Lead by listening - to be a good leader you have to be a great listener..

I have had fun running all of the Virgin businesses, so I never see a setback as a bad experience; it is just a learning curve..

When I was 15, I left school to start a magazine, and it became a success because I wouldn't take no for an answer. I remember banging on James Baldw….

We've got an engaging, edgy, vibrant, fun product, ... It may or may not work, but we're going to give it our best shot..

Don’t just play the game – change it for good..

All you have in life is your reputation: you may be very rich, but if you lose your good name, then you'll never be happy. The thought will always lu….

Lavish praise on people and people will flourish; criticize people and they'll shrivel up..

I drink about 30 cups of tea a day. I'm a complete tea addict..

To me, business isn't about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It's about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials..

You don't have to be one of the Elders. You don't have to be well known. You just have to be determined to care about people. That's all it takes..

The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me.

I am constantly pushing myself and my own expectations and have always found that I've always come out better for it. Fear is human nature, but turni….

Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you'….

Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to..

I have learnt so much over my 40 years of business which would have been valuable to me when I was younger..

I learnt from an early age this need to delegate responsibility out to other team members as there is just too much for one person to do themselves. ….

Learn to use your brain power. Critical thinking is the key to creative problem solving in business..

If you don't succeed at first, there's no need for the F word (Failure). Pick yourself up and try, try again..

If you love what you do and if you believe in what you do, others will share your enthusiasm. Passionate people find their way to the Virgin Group, a….

Life is a helluva lot more fun if you say yes rather than no.

I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics..