“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.” - Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop. Via: eBetterBooks” Anita Roddick Author:Anita Roddick
“38 Degrees. Anita would have been happy that a new spirit of activism would have taken root and her passions supported beyond her life.” PhilosophyPassionReflectionActivismTruth Of LifeAttributed No SourceGordon RoddickAnita RoddickWisdom Contemplation38 Degrees Author:Gordon Roddick
“I loved her because she made me laugh every single day. I loved her determination to be a maverick and her ceaseless caring for the underdog” LoveLifeTruthKindnessLaughterReflectionGenerosityAttributed No SourceMaverickAnita Roddick Author:Gordon Roddick
“You With Your public eyes And your Dark hair I fun your love And am Pooled Into your Holy See” LoveLifePhilosophyPoetryPoemContemplationAttributed No SourceGordon RoddickAnita Roddick Author:Gordon Roddick
“FUNNY THAT I cannot think what is distinct about my life? What is not Is what I’ve got It’s not like I’ve run rife. I’ve mostly left that To my wife.” LoveLifePhilosophyPoemContemplationAttributed No SourcePoetry LifeGordon RoddickAnita Roddick Author:Gordon Roddick
“In business, we need to find a better way, but I know from bitter personal experience that when Anita and I decided to turn The Body Shop into a public company, we lost control to conservative institutions that cared little for its future.” LifeWisdomTruthBusinessIntegrityReflectionContemplationAttributed No SourceThe Body ShopAnita Roddick Author:Gordon Roddick
“We developed ethical innovations such as community trade, which involved sharing the profits from some products with the communities that produced them and running many challenging campaigns.” WisdomBusinessIntegrityEthicsCampaignsAttributed No SourceThe Body ShopAnita RoddickProfits With PrinciplesContemplation Of Nature Author:Gordon Roddick
“38 Degrees. After the calamitous loss of Anita, I was looking for something to honour her that had a hint of activism and would be one of her legacy marks.” LifeTruthChangeReflectionActivismContemplationAttributed No SourceAnita Roddick38 Degrees Author:Gordon Roddick
“I am suddenly Held still, Held still, But filled With her. I am suddenly Turned But revolve About her. I am suddenly Me, But breathe About her. I am suddenly Held still By her.” LoveLifePhilosophyPoetryPoemContemplationAttributed No SourceAnita Roddick Author:Gordon Roddick
“What a thing is this River we run What a thing is this Music we fill What a thing is this Love we fun What a thing is this Quiet we still What a thing is this Universe we spin What a thing is this That is us” LoveLifePhilosophyPoetryPoemContemplationAttributed No SourceAnita Roddick Author:Gordon Roddick
“I can’t diminish my part in the life of The Body Shop and, of course, the determination and brilliant foresight of Anita, the trail she blazed and the dance she led us all on, the things we achieved and how much she is missed even after all these years, beyond her tragic death on 10 September 2007 – the years have gone quickly.” LifeChangeReflectionActivismAttributed No SourceVisionaryPioneeringThe Body ShopAnita Roddick Author:Gordon Roddick
“I am now 80+ and happy to be alive and sitting in the departure lounge. Anita and I made a great partnership, sometimes stormy, and we achieved a lot together in the great arena of life. I hope to exit with a smile, surrounded by my family.” LifeTruthFamilyReflectionContemplationAttributed No SourceVisionaryPioneeringThe Body ShopAnita Roddick Author:Gordon Roddick
“I guess if I am being honest, I was better at playing second fiddle – my life seems to have borne that out – with occasional bursts of first fiddle (The Big Issue, the Amazon, Riding across the Gran Chaco) – a slightly second-rate Ranulph Fiennes or even Pen Hadow. Nothing I have ever done had the benefit of planning – more based on ignorance than risk.” LifeTruthAdventureReflectionContemplationAttributed No SourceThe Body ShopAnita Roddick Author:Gordon Roddick
“Anita would never say no to anybody’s dreams.” LifePhilosophyTruthDreamsReflectionAttributed No Source1976The Body ShopAnita RoddickWisdom Contemplation Author:Gordon Roddick
“It was always a question of being present in mind and consciousness – I liked that Anita constantly challenged.” LifeTruthReflectionContemplationAttributed No SourceAnita Roddick Author:Gordon Roddick
“We showed that breaking the rules could lift your head above the mist, the fog and clouds of incomprehension. There was sunshine and laughter up there – anything, everything was possible!” LifeTruthBusinessReflectionBraveryEntrepreneurshipContemplationAttributed No SourceThe Body ShopAnita Roddick Author:Gordon Roddick
“Constantly, the thought is, will I be brave enough? So far, I have not risen to that challenge in my personal or public life. I was good enough to give shape but not detail to the opportunity I had in business.” LifeTruthBusinessReflectionBraveryContemplationAttributed No SourceThe Body ShopAnita Roddick Author:Gordon Roddick