Quotes by Richard Branson

“I can honestly say that I have never gone into any business purely to make money. If that is the sole motive then I believe you are better off not doing it. A business has to be involving, it has t...”

“to be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running”

“The first thing that has to be recognized is that one cannot train someone to be passionate--it's either in their DNA or it's not.”

“There is no greater thing you can do with your life and your work than follow your passions in a way that serves the world and you.”

“A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.”

“Good brands reflect the histories of the time and the group of people that made them. They can not be copied. They can not be recycled.”

“Fun is at the core of the way I like to do business and it has been key to everything I've done from the outset. More than any other element, fun is the secret of Virgin's success. I am aware that ...”

“I dont believe it can be taught as if it were a recipe. There arent ingredients and techniques that will guarantee success. Parameters exist that, if followed, will ensure a business can continue, ...”

“If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes then learn how to do it later!”

“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.”

“Steve did not have a death wish. He had the exact opposite. His appetite for life was so strong, it outweighed all fear. So what if his choices shortened his life? His choices filled his life, and ...”

“Screw it. Let's do it.”

“It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.”

“I'm a lad of the '60s. I started a magazine to try and end the Vietnam war, but it was a number of years before I had the profile, the financial resources and the time to do more.”

“Treat failure as a lesson on how not to approach achieving a goal, and then use that learning to improve your chances of success when you try again. Failure is only the end if you decide to stop.”

“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.”

“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 lo...”

“My early business ventures included growing Christmas trees and breeding birds.”

“The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.”

“I read everything, but generally more fact than fiction - especially autobiographies and biographies. I've read 'Long Walk to Freedom' by Nelson Mandela at least twice on holiday. Every time, I'm t...”