Anita Roddick

Business Activist British 1942 – 2007

Founded Body Shop and pioneered ethical business practices.

423 quotes

"Passion is the greatest driving force I know."
Motivation
"If you don't believe you can do something, then you can't."
"I used to think the top of the world was heaven, but now I know that heaven is in your heart."
Happiness
"Everything is connected. Everything. We cannot separate ourselves from everything else."
Philosophy
"The only thing that makes me want to retire is the bad behavior of people."
"I don't vote - I direct my money to where I think it should go."
"What I want is for my children's generation to look back and say, 'Thank you.'"
"A woman is being smart if she uses her sexuality."
"Never, never, never complain about what you don't have. Make use of what you have got."
Gratitude
"The pursuit of wealth is not a fit ambition for a serious minded person."
Philosophy
"Beauty comes in all shapes, sizes, colors and varieties."
Beauty
"I think that the most important thing for me is to live my life authentically."
Truth
"Do not be ashamed to be human. Be proud of it."
"The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail."
"I am much more interested in change than tradition."
Change
"I don't have to be what you want me to be."
Freedom
"All business depends on men believing they can trust each other."
"I am trying to be like a tree. More I grow, more I know."
"We can't be what we are not - so we must be what we are."
"What people are actually saying is that they want a more responsible form of capitalism."
Politics
"I have the nerve to walk my own way, however lonely."
Courage
"You will either take a stand or sit it out."
"We need a revolution in self-worth."
"Human rights should not be compromised for the sake of commerce."
Justice
"I think you can have a very successful business without making money."
Success
"The beauty of a free market is that everyone ultimately gets what they deserve."
"If you don't have a spiritual practice in place, you call it therapy or analysis."
Faith
"We need to make the world accountable to women, not women accountable to the world."
"The only charity is Christ's charity - overflowing and abundant."
"There is one thing that every single company should be learning - how to be more responsible."
Leadership