Quotes from Anita Roddick

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

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

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

You can't change t he wor ld f rom t he rear view mir ror.

By definition, design, and practice, capitalism is a system that concentrates economic power in the hands of the few to the exclusion of the many.

The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.

Cynicism is what passes for insight when courage is lacking.

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.

But the minute we went public on the stock market, which is how our wealth was created, it was no longer how many people you employed, it was how much you were worth and how much your company was worth.

The market controls everything, but the market has no heart.

You have to look at leadership through the eyes of the followers and you have to live the message.

Being good is good business

I believe in businesses where you engage in creative thinking, and where you form some of your deepest relationships. If it isn't about the production of the human spirit, we are in big trouble.

The money that we make from the company goes into The Body Shop Foundation, which isn't one of those awful tax shelters like some in America. It just functions to take the money and give it away.

Business is not financial science, it's about trading.. buying and selling. It's about creating a product or service so good that people will pay for it.

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.

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

The Body Shop Foundation is run by our staff and supports social activism and environmental activism. We don't tend to support big agencies.

All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good.

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.

Years ago nobody was elected on the economic ticket. It was either the education platform, or it was health or it was other issues. It is only recently that economic values have superceded every other human value.

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.

And remember this if you ever think you're too small to be effective -- you've never been in bed with a mosquito.

The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.