Explore Quotes by Richard Branson

I have always lived my life by thriving on opportunity and adventure. Some of the best ideas come out of the blue, and you have to keep an open mind to see their virtue.

Whether you are launching a start-up or leading an established company, you should start establishing your social media presence if you haven’t already.

Chance favors the prepared mind. The more you practice, the luckier you become.

I want Virgin to be as well-known around the world as Coca-Cola.

I was never, ever interested in becoming a businessman or an entrepreneur. If I was a businessman, or saw myself as a businessman, I would have never gone into the airline business.

So I've seen life as one long learning process. And if I see - you know, if I fly on somebody else's airline and find the experience is not a pleasant one, which it wasn't in - 21 years ago, then I'd think, well, you know, maybe I can create the kind of airline that I'd like to fly on.

Having a personality of caring about people is important. You can’t be a good leader unless you generally like people. That is how you bring out the best in them.

I was interested in creating things that I could be proud of and so, you know, I was interested in being an editor of a magazine, things that I could be proud of, and so, you know, I was interested in being an editor of a magazine, but in order to be an editor of a magazine I had to become a publisher as well. I had to pay the bills. I had to worry about the printing and the paper manufacturing and the distribution of that magazine.

You only live once, and I just don’t want to waste a minute of my life.

My definition of success? The more you are actively and practically engaged, the more successful you will feel.

However tight things are, you still need to have the big picture at the forefront of your mind.

Look, if you can indulge in your passion, life will be far more interesting than if you're just working. You'll work harder at it, and you'll know more about it. But first you must go out and educate yourself on whatever it is that you've decided to do - know more about kite-surfing than anyone else. That's where the work comes in. But if you're doing things you're passionate about, that will come naturally.

Protect your reputation. Don't be afraid of making mistakes.

Perhaps my early problems with dyslexia made me more intuitive: when someone sends me a written proposal, rather than dwelling on detailed facts and figures I find that my imagination grasps and expands on what I read.

As much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you also must understand the art of delegation.

I think because I have great difficulty saying the word, 'no,' almost every day's a different adventure.

If you find yourself stuck in the middle there is only one way to go, forward.

My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.

You can create a business, choose a name, but unless people know about it you're not going to sell any products.

Find somebody else to run your business on a day-to-day basis.

A business can be started with very little money.