Blake Mycoskie Quotes

I'm the luckiest guy in the world, and I am going to give away every penny before I die.

I have committed to giving away 80% of my wealth, much of it in India, but also in other countries.

I became convinced that there was greater satisfaction from giving my money away and seeing something come out of the ground, like a hospital or a university.

If you have more money than you need, you have to give it away. It's a duty. I get to choose whom to sponsor, and I like to give to the areas that I know something about.

There is a place and a time for philanthropy, and there is only so much money you can give away.

I have a policy that I get to spend as much on myself as I give away.

I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.

My name is Brock and it also means 'broke.' I'm going for broke - I intend to give everything away of everything I have over time.

To give generously but appropriately and then, most difficult of all, and as the full apotheosis of the art, with feeling, in the moment and spontaneously, has always been recognized as one of the greatest of human qualities.

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

I refuse to charge for my karate classes, I refuse to charge for Q&A panels, and when people come to my table, if you have money, great, but if you don't, who cares?

We can hardly call a beggar an obstacle to generosity.

Profit is what we have left after we make a donation to a worthwhile cause.

We often excuse our own want of philanthropy by giving the name of fanaticism to the more ardent zeal of others.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter.

I account the office of benefactor, or almoner, to which God appoints all those whom he has favored with wealth, one of the most honorable and delightful in the world. He never institutes a channel for the passage of His bounties that those bounties do not enrich and beautify.

Once you make a lot of money, it's incredibly enjoyable to give it away. It's a way to satisfy the soul.

What we employ in charitable uses during our lives is given away from ourselves; what we bequeath at our death is given from others only, as our nearest relations.

In the world take always the position of the giver.

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

Giving is the vital impulse and moral center of capitalism.

Philanthropy has always been something that I've been kind of interested in because I think it was instilled at a very young age through my parents.

God prospers me not to raise my standard of living, but to raise my standard of giving.

Those who give not till they die show that they would not then if they could keep it any longer.