Top 500 Richard Branson Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Screw it. Let's do it.”

— Richard Branson

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2. “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

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3. “Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don’t want to.”

— Richard Branson

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4. “You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over.”

— Richard Branson

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5. “Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to keep things simple.”

— Richard Branson

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

— Richard Branson

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

— Richard Branson

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8. “I don’t think of work as work and play as play. It’s all living.”

— Richard Branson

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9. “A business is simply an idea to make other people’s lives better.”

— Richard Branson

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10. “My definition of success? The more you’re actively and practically engaged, the more successful you will be.”

— Richard Branson

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11. “To launch a business means successfully solving problems. Solving problems means listening.”

— Richard Branson

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12. “I am prepared to try anything once.”

— Richard Branson

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13. “Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.”

— Richard Branson

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14. “Throwing yourself into a job you enjoy is one of life’s greatest pleasures.”

— Richard Branson

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

— Richard Branson

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

— Richard Branson

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17. “A business is simply an idea to make other people’s lives better.”

— Richard Branson

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18. “The brands that will thrive in the coming years are the ones that have a purpose beyond profit.”

— Richard Branson

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19. “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.”

— Richard Branson

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20. “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.”

— Richard Branson

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

— Richard Branson

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22. “A company’s employees are its greatest asset and your people are your product.”

— Richard Branson

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23. “There is no planet B. We have to take care of the one we have.”

— Richard Branson

24. “Be the best at what you do.”

— Richard Branson

25. “Enjoy life – you only get one.”

— Richard Branson

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26. “Screw it, let’s do it – Just get on with it and do it.”

— Richard Branson

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

— Richard Branson

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28. “If you look after your staff, they’ll look after your customers. It’s that simple.”

— Richard Branson

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29. “Have fun, work hard and money will come. Don’t waste time – grab your chances. Have a positive outlook on life. When it’s not fun, move on.”

— Richard Branson

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30. “Remember it’s OK to be yourself.”

— Richard Branson

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31. “The time to go into a new business is when it’s badly run by others.”

— Richard Branson

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32. “Never look back in regret – move on to the next thing.”

— Richard Branson

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33. “Every risk is worth taking as long as it’s for a good cause, and contributes to a good life.”

— Richard Branson

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34. “If you aim higher than you expect, you could reach higher than you dreamed.”

— Richard Branson

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35. “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

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36. “Your employees are your company’s real competitive advantage. They’re the ones making the magic happen-so long as their needs are being met.”

— Richard Branson

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37. “The way you treat your employees is the way they will treat your customers.”

— Richard Branson

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

— Richard Branson

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39. “Don’t become a slave to technology – manage your phone, don’t let it manage you.”

— Richard Branson

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40. “As a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, a great motivator, be very good at praising and bringing out the best in people.”

— Richard Branson

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41. “As much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you also must understand the art of delegation. I have to be good at helping people run the individual businesses, and I have to be willing to step back. The company must be set up so it can continue without me.”

— Richard Branson

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42. “If I were a businessman, or saw myself as a businessman, I would have never gone into the airline business.”

— Richard Branson

43. “Always think, ‘what’s the worst that can happen’ and have some kind of strategy to deal with it.”

— Richard Branson

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44. “Never take your eyes off the cash flow because it’s the life blood of business.”

— Richard Branson

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45. “Learn to live on the edge.”

— Richard Branson

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46. “The key is to set realistic customer expectations, and then not to just meet them, but to exceed them – preferably in unexpected and helpful ways.”

— Richard Branson

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47. “Succeeding in business is all about making connections.”

— Richard Branson

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48. “You never know with these things when you're trying something new what can happen. This is all experimental.”

— Richard Branson

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49. “If you don’t make bold moves, the world doesn’t move forward.”

— Richard Branson

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50. “Any successful entrepreneur knows that time is more valuable than money itself.”

— Richard Branson

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