Richard Branson > Quotes

“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!”
― Richard Branson

“Life is a helluva lot more fun if you say yes rather than no”
― Richard Branson

“Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.”
― Richard Branson, Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons in Life

“Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.”
― Richard Branson

“The brave may not live forever – But the cautious do not live at all”
― Richard Branson, Like a Virgin: Secrets They Won't Teach You at Business School

“You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.”
― 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 to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.”
― Richard Branson, Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way

“Throwing yourself into a job you enjoy is one of the life's greatest pleasures!”
― Richard Branson, Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur

“As soon as something stops being fun, I think it’s time to move on. Life is too short to be unhappy. Waking up stressed and miserable is not a good way to live.”
― Richard Branson, Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons In Life

“Business opportunities are like buses; there’s always another one coming.”
― Richard Branson

“Only a fool never changes his mind.”
― Richard Branson, Like A Virgin: Secrets They Won't Teach You at Business School

“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.”
― Richard Branson

“It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.”
― Richard Branson, Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way

“Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of the clients.”
― Richard Branson

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
― Richard Branson, The Virgin Way: Everything I Know About Leadership

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

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
― Richard Branson, The Virgin Way: Everything I Know About Leadership

“Most "necessary evils" are far more evil than necessary.”
― Richard Branson, Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way

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

“You get the idea. Every business, like a painting, operates according to its own rules. There are many ways to run a successful company. What works once may never work again. What everyone tells you never to do may just work, once. There are no rules. You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over, and it's because you fall over that you learn to save yourself from falling over. It's the greatest thrill in the world and it runs away screaming at the first sight of bullet points.”
― Richard Branson, Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur

“to be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running”
― Richard Branson, Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way

“Business isn't about ties, suits and briefcases. It's about adventure.”
― Richard Branson

“In the same way that I tend to make up my mind about people within thirty seconds of meeting them, I also make up my mind about whether a business proposal excites me within about thirty seconds of looking at it. I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.”
― Richard Branson, Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way

“I have always believed that the way you treat your employees is the way they will treat your customers, and that people flourish when they are praised.” Sir”
― Sir Richard Branson

“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.”
― Richard Branson, Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur

“The best lesson I learned was to just do it. It doesn’t matter what it is, or how hard it might seem, as the ancient Greek, Plato, said, ‘The beginning is the most important part of any work.”
― Richard Branson, Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons In Life

“If you opt for a safe life, you will never know what it's like to win.”
― Richard Branson, Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons in Life

“I have always believed that the only way to cope with a cash crisis is not to contract but to try to expand out of it.”
― Richard Branson, Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way

“There have been times when I could have succumbed to some form of bribe, or could have had my way by offering one. But ever since that night in Dover prison I have never been tempted to break my vow.. My Parents always drummed into me that all you have life is your reputation: you may be very rich, but if you lose your good name you'll never be happy.”
― Richard Branson, Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way

“You’re guaranteed to miss every shot you don’t take.”
― Richard Branson, The Virgin Way: How to Listen, Learn, Laugh and Lead