Anita Roddick Quotes & Sayings

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

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

“Consumers have not been told effectively enough that they have huge power and that purchasing and shopping involve a moral choice.”

“If I had learned more about business ahead of time, I would have been shaped into believing that it was only about finances and quality management.”

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

“Since the governments are in the pockets of businesses, who's going to control this most powerful institution? Business is more powerful than politics, and it's more powerful than religion. So it's going to have to be the vigilante consumer.”

“There is no scientific answer for success. You can't define it. You've simply got to live it and do it.”

“But if you can create an honorable livelihood, where you take your skills and use them and you earn a living from it, it gives you a sense of freedom and allows you to balance your life the way you want.”

“Look at the Quakers - they were excellent business people that never lied, never stole; they cared for their employees and the community which gave them the wealth. They never took more money out than they put back in.”

“If I can't do something for the public good, what the hell am I doing?”