Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American businessman David Green.
Last updated on April 20, 2025.
David Green is an American businessman and the founder of Hobby Lobby, a chain of arts and crafts stores. He is a major financial supporter of Evangelical organizations in the United States and funded the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C.
I realize that a lot of business leaders may disagree with me, but I truly believe that God belongs in what my company does. By putting Him first in my operations, He can bless what I attempt.
My father and mother had tremendous integrity, and obviously that affected me.
This is my hobby: growing stores, adding stores. It's fun.
I can't help but tell people of the greatest story ever told - God's love and our eternal life.
Business owners should not have to choose between violating their faith and violating the law.
It is by God's grace and provision that Hobby Lobby has endured. Therefore, we seek to honor God by operating the company in a manner consistent with biblical principles.
It's so easy to make things complicated in business.
God has blessed me with a wonderful family, a successful business, and outstanding employees. I do not take these blessings lightly.
When I take a risk, I like it to be a calculated risk, meaning I make it as small as possible.
Our Heavenly Father is pleased when we don't compromise our faith and principles in times of desperation.
Coming from a family of preachers, the idea of giving back has been part of my life as long as I can remember.
When Hobby Lobby was created in the early 1970s, I was committed to use profits to help ministry work.
The Health and Human Services preventive services mandate forces businesses to provide the morning-after and the week-after pills in our health insurance plans.
Giving is above what we owe God, and that is our tithes.
You can't learn if you don't try.
You can't have a belief system on Sunday and not live it the other six days.
If I die without food or without eternal salvation, I want to die without food.
You need an attitude of service. You're not just serving yourself. You help others to grow up and you grow with them.
Hobby Lobby has always been a tool for the Lord's work.
I want to know that I have affected people for eternity. I believe I am. I believe once someone knows Christ as their personal savior, I've affected eternity. I matter 10 billion years from now.
If you have anything, or if I have anything, it's because it's been given to us by our Creator.