Anita Roddick Quotes
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Anita Roddick Famous Quotes & Sayings
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The function of wealth is not to accumulate it but to give it away as productively and responsibly as you can.
I think it's just fear of death. I can't bear to go to sleep. There's very little, you know, between an entrepreneur and a crazy person.
First, you have to have fun. Second, you have to put love where your labour is. Third, you have to go in the opposite direction to everyone else.
The business of business should not be about money. It should be about responsibility. It should be about public good, not private greed
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.
Any business or enterprise that shaves away loneliness is going to last forever. And like it or not but we've got a lonely society.
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.
I traveled enormously during the 1960's, when you measured everything by where you traveled and what you did as travelers.
There is no scientific answer for success. You can't define it. You've simply got to live it and do it.
We are essentially outsiders and that is the best definition of an entrepreneur I have ever come across.
If trade undermines life, narrows it or impoverishes it, then it can destroy the world. If it enhances life, then it can better the world.
All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good.
Values carry the message of shared purposes, standards and conceptions of what is worth living for and what is worth striving for.
The key to handling problems and conflict within an organization is to keep the channels of communication wide open.
When you take the high moral road it is difficult for anyone to object without sounding like a complete fool.
Never be seduced into believing it isn't the role of business to tackle the big issues, because it absolutely is.
If civilization is going to survive, business and policy-makers must move on, to find within themselves more developed emotions than fear or greed.
There are a lot of dark sides to success, but the light side of it is the ability to be opportunistic, and to be able to do things.
I think that business practices would improve immeasurably if they were guided by "feminine" pinciples, qualities like love, care, and intuition.
The Body Shop Foundation is run by our staff and supports social activism and environmental activism. We don't tend to support big agencies.
At The Body Shop we had always been measured by how many jobs we had created, and I got a major award from the Queen on that.
My mother's bottom line was truth to her values. It meant bringing your heart and your humanity to work.
Consumers have not been told effectively enough that they have huge power and that purchasing and shopping involve a moral choice.
When you run an entrepreneurial business, you have hurry sickness - you don't look back, you advance and consolidate. But it is such fun.
One of the most intriguing things in management and in business is the role of storytelling - people need the anecdotes to do the work that they do.
Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking.
My passionate belief is that business can be fun, it can be conducted with love and a powerful force for good.
If there is excitement in their lives, it is contained in the figures on the profit and loss sheet. What an indictment.
For me, campaigning and good business is also about putting forward solutions, not just opposing destructive practices or human rights abuses.
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.
Ninety-nine per cent of what we say is about values. I firmly believe that ethical capitalism is the best way of changing society for the better.