--- title: "24 Dan Pallotta Quotes - Famous Businessperson (Charity case)" description: "Daniel M. Pallotta is an American entrepreneur, author, and humanitarian activist. Browse 24 Dan Pallotta quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b090/author-dan-pallotta-24489.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b090/author-dan-pallotta-24489.jpg) # Dan Pallotta (1961) Businessperson United States **24** quotes in **288** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Dan Pallotta is a businessperson from the United States, best known for *Charity case*. ## Quick Facts About Dan Pallotta Born January 21, 1961 Nationality United States Profession Businessperson Notable works Charity case ## About Dan Pallotta Daniel M. Pallotta is an American entrepreneur, author, and humanitarian activist. He is best known for his involvement in multi-day charitable events with the long-distance Breast Cancer 3-Day walks, AIDS Rides bicycle journeys, and Out of the Darkness suicide prevention night walks. Over nine years, 182,000 people participated in these events and raised $582 million. They were the subject of a Harvard Business School case study. He is the author of Uncharitable – How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential. He is also the author of Charity Case: How the Nonprofit Community Can Stand Up for Itself and Really Change the World, and When Your Moment Comes – a Guide to Fulfilling Your Dreams. He is the president of Advertising for Humanity and president and founder of the Charity Defense Council. He is a featured contributor to Harvard Business Review online. ## Quotes by Dan Pallotta > [Brand is much more than a name or a logo. Brand is everything and everything is brand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/brand-is-much-more-than-a-name-or-a-logo-brand-is-everything-and/) [Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/187/dan-pallotta-24489_brand_brand-is-much-more-than-a-name-or-a-logo_2989759.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/356/dan-pallotta-24489_best_silence-you-know-is-the-best-place-to-ge_1050399.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28c/dan-pallotta-24489_ambiguous_you-can-t-know-if-your-values-are-being_868699.png) > [When you prohibit failure, you kill innovation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/when-you-prohibit-failure-you-kill-innovation/) [Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/) [Failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e5/dan-pallotta-24489_failure_when-you-prohibit-failure-you-kill-innov_2765271.png) > [I have always been terrified of the death of my parents. I never knew if I could count on myself. I never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/i-have-always-been-terrified-of-the-death-of-my-parents-i-never-knew/) [Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/057/dan-pallotta-24489_always_i-have-always-been-terrified-of-the-deat_2691641.png) > [Our generation does not want its epitaph to read, 'We kept charity overhead low.' We want it to read that we changed…](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/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aea/dan-pallotta-24489_change_our-generation-does-not-want-its-epitaph_2090036.png) > [People are yearning to be asked to use the full measure of their potential for something they care about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/people-are-yearning-to-be-asked-to-use-the-full-measure-of-their/) [Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/) [Care](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/care/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eca/dan-pallotta-24489_care_people-are-yearning-to-be-asked-to-use-t_2815242.png) > [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/) [Inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inspirational/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be5/dan-pallotta-24489_inspirational_philanthropy-is-the-market-for-love-it-i_1473137.png) > [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/) [Ability](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ability/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/310/dan-pallotta-24489_ability_your-ability-to-stand-up-for-your-truth_794433.png) > [It's time to stop obsessing about overhead and start focusing on progress. Change charity, and charity can change the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/it-s-time-to-stop-obsessing-about-overhead-and-start-focusing-on/) [Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/213/dan-pallotta-24489_about_it-s-time-to-stop-obsessing-about-overhe_2440993.png) > [Everyone wants charities to spend as little as possible on overhead. That's backwards. Overhead is what drives growth. If charities can't grow,…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/765/dan-pallotta-24489_backwards_everyone-wants-charities-to-spend-as-lit_1674947.jpg) > [You used to be able to just call people. You didn't have to be on someone's calendar to have a phone conversation.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/you-used-to-be-able-to-just-call-people-you-didn-t-have-to-be-on/) [Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a2/dan-pallotta-24489_able_you-used-to-be-able-to-just-call-people_2753780.png) > [We have a visceral reaction to the idea that anyone would make very much money helping other people. Interesting that we don't…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4a/dan-pallotta-24489_helping_we-have-a-visceral-reaction-to-the-idea_40027.png) > [What's important is how we use our time on this earth, not how conspicuously we give our money away. What's important is…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c28/dan-pallotta-24489_advancing_what-s-important-is-how-we-use-our-time_50206.jpg) > [And when your phone rings, pick it up. Open yourself up to the possibility a phone call offers. Discover this remarkable device…](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/) [Advantage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advantage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a22/dan-pallotta-24489_advantage_and-when-your-phone-rings-pick-it-up-ope_1803367.png) > [The next time you're looking at a charity, don't ask about the rate of their overhead; ask about the scale of their…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/479/dan-pallotta-24489_amazon_the-next-time-you-re-looking-at-a-charit_36597.jpg) > [We aren't upset when Paramount makes a $200 million movie that flops, but if a charity experiments with a $5 million fundraising…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/we-aren-t-upset-when-paramount-makes-a-200-million-movie-that-flops/) [Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/) [Attorney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attorney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb0/dan-pallotta-24489_attorney_we-aren-t-upset-when-paramount-makes-a-2_1881023.png) > [It has been said that love is a function of communication. I believe that to be true. I believe, by extension, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-pallotta/it-has-been-said-that-love-is-a-function-of-communication-i-believe/) [Dan Pallotta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/308/dan-pallotta-24489_another_it-has-been-said-that-love-is-a-function_1836095.png) > [We tell the for-profit sector, 'Spend, spend, spend on advertising until the last dollar no longer produces a penny of value,' but…](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/) [Advertising](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/advertising/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da0/dan-pallotta-24489_advertising_we-tell-the-for-profit-sector-spend-spen_65167.jpg) > [While business advertises, charity is taught to beg. While business motivates with a dollar, charity is told to motivate with guilt. While…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f0/dan-pallotta-24489_be-cautious_while-business-advertises-charity-is-tau_93362.jpg) > [When we show people that something is possible that they didn't think was possible it does more than just change things. It…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93f/dan-pallotta-24489_change-things_when-we-show-people-that-something-is-po_1309270.jpg) > [If you put these five things together - you can't use money to attract talent, you can't advertise, you can't take risks,…](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/) [Charity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/charity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad0/dan-pallotta-24489_charity_if-you-put-these-five-things-together-yo_883293.png) > [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…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/075/dan-pallotta-24489_because_it-s-time-to-re-think-charity-it-s-time_1222650.jpg) > [When you prohibit failure, you kill innovation. If you kill innovation in fundraising, you can't raise more revenue. If you can't raise…](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/) [Failure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/failure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d13/dan-pallotta-24489_failure_when-you-prohibit-failure-you-kill-innov_862784.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-pallotta/#itemlist", "name": "Dan Pallotta Quotes", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Brand is much more than a name or a logo. 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