Charity Quotes

I am only one,
But still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something.
And because I cannot do everything
I will not refuse to do
The something that I can do.

Charity is pleasing and praiseworthy in the sight of God and is regarded as a prince among goodly deeds.

Charity is pleasing and praiseworthy in the sight of God and is regarded as a prince among goodly deeds.

True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.

Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

If not to make the world better, what is money for?

I want to start a conversation with you about the next chapter of one-for-one. What’s inside this box is not as important as what it represents. It represents that we are no longer a shoe company, we are a one-for-one company.... [Its unveiling] will be our first step in meeting the rest of those needs around the world.

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.

She explained that those 3 boys were her sons, and for the past year her sons had been sharing a single pair of shoes. Her oldest son had been walking to school, coming home, giving his shoes to his brother, and he had to wait until Thursday to go to school again. Now all of her sons could go to school every day and they got to walk there together.

My goal was to go back to Argentina, and give them all—all the shoes—away. Not just to give them away, but to place them on each child’s foot.

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

TOMS is no longer a shoe company... we're a one-for-one company.

Giving does not just feel good, but it’s really, really good for business, and it’s good for your personal brand.

When you incorporate giving into your business, you attract the most amazing partners.

Allow your team to incorporate giving into their life through their job. Not only do employees stay around a lot longer, they do a lot more good.

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

When you incorporate giving into your business, you attract and maintain the most amazing employees in the world.

TOMS didn't have to focus on advertising, but on giving in a way that's sustainable.

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