A leader can create a company, but a community creates a movement.

Giving feels good, but it's also good for the bottom line. Charity is a viable growth strategy for a lot of companies. Our customers get excited to be a part of what we're doing. If you ask anyone wearing Toms how they first heard about us, most won't mention an advertisement; they'll say a friend told them our story.

[People] had never heard about someone giving something away every time they sold something.

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

I don't think college is for everyone. School is awesome, but for me, I was learning a lot more outside the classroom in the real world than I was in school.

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

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