Purpose-Driven Business Quotes

The best way to make money is not to have money as your primary goal. I've seen great people come into the business world primarily motivated to make money. Almost without exception they failed.

Being an entrepreneur is an existential, not just a financial thing.

I actually am a capitalist, and I believe in shareholders. But I believe in them as a result of what I do, not as a reason for what I'm doing. The same with profits - profits alone cannot be an objective. It has to have a purpose.

We are living at the beginning of the humanization of business.

Business must be run at a profit, else it will die. But when anyone tries to run a business solely for profit, then also the business must die, for it no longer has a reason for existence.

The companies that are successful, they start out to make meaning, not to make money.

Many people start a business only to make money. Just to make money is not a strong enough mission.

Profit has to be a means to other ends rather than an end in itself.

Change the world. Build a business. Have fun.

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

Screwing business as usual fundamentally recognises that doing good is good for business.

It’s not about the money. Its about creating a business out of your life’s purpose and mission.

American business needs a lifting purpose greater than the struggle of materialism.

I’m encouraging young people to become social business entrepreneurs and contribute to the world, rather than just making money. Making money is no fun. Contributing to and changing the world is a lot more fun.

I never went into business to make money.

I want people to be entrepreneurs, but I want them to do it for the right reasons, because they think they can change the world, because they think they have got something of value to give to the world. Not because they think they can make a lot of money.

If you get into business solely to make money, you won’t. If you try to make a real difference, you’ll find success.

I'm not sure a lot of companies know their story, or can explain why they exist and who they are, without just spewing just corporate speech.

The best way for business to move out of the Hall of Shame is to demonstrate a commitment to social causes. This also makes business sense. A focus on solving social problems has motivational benefits in lean economic times.

I think business needs to have a heart and to have a heart a company must be more than just a moneymaking machine.

Business has to give people enriching, rewarding lives...or it's simply not worth doing.

My passionate belief is that business can be fun, it can be conducted with love and a powerful force for good.