Richard Branson Quotes
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801. “Virgin could never have grown into the group of more than 200 companies it is now, were it not for a steady stream of intrapreneurs who looked for and developed opportunities, often leading efforts that went against the grain.”

— Richard Branson

802. “Capitalism has never stood back and examined itself properly. I think everybody knows that capitalism is the only thing that works, but is the current form of capitalism the best way of it working?”

— Richard Branson

803. “If you are glass half empty type of person, maybe you just haven’t been holding the right glass.”

— Richard Branson

804. “I think that not relying too heavily on one bank and one bank manager is a good rule to learn.”

— Richard Branson

805. “I think you can get happiness through making a real difference in other people’s lives by setting out to make other people’s lives better and setting out to right the wrongs in the world.”

— Richard Branson

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806. “Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in a balloon on the first attempt. All of us who are attempting to go around the world in balloons are effectively flying in experimental craft because these craft cannot be tested.”

— Richard Branson

807. “Fortunately we’re not a public company – we’re a private group of companies, and I can do what I want.”

— Richard Branson

808. “New York to Tokyo could be less than an hour. You could be traveling at 19,000 miles per hour orbitally. After we’ve done the space program, we will be producing supersonic planes, which will go far, far, faster than Concorde.”

— Richard Branson

809. “I think a lot of becoming an entrepreneur is something which people have to learn just from getting out there and giving it a go, and having to learn the art of survival.”

— Richard Branson

810. “If you do something for fun and create the best possible product, then the profit will come.”

— Richard Branson

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811. “I don’t buy a lot of things. I like to create things. I’ve been lucky enough to be able to build my beautiful island in the Caribbean. I certainly haven’t regretted that.”

— Richard Branson

812. “I will work day and night to avoid failure, but if I can’t, I’ll pick myself up the next day. The most important thing for entrepreneurs is not to be put off by failure.”

— Richard Branson

813. “In the beginning it was just about the business – now it’s about the brand.”

— Richard Branson

814. “If you have an idea that’s going to make a big difference to people’s lives, and other people are not doing it, you know, just say “screw it,” do it and get on with it, and give it a go.”

— Richard Branson

815. “The risk is worth it. Mike would have been the first to say that.”

— Richard Branson

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816. “I never set out to be a businessman.”

— Richard Branson

817. “One of the best bits of advice I can give is, early on, when you’re building a new business, try to find somebody to run it on a day-to-day basis to free yourself up to look at the bigger picture.”

— Richard Branson

818. “Nobody’s ever called me Sir Richard. Occasionally in America, I hear people saying Sir Richard and think there’s some Shakespearean play taking place. But nowhere else anyway.”

— Richard Branson

819. “We must rapidly wean ourselves off our dependence on coal and fossil fuels.”

— Richard Branson

820. “Although my spelling is still sometimes poor, I have managed to overcome the worst of my difficulties through training myself to concentrate.”

— Richard Branson

821. “I always tell other people to protect against the downside, and not risk roughing on new ventures, but I never stuck to that rule myself.”

— Richard Branson

822. “About 40 percent of my time is spent on social issues and building new organizations, more for the benefit of the climate or health issues.”

— Richard Branson

823. “Clearly in the eyes of the consumer; the brand has not been diluted, but we must guard against that happening at all costs.”

— Richard Branson

824. “If you can make peoples lives a lot better, you’ve got a really good business.”

— Richard Branson

825. “I just kind of dive in if I think I can create something that will make a difference and then try to get the numbers to stack up after the event. So most of the things I’ve done I would not have done if I’d have asked the accountants to look at them before.”

— Richard Branson

826. “It’s incredible to get people to turn out right in the middle of no where.”

— Richard Branson

827. “I have always looked on my businesses not just as money-making machines, but as adventures that can, I hope, make people better off.”

— Richard Branson

828. “The extraordinary thing about the record industry is how success can take off without warning.”

— Richard Branson

829. “Learning and leadership go together. Too much credit goes to me for what we have achieved at Virgin but the successes happen from working and learning with some of the world’s most inspiring and inspired people.”

— Richard Branson

830. “I think in life the key thing is just to fight really hard to make sure something survives. If it looks like you’ve done everything you can to avoid failure, just move forward, move on and learn from it.”

— Richard Branson

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

— Richard Branson

832. “It’s really important to find an hour or two to a day to make sure that you keep healthy, keep fit. It’s very easy just to forget that aspect. And if you’re feeling really good and fit, I think you can get two or three extra hours a day of hard work in as well.”

— Richard Branson

833. “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

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

— Richard Branson

835. “I drink about 30 cups of tea a day. I’m a complete tea addict.”

— Richard Branson

836. “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.”

— Richard Branson

837. “Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.”

— Richard Branson

838. “It’s better to say nothing than spend 1,000 words or an hour speech saying nothing. Get to the point.”

— Richard Branson

839. “I am no stranger to healthy competition-wor king hard and playing hard.”

— Richard Branson

840. “It is important in life to turn adversity to success.”

— Richard Branson

841. “Brands always mean something. If you don’t define what the brand means, your competitors will.”

— Richard Branson

842. “Growth does not always lead a business to build on success. All too often it converts a highly successful business into a mediocre large business.”

— Richard Branson

843. “Life can seem rather unreal at times. Alive and well and loving one day. No longer there the next.”

— Richard Branson

844. “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.”

— Richard Branson

845. “India is an incredibly vibrant market, which Virgin already, through Virgin Atlantic, has the pleasure of working in. I am delighted that Virgin Comics will not only help to launch the Indian comic market and spin it into the West, but will develop new and exciting talent.”

— Richard Branson

846. “Nothing else even comes close.”

— Richard Branson

847. “Screwing business as usual fundamentally recognises that doing good is good for business.”

— Richard Branson

848. “I am a great believer that you need passion and energy to create a truly successful business. Remember many new businesses do not make it and running a business will be a tough experience, involving long hours and many hard decisions – it helps to have that passion to keep you going.”

— Richard Branson

849. “In a sense, when we started Virgin Atlantic, I was trying to create an airline for myself. If you try to build the perfect airline for yourself, it will be appreciated by others.”

— Richard Branson

850. “People have to decide on priorities if they want to get anywhere. The best lessons I learned was to just do it.”

— Richard Branson