Richard Branson Quotes And Sayings

My Interest In Life Comes From Setting Myself Huge, Apparently Unachievable Challenges And Trying To Rise Above Them.

When Hiring Somebody, I Never Ask To See A Curriculum Vitae. I Feel That Since I Didn't Have One Myself, It Would Be A Bit Presumptuous To Ask To See Anyone Else's.

We Are Going To Transform Britain's Rail System From The Worst In The World To The Best. If You Can Do A Few Things Like That, When The Body Gives Out, You Can Say You've Lived A Good Life.

Ridiculous Yachts And Private Planes And Big Limousines Won't Make People Enjoy Life More, And It Sends Out Terrible Messages To The People Who Work For Them. It Would Be So Much Better If That Money Was Spent In Africa - And It's About Getting A Balance.

I'm Not The Sort Of Person Who Gives Up On Things. The First Time We Crossed The Atlantic In The Balloon, It Crashed, And We Went On And Did The Pacific. First Time We Crossed The Atlantic In A Boat, It Sank, And We Went On And Got The Record. So, Generally Speaking, We Will Pick Ourselves Up, Brush Ourselves Down, And Carry On.

We Have One Planet In Our Solar System That's Habitable, And That's The Earth, And Space Travel Can Transform Things Back Here For The Better. First Of All, By Just Having People Go To Space And Look Back On This Fragile Planet We Live On. People Have Come Back Transformed And Have Done Fantastic Things.

As An Entrepreneur, I Have Been Known For Taking Risks Throughout My Career, But Leaving The European Union Is Not One Of The Risks I Would Want The U.k. To Take - Not As An Investor, Not As A Father, And Not As A Grandfather. I Am Deeply Concerned About The Impact Of Leaving.

Although I've Been Living In The British Virgin Islands For Some Time Now, I Have Never Stopped Caring Passionately About The U.k. And Its Great People.

Be Willing To Use Yourself To Get Out There And Put The Company On The Market. If You Have To Make A Fool Of Yourself, Make A Fool Of Yourself, But Make Sure That You End Up On The Front Pages, Not The Back Pages. In Time, It's Possible That Your Company Will Stand Out From The Crowd, And You'll Be Successful.

There's No Point In Starting A Business Unless You're Going To Make A Dramatic Difference To Other People's Lives. So If You've Got An Idea That's Gonna Make A Big Difference To Other People's Lives, Then Just Get On And Do It.

Too Many People Measure How Successful They Are By How Much Money They Make Or The People That They Associate With. In My Opinion, True Success Should Be Measured By How Happy You Are.

As A Father And Now A Grandfather To Three Wonderful Grandchildren, I Know How Magical The First Year Of A Child's Life Is But Also How Much Hard Work It Takes. Being Able To Spend As Much Time As Possible With Your Loved Ones Is Absolutely Vital, Especially Early On.

It's A Common Misconception That Money Is Every Entrepreneur's Metric For Success. It's Not, And Nor Should It Be.

I've Never Gone Into Business To Make Money. Every Virgin Product And Service Has Been Made Into A Reality To Make A Positive Difference In People's Lives. And By Focusing On The Happiness Of Our Customers, We Have Been Able To Build A Successful Group Of Companies.

The Music Industry Is A Strange Combination Of Having Real And Intangible Assets: Pop Bands Are Brand Names In Themselves, And At A Given Stage In Their Careers Their Name Alone Can Practically Gaurantee Hit Records.

Most People Would Assume My Business Success, And The Wealth That Comes With It, Have Brought Me Happiness. But I Know I Am Successful, Wealthy, And Connected Because I Am Happy.

A Passionate Belief In Your Business And Personal Objectives Can Make All The Difference Between Success And Failure. If You Aren't Proud Of What You're Doing, Why Should Anybody Else Be?

Back When I Was In School, Few People Understood Dyslexia And What To Do For It. My Teachers Thought I Was Lazy And Not Very Clever, And I Got Bored Easily... Thinking Of All The Things I Could Do Once I Left School. I Couldn't Always Follow What Was Going On.

We Have Teams Of People Working On Electric Cars. So You Never Know - You May Find Virgin Competing With The Tesla In The Car Business As We Do In The Space Business.

On One Of My Last Days At School, The Headmaster Said I Would Either End Up In Prison Or Become A Millionaire. That Was Quite A Startling Prediction, But In Some Respects, He Was Right On Both Counts!

From A Young Age, I Learned To Focus On The Things I Was Good At And Delegate To Others What I Was Not Good At. That's How Virgin Is Run. Fantastic People Throughout The Virgin Group Run Our Businesses, Allowing Me To Think Creatively And Strategically.

Business Opportunities Are Like Buses, There's Always Another One Coming.

An Exceptional Company Is The One That Gets All The Little Details Right. And The People Out On The Front Line, They Know When Things Are Not Going Right, And They Know When Things Need To Be Improved. And If You Listen To Them, You Can Soon Improve All Those Niggly Things Which Turns An Average Company Into An Exceptional Company.

With Virgin, I've Just Loved Creating Things. And As A Private Company, I Can Get Away With Moving Virgin From Records To Airlines To Train Companies To Space Companies To Whatever, Without Ever Having To Worry About Analysts Knocking The Value Of My Stock.

When We Launched A New Company, I Reviewed The Ads And Marketing Materials And Asked Those Presenting The Campaign To Read Everything Aloud To Test The Phrasing And Concept. If I Could Grasp It Quickly, Then It Passed With Muster. We Would Get Our Message Across Only If It Was Understandable At First Glance.

Starting Your Own Business Isn't Just A Job - It's A Way Of Life.

It's Rare For A Startup To Make Money Immediately, So You Need To Make Sure That You Have Enough Saved Or That You Have Another Income Stream That Can Support You.

I Think, Because I Started Virgin When I Was A Teenager, It Has Become A Part Of Me, Like My Family, And I Am Motivated By Ambition For It, Almost As If It Were A Child.

I Nearly Failed When Virgin Was In Its Infancy; I Nearly Failed In The Early 1980s, And, Of Course, I Have Nearly Died More Than Once Trying To Achieve A World Record For Boating Or Ballooning. But Through A Combination Of Luck And Planning, Both Virgin And I Are Still Here.

Entrepreneurs Are Natural Problem-solvers, Which Means That We Always Have Ideas For New Businesses Popping Into Our Heads. Having A Lot Of Options Is Great, But Sometimes It Can Be Hard To Focus On One When You Are Keen To Move Onto The Next.

The Signing Of The Sex Pistols Was A Turning Point For Virgin. It Put The Company On The Map And, Over The Years, Attracted Bands Such As Genesis, The Rolling Stones, Lenny Kravitz, And Janet Jackson. It Also Attracted Culture Club, Who Were Ground-breaking.

Capitalism Has Proven To Be The Only System That Works, But The Problem With Capitalism Is That Extreme Wealth Ends Up In The Hands Of A Few People.

If You Are A Small Company Taking On A Big Company, You Need To Have A Sense Of Humor.

Overcoming Fear Is The First Step To Success For Entrepreneurs. The Winners All Exemplify That, And The Hard Work And Commitment They Have Shown Underlines What Is Needed To Set Up A Business.