We Entrepreneurs Are Loners, Vagabonds, Troublemakers. Success

You Persuade People With Passion, So You've Got To Have A Product Or Service You Feel Emotionally Charged About. Then You Can Tell Stories About It That Will Inspire Others.

My Goal Was Livelihood. We Don't Use That Word Often Enough. If I Could Give One Piece Of Advice To Anyone It's Don't Obsess With This Notion That You Have To Turn Everything You Do Into A Business, Because That Ends Up Being A Small Version Of A Large Company. 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.

Three Components Make An Entrepreneur: The Person, The Idea And The Resources To Make It Happen.

I Have No Interest In Being The Biggest, The Most Profitable Or The Largest Retailer. I Just Want The Body Shop To Be The Best, Most Breathlessly Exciting Company - And One That Changes The Way Business Is Carried Out.

I Run My Company According To Feminine Principles, Principles Of Caring, Making Intuitive Decisions, Not Getting Hung Up On Hierarchy Or All Those Dreadfully Boring Business-school Management Ideas; Having A Sense Of Work As Being Part Of Your Life, Not Separate From It; Putting Your Labor Where Your Love Is; Being Responsible To The World In How You Use Your Profits; Recognizing The Bottom Line Should Stay At The Bottom.