Top 500 Richard Branson Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “Create the kind of workplace and company culture that will attract great talent. If you hire brilliant people, they will make work feel more like play.”

— Richard Branson

102. “My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, ‘Oh God, I’ve got to do this today.’”

— Richard Branson

103. “My philosophy in life is that you only live once. Live life to its fullest.”

— Richard Branson

104. “I think because I have great difficulty saying the word, ‘no,’ almost every day’s a different adventure.”

— Richard Branson

105. “If people aren’t calling you crazy, you aren’t thinking big enough.”

— Richard Branson

106. “I just like to enjoy life and push myself. Of course, there is method to my madness. When you are entering into a new industry, for example, it helps to do something to get your name on the front pages.”

— Richard Branson

107. “Space is hard – but worth it. We will persevere and move forward together.”

— Richard Branson

108. “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

109. “I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed IQ tests. And it was one of the reasons I left school when I was 15 years old. And if I – if I’m not interested in something, I don’t grasp it.”

— Richard Branson

110. “Money gives you the freedom to do with your time what you want to do with it.”

— Richard Branson

111. “Being an entrepreneur simply means being someone who wants to make a difference to other people’s lives.”

— Richard Branson

112. “Half the art of ballooning is to make your crashes so gentle that you can fool yourself into calling them landings.”

— Richard Branson

113. “Brave people don’t live forever, but cautious people don’t live at all.”

— Richard Branson

114. “Success comes from listening to your customer.”

— Richard Branson

115. “Listen. Take the best. Leave the rest.”

— Richard Branson

116. “I know enough to know that no man is an island.”

— Richard Branson

117. “The truth is this: the Earth cannot provide enough food and fresh water for 10 billion people, never mind homes, never mind roads, hospitals and schools.”

— Richard Branson

118. “If you don’t have time for the small things, you won’t have time for the big things.”

— Richard Branson

119. “The quickest way to become a millionaire in the airline business is to start out as a billionaire.”

— Richard Branson

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

— Richard Branson

121. “Successful entrepreneurs don’t wait for the perfect moment – they create it.”

— Richard Branson

122. “Only a fool never changes his mind.”

— Richard Branson

123. “If you’re looking to become an entrepreneur then don’t waste your time going to university or business school – just get on and do it.”

— Richard Branson

124. “Learn to look after your staff first and the rest will follow.”

— Richard Branson

125. “Two heads are definitely better than one and by brainstorming as a team and sourcing ideas from each other, you have a better chance of coming up with a strategy that will allow your business to overcome a setback or challenge.”

— Richard Branson

126. “Publicity is absolutely critical. A good PR story is infinitely more effective than a front page ad.”

— Richard Branson

127. “Innovation happens when people are given the freedom to ask questions and the resources and power to find the answers.”

— Richard Branson

128. “Records are made to be broken. It is in man’s nature to continue to strive to do just that.”

— Richard Branson

129. “Entrepreneurship is about turning what excites you in life into capital, so that you can do more of it and move forward with it.”

— Richard Branson

130. “Drive, determination, passion and hard work are all free and more valuable than a pot of cash.”

— Richard Branson

131. “Confidence breeds confidence and negativity breeds negativity. Treat those around you with respect and dignity and they will thrive.”

— Richard Branson

132. “It’s easy. Make every second count.”

— Richard Branson

133. “Sometimes miracles come in pairs.”

— Richard Branson

134. “Acquiring the habit of note-taking is therefore a wonderfully complementary skill to that of listening.”

— Richard Branson

135. “My biggest motivation? Just to keep challenging myself.”

— Richard Branson

136. “To be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running.”

— Richard Branson

137. “Don’t think what’s the cheapest way to do it or what’s the fastest way to do it. Think what’s the most amazing way to do it.”

— Richard Branson

138. “Talent comes from experience and failure.”

— Richard Branson

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

— Richard Branson

140. “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a ride!”

— Richard Branson

141. “Many assume my business success has brought me happiness. But the way I see it, I am successful because I am happy.”

— Richard Branson

142. “In times of recession there are massive opportunities and fortunes to be made, so for new up and coming entrepreneurs, this is the time to go and start a business.”

— Richard Branson

143. “Play fair, be prepared for others to play dirty, and don’t let them drag you into the mud.”

— Richard Branson

144. “You can’t do a good business with a bad person. Find the right people to work with and you can’t go wrong.”

— Richard Branson

145. “Once a changemaker, always a changemaker but only a few swim against the tide.”

— Richard Branson

146. “No matter how big you are, details count!”

— Richard Branson

147. “Run lean; avoid unnecessary expenses.”

— Richard Branson

148. “A good leader leads from the front. Don’t get stuck in the office. Get out, meet people and listen to their stories.”

— Richard Branson

149. “A setback is never a bad experience, just another one of life’s lessons.”

— Richard Branson

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

— Richard Branson