When people start serving together, they forgot about all their stress, [...] all their own problems. They start focusing on someone else's.

Keep it simple: own as little as you can get away with, schedule everything, keep a notebook, don't let technology enslave you.

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.

Who is Tom? There is no Tom. If we sell a pair of shoes today, we give away a pair of shoes tomorrow. Originally we thought of "Tomorrow's Shoes," but I could only fit "TOMS" on the label. I had no idea everybody would want to meet him. There is no Tom; it's an idea for a better tomorrow.

Setbacks and fear are inevitable. The thing that distinguishes the ultimate successes from the ultimate failures is this: What do you do with them?

When you incorporate giving into your business in an authentic and transparent way, your customers become your best marketers.

If whatever you do helps just one person, you've done something wonderful.