a penny of value,' but we don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/we-tell-the-for-profit-sector-spend-spend-spend-on-advertising-until/)

[Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/)

> [While business advertises, charity is taught to beg. While business motivates with a dollar, charity is told to motivate with guilt. While business takes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/while-business-advertises-charity-is-taught-to-beg-while-business/)

[Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/)

> [Your ability to stand up for your truth is a muscle, and the more you exercise it the stronger it gets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/your-ability-to-stand-up-for-your-truth-is-a-muscle-and-the-more-you/)

[Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/)

> [When you prohibit failure, you kill innovation. If you kill innovation in fundraising, you can't raise more revenue. If you can't raise more revenue,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/when-you-prohibit-failure-you-kill-innovation-if-you-kill-innovation/)

[Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/)

> [You can't know if your values are being violated if you're ambiguous about what they are](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/you-can-t-know-if-your-values-are-being-violated-if-you-re-ambiguous/)

[Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/)

> [If you put these five things together - you can't use money to attract talent, you can't advertise, you can't take risks, you can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/if-you-put-these-five-things-together-you-can-t-use-money-to-attract/)

[Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/)

> [Silence, you know, is the best place to get close to spirit for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/silence-you-know-is-the-best-place-to-get-close-to-spirit-for-me/)

[Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/)

> [It's time to re-think charity. It's time to give charity the big-league freedoms we really give to business. The fight for these freedoms must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/it-s-time-to-re-think-charity-it-s-time-to-give-charity-the-big/)

[Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/)

> [When we show people that something is possible that they didn't think was possible it does more than just change things. It changes the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/when-we-show-people-that-something-is-possible-that-they-didn-t-think/)

[Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/)

> [Philanthropy is the market for love. It is the market for all those people for whom there is no other market coming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/philanthropy-is-the-market-for-love-it-is-the-market-for-all-those/)

[Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/)

> [Everyone wants charities to spend as little as possible on overhead. That's backwards. Overhead is what drives growth. If charities can't grow, they can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/everyone-wants-charities-to-spend-as-little-as-possible-on-overhead/)

[Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/)

> [And when your phone rings, pick it up. Open yourself up to the possibility a phone call offers. Discover this remarkable device called the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/and-when-your-phone-rings-pick-it-up-open-yourself-up-to-the/)

[Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/)

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