“Crap. Before one starts this fighting, one has to sort a few things out, such as one's bloody morality.” Quote by Gordon Roddick, 1965
“What if one's view is right or wrong? What is good or bad, and why? Things I must define more clearly – this is something lacking in me.” LifePhilosophyWisdomTruthMoralityReflectionContemplationAttributed No Source1965 Author:Gordon Roddick, 1965
“I am Gordon Roddick, 23 years of age. Screw behaviour patterns. Serenity. This pen, too. It's no bloody good.” LifeWritingPhilosophyTruthHumourReflectionContemplationAttributed No Source1965 Author:Gordon Roddick, 1965
“Forgiveness was never a big part of the deal. Clarity of purpose, great journeys, unequal struggle, dogged persistence, moments of deep despair, mountainous odds stacked against the hero. The glimmer of light, the one true test.” LifePhilosophyTruthAdventureReflectionContemplationAttributed No Source1965 Author:Gordon Roddick, 1965
“I had arrived with a thirst for adventure, adventure of any description. I was a stupid 23-year‑old boy looking for trouble. What trouble looked like, I had no idea.” LifeTruthMemoriesAdventureTravelReflectionContemplationAttributed No Source1965 Author:Gordon Roddick, 1965
“Be last at everything. Nobody will have any expectations.” LifePhilosophyTruthHumourReflectionContemplationAttributed No Source1965 Author:Gordon Roddick, 1965
“I saw how much we were subject to other people's expectations in the City – and they weren't the same as ours.” LifeTruthBusinessIntegrityReflectionEthicsContemplationAttributed No SourceThe Body ShopProfits With Principles Author:Gordon Roddick
“We felt increasingly trapped by some shareholders' conservatism and narrow outlook.” LifeTruthBusinessIntegrityReflectionEthicsContemplationAttributed No SourceThe Body ShopProfits With Principles Author:Gordon Roddick
“Not everyone has to be the Chosen One. Not everyone has to be the guy who saves the world. Most people just have to live their lives the best they can, doing things that are great for them, having great friends, trying to make their lives better, loving people properly. All the while knowing that the world makes no sense but trying to find a way to be happy anyway.” Inspirational Book:The Rest of Us Just Live Here Source: The Rest of Us Just Live Here
“The lessons of creeping loss of control made us decide to go private again if possible.” LifeTruthBusinessIntegrityEthicsContemplationAttributed No SourceThe Body ShopProfits With Principles Author:Gordon Roddick
“Three times, we tried to buy back the business. The difficulty was that financial institutions assumed if we wanted to buy the company back from shareholders, we must have an idea that profits were about to rise considerably.” WisdomTruthBusinessIntegrityReflectionEthicsContemplationAttributed No SourceThe Body ShopProfits With Principles Author:Gordon Roddick