241 Quotes by Anita Roddick

Entrepreneurs are outsiders by nature – outsiders with a work ethic.

I think progress is a sort of comfortable disease, and we’ve got a media that says entertainment and celebrity, which isn’t bad in itself but it stops the real issues coming forward.

I’d have opened a bloody library if I’d wanted to be quiet.

Mess with nature and it will mess right back...

You persuade people with passion, so you’ve got to have a product or service you feel emotionally charged about. Then you can tell stories about it that will inspire others.

We are honest about our methods and our mistakes. We are not perfect – it isn’t possible to be perfect – but we are trying to go in the right direction and in those circumstances, it’s best not to mystify what we are trying to do.

Never be seduced into believing it isn’t the role of business to tackle the big issues, because it absolutely is.

If you think you’re too small to make a difference, you’ve never been to bed with a mosquito.

Retiring isn’t even a word I’d understand. Taking what makes you feel alive, and everyone’s looking for ways of making them feel alive, in whatever they do – relationships, business or work – and not just being a voice for a money making business.