Make the most out of every single day you have on earth and be thankful for them. — Blake Mycoskie Being thankful Copy Share Image
Stories are the most primitive and purest form of communication. — Blake Mycoskie Communication Copy Share Image
I love what I do, but it is hard to have a personal relationship when you're never home. — Blake Mycoskie Hard Copy Share Image
When you're buying a pair of TOMS, if you don't feel like you're part of a community, then I've failed. — Blake Mycoskie Buying Copy Share Image
TOMS is no longer a shoe company... we're a one-for-one company. — Blake Mycoskie Business Copy Share Image
When you incorporate giving into your business in an authentic and transparent way, your customers become your best marketers. — Blake Mycoskie Authenticity Copy Share Image
The most important things are actually the easiest to obtain: great friends, good food, and a decent bottle of wine. — Blake Mycoskie Bottles Copy Share Image
Walk away from anyone who is unduly focused on vacation and compensation. It's a sign of potential trouble. No matter how talented… — Blake Mycoskie Anyone Copy Share Image
Giving does not just feel good, but it's really, really good for business, and it's good for your personal brand. — Blake Mycoskie Brands Copy Share Image
“Simplicity is a core goal in successful enterprises, trust is the most important quality you bring to your company, and, finally giving… — Blake Mycoskie Business Copy Share Image
Someday’ is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.… If it’s important to you and you want… — Blake Mycoskie Disease Copy Share Image
If you organize your life around your passion, you can turn your passion into your story and then turn your story into… — Blake Mycoskie Bigger Copy Share Image
My goal was to go back to Argentina, and give them all-all the shoes-away. Not just to give them away, but to… — Blake Mycoskie Argentina Copy Share Image
Who is Tom? There is no Tom. If we sell a pair of shoes today, we give away a pair of shoes… — Blake Mycoskie Better tomorrow Copy Share Image
“I would also write down my fears and look at them. When fears stay stuck inside your head, your imagination can go… — Blake Mycoskie Fear Copy Share Image
When I accept an invitation for a public speaking engagement, my purpose is to share the TOMS story and our giving mission.… — Blake Mycoskie Accept Copy Share Image
Be tenacious. One thing that has allowed me to have some level of success is that I am fine with cold-calling people.… — Blake Mycoskie Calling Copy Share Image
“The most enduring and galvanizing ideas and values of our civilization are embedded in our stories, from those of Homer, […] and… — Blake Mycoskie Inspirational Copy Share Image
The most important step of all is the first step. Start something! What if that idea you have in the back of… — Blake Mycoskie Advice Copy Share Image
I credit my grandmother for my sense of style. She was known for wearing bright, outrageous things because it made people happy… — Blake Mycoskie Around Copy Share Image
“They teach that having a story may be the most important part of your new venture; that fear can be useful; that… — Blake Mycoskie Business Copy Share Image
Complicated lives and heaps of possessions don’t necessarily bring happiness; in fact, they can bring the opposite. — Blake Mycoskie Complicated Copy Share Image
One day, when I own a house, I'll keep a library full of books. Books are different from other possessions-they're more like… — Blake Mycoskie Book Copy Share Image
When people start serving together, they forgot about all their stress, [...] all their own problems. They start focusing on someone else's. — Blake Mycoskie People Copy Share Image
I don't think college is for everyone. School is awesome, but for me, I was learning a lot more outside the classroom… — Blake Mycoskie Classroom Copy Share Image
Exercise your purchasing power as a consumer, volunteer and bring joy to those in need, and share your experiences, tell your stories,… — Blake Mycoskie Consumers Copy Share Image
Keep it simple: own as little as you can get away with, schedule everything, keep a notebook, don't let technology enslave you. — Blake Mycoskie Get away Copy Share Image
I'm not a late-night person. After 10 P.M., I'm falling asleep. If I'm out at that time, I'll be the one falling… — Blake Mycoskie After Copy Share Image
I would have never imagined that I'd become a shoe salesman so that I could give away shoes. I mean that idea… — Blake Mycoskie Away Copy Share Image
I've been blessed with a lot of things in life, but God did not give me rhythm. Still, I love to dance… — Blake Mycoskie Always Copy Share Image
“In regard to waiting for the right time to do something: "The stars will never align and the traffic lights of life… — Blake Mycoskie Astronomy Copy Share Image
I don't get jet lagged that much. I'm so used to traveling and being in different places every day that I can… — Blake Mycoskie Different Copy Share Image
The idea of community and helping others has always been a part of who I am. Growing up, my parents always made… — Blake Mycoskie Always Copy Share Image
“I was never really about the money. Every business I've ever started has been more of a curiosity and a kind of… — Blake Mycoskie Business Copy Share Image
“(One day, when I own a house, I’ll keep a full library of books. Books are different from other possessions—they’re more like… — Blake Mycoskie Books Copy Share Image
When you don't know the rules, you break them all. It's hard to take big risks when you know the history of… — Blake Mycoskie Bigs Copy Share Image
A lot of people like the idea of companies being socially involved in their community, but if you want big companies to… — Blake Mycoskie Being Copy Share Image
Giving builds loyal customers and turns those customers into supporters...You can find passion and profit and meaning all at once, right now. — Blake Mycoskie Customers Copy Share Image