241 Quotes by Anita Roddick

You’ve got to be hungry – for ideas, to make things happen and to see your vision made into reality.

The growth of The Body Shop is testimony to the fact that you don’t need to waste money on costly advertising campaigns to be successful. Instead, we’ve always relied on word of mouth and stories.

Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that’s exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking.

It is true that there is a fine line between entrepreneurship and insanity. Crazy people see and feel things that others don’t. But you have to believe that everything is possible. If you believe it, those around you will believe it too.

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before. Herodotus, historian If I had to name a driving force in my life, I’d name passion every time.

I’m an activist and I come from a very socialist background. For me, my thinking was formed by great thought leaders. And wealth preserving wasn’t part of my thinking.

Don’t underestimate the power of the vigilante consumer.

Maybe this is what the future will look like: fresh, clean water will be so rare it will be guarded by armies. Water as the next oil – the next resource worth going to war over.

If you don’t believe one person can make a difference, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.