Michelle Mone Quotations

Now the company is going from strength to strength, ... We've tripled our turnover in a year and we've earned record profits.

I think when I first started out I got a bit carried away with myself,

I will be announcing within the next four weeks that we have signed up five major celebrities.

I will never give up. I never have, even when times have been terrible.

I was quite good, but not excellent. I pushed myself to work hard, but I had ants in my pants. I used to get bored.

It's like a footballer from a working class background; they're given all this money and fast cars and it goes to their heads a wee bit and I think it went to my head a wee bit.

I just can't believe that we have landed Helena.

I knew nothing about the way bras were made

I'd never of thought that coming from where I did and leaving school at 15 with nothing I'd be asked to speak at Leaders in London. I laugh sometimes!,

I love the water; it inspires me, even if it is dirty London water that I look at.

The thing is with the media, I have a love-hate relationship with [it]. [Journalists] are only doing their jobs and you can't get your own way all the time.

Every day is a school day. I learn something new every day, and I never know what's going to happen next.

I thought not being part of the [Britain] union was a bad idea. We are better together. It was dangerous for business as there were no [concrete] plans around the currency or the economy.

I have always shouted from the rooftops about my businesses but I had never ever spoken about my personal life.

I am not a professional coach but I believe being healthy inside and out and cleansing your demons ... helps you perform better in business and become a more positive person.

Yes, some people will say you get successful obese businesspeople. But are they happy? Probably not.

What happened in my personal life affected my career too. I am not perfect and I have made a lot of mistakes. Being an entrepreneur is incredibly lonely. There were many hurdles along the way. From starting out, to making it, and almost losing it, to fighting back, to nearly losing it all again. There have been extreme highs and extreme lows.

The secret is to try and do 75% of the things you're really passionate about and maybe 25% doing the shitty jobs that have to be done.

I wake up every morning fearing I am going to fail. But I love a challenge, big or small. There's so much I want to do. I only sleep four hours a night.

When I mentor, I tell people that don't have to look like a supermodel but you have got to feel your best, look your best, and be confident.

Never say never, but there are not enough hours in the day!

You have to love yourself, not in an egotistical way, but if you love yourself, everyone else will love you.

The market was striving for newness and someone to bring a new concept and invention. We shook the industry up from the big boys who had had the market to themselves. We got lots of PR, invented products and took a market share.