Anita Roddick

"Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life."

"If you think you're too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a room with a mosquito."

"We are not here to make money. We are here to make a difference."

"I believe that business as usual will not do. We need a revolution in business thinking."

"Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it."

"Hell is in hating what you do."

"You can't do business with a nation that has no faith, hope or love."

"The most important thing we can offer each other is our presence - our witnessing of one another's stories."

"If you want to change the world, you have to think about the future."

"We are in business because we want to engage in activism. The Body Shop is our platform."

"I have always believed that cosmetics should be fun. And business should be about human values, not just profit."

"You measure your success not by how much money you make, but by how many people's lives you touch positively."

"Every single thing that I have ever done has been done out of a sense of passion or conviction."

"The goal is not just to make people look beautiful on the outside, but to make them feel beautiful on the inside."

"My mother used to say that the most important thing you can do is to listen - really listen - to what other people are saying."

"If you wear your values on your sleeve and you are consistent, people will get it."

"I believe in the power of one person to make a difference, and I believe we're all capable of doing extraordinary things."

"Don't underestimate the power of ordinary people getting together to do extraordinary things."

"There's no point in sitting around and feeling sorry for yourself. You have to get up and do something about it."

"The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create."

"If you don't believe in the power of your values, your employees certainly won't."

"We started with a mission to make our community better, and profit was a byproduct of that mission."

"Cynicism is the one thing that will destroy us faster than anything else because it stops us from trying."

"I have always believed that the minute you stop learning is the minute you start dying."

"It takes courage to challenge the status quo."

"The only way to change the world is to change yourself first."

"Money can't buy you love. But love can make you rich in ways that money never will."

"Nature is not a luxury, it's a necessity. We must protect it fiercely."

"I don't believe in the concept of the self-made man. We all have benefited from the work of others."

"The world is run by the people who show up."