Anita Roddick

“If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito.”

“The business of business should not be about money. It should be about responsibility. It should be about public good, not private greed.”

“To succeed you have to believe in something with such a passion that it becomes a reality.”

“If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just.”

“Nobody talks about entrepreneurship as a survival, but that’s exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking.”

“Whatever you do, be different – that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can’t think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you’re different, you will stand out.”

“I want to work for a company that contributes to and is part of the community. I want something not just to invest in. I want something to believe in.”

“Activism is my rent for living on the planet.”

“For me, campaigning and good business is also about putting forward solutions, not just opposing destructive practices or human rights abuses.”

“My passionate belief is that business can be fun, it can be conducted with love and a powerful force for good.”

“You have to be a bit of a rebel to see things differently.”

“Running a company on market research is like driving while looking in the rear-view mirror.”

“I hate the beauty business. It is a monster industry selling unattainable dreams.”

“I think all business is a reflection of the creator.”

“What’s the point of having great knowledge and keeping it to yourself?”

“If you want to be a real human being - a real woman, a real man - you cannot tolerate things which put you to shame.”