Explore Quotes by Richard Branson

Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.

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

You need lucky breaks to be successful.

I have always been a huge believer in the inestimable value good mentoring can contribute to any nascent business

THE KEY TO GENERATING LOYALTY AND RISING ABOVE THE GENERAL NOISE SEEMS TO BE ALL ABOUT CREATING AN AUTHENTIC VOICE.

My mother always taught me never to look back in regret but to move on to the next thing. The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me. I have fun running all the Virgin businesses-so a setback is never a bad experience, just a learning curve.

The most important thing for entrepreneurs is not to be put off by failure.

I have learnt more from my failures than my successes.

Past failures unlock future successes

The way you treat your employees is the way they will treat your customers

To be a real entrepreneur you always have to be looking forward. The moment you rest on your laurels is the moment your competition overtakes you.

Entrepreneursh ip is not about getting one over on the customer. It’s not about working on your own. It’s not about looking out for number one. It’s not necessarily about making a lot of money. It is absolutely not about letting work take over your life. On the contrary, it’s about turning what excites you in life into capital, so that you can do more of it and move forward with it.

If you don’t enjoy it, don’t do it. You must love what you do.

If people are crazy enough to dare, impossible things happen.

I am no stranger to healthy competition-wor king hard and playing hard

Listen more than you talk. Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves speak.

If you want to stand out from the crowd, give people a reason not to forget you

An exceptional company is the one that gets all the little details right.

However small a company, its founders should try to expand people's opportunities and choices.

To stand still today is to go backwards...and quickly...!

Whether we're fighting climate change or going to space, everything is moved forward by computers, and we don't have enough people who can code