85 Famous Quotes by Richard Branson
Richard Branson is a British entrepreneur and founder of the Virgin Group. He has been involved in a wide range of businesses, including airlines, music, and telecommunications. Branson is known for his adventurous spirit and his willingness to take risks. He has also been a passionate advocate for social and environmental causes, and has used his platform to promote initiatives such as clean energy and ocean conservation. Branson's entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to making a positive impact on the world serve as an inspiration to all. (Richard Branson Biography).
Richard Branson Famous Quotes
If you want to be a Millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline. (Meaning)
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.' (Meaning)
Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again. (Meaning)
All you have in business is your reputation - so it's very important that you keep your word. (Meaning)
You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over. (Meaning)
Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming. (Meaning)
A good leader doesn't get stuck behind a desk. (Meaning)
By putting the employee first, the customer effectively comes first by default, and in the end, the shareholder comes first by default as well. (Meaning)
The true cost to the world of a burger is far greater than the money you hand over to buy it. (Meaning)
Fun is one of the most important - and underrated - ingredients in any successful venture. If you're not having fun, then it's probably time to call it quits and try something else. (Meaning)
Too many people measure how successful they are by how much money they make or the people that they associate with. In my opinion, true success should be measured by how happy you are. (Meaning)
Overcoming fear is the first step to success for entrepreneurs. The winners all exemplify that, and the hard work and commitment they have shown underlines what is needed to set up a business. (Meaning)
Business isn't about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It's about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials. (Meaning)
Being a good listener is absolutely critical to being a good leader; you have to listen to the people who are on the front line. (Meaning)
Starting your own business isn't just a job - it's a way of life. (Meaning)
If you fall flat on your face, at least you're moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try again. (Meaning)
Material things are delightful, but they're not important. (Meaning)
Failure is only the end if you decide to stop. (Meaning)
One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes. (Meaning)
If you want to be more productive, then start at the start: get there on time. Whether it is a meeting, a flight, an appointment or a date (Meaning)
From a young age, I learned to focus on the things I was good at and delegate to others what I was not good at. (Meaning)
It's a common misconception that money is every entrepreneur's metric for success. It's not, and nor should it be. (Meaning)
A complaint is a chance to turn a customer into a lifelong friend. (Meaning)
Most people would assume my business success, and the wealth that comes with it, have brought me happiness. But I know I am successful, wealthy, and connected because I am happy. (Meaning)
Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to. (Meaning)
Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision and change. (Meaning)
A company's employees are its greatest asset and your people are your product (Meaning)
The way you treat your employees is the way they will treat your customers (Meaning)
Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress. (Meaning)
If you aim higher than you expect, you could reach higher than you dreamed. (Meaning)
Never take your eyes off the cash flow because it's the life blood of business. (Meaning)
Only a fool never changes his mind. (Meaning)
The best way of learning about anything is by doing. (Meaning)
A business is simply an idea to make other people's lives better. (Meaning)
Doing good is good for business. (Meaning)
Screw it, just do it! (Meaning)
Be the best at what you do (Meaning)
Sometimes miracles come in pairs. (Meaning)
"If you want to be a Millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline."
"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.'"
"Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again."
"All you have in business is your reputation - so it's very important that you keep your word."
"You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over."
"The art of delegation is one of the key skills any entrepreneur must master."
"Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming."
"A good leader doesn't get stuck behind a desk."
"By putting the employee first, the customer effectively comes first by default, and in the end, the shareholder comes first by default as well."
"The true cost to the world of a burger is far greater than the money you hand over to buy it."
"Fun is one of the most important - and underrated - ingredients in any successful venture. If you're not having fun, then it's probably time to call it quits and try something else."
"I've been very passionate about renewable energy for many years, particularly solar energy and its capacity to bring abundant clean, sustainable energy to millions around the globe."
"Too many people measure how successful they are by how much money they make or the people that they associate with. In my opinion, true success should be measured by how happy you are."
"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."
"Overcoming fear is the first step to success for entrepreneurs. The winners all exemplify that, and the hard work and commitment they have shown underlines what is needed to set up a business."
"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."
"Being a good listener is absolutely critical to being a good leader; you have to listen to the people who are on the front line."
"Starting your own business isn't just a job - it's a way of life."
"My attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at least you're moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try again."
"Material things are delightful, but they're not important."
"Treat failure as a lesson on how not to approach achieving a goal, and then use that learning to improve your chances of success when you try again. Failure is only the end if you decide to stop."
"I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator."
"From my very first day as an entrepreneur, I've felt the only mission worth pursuing in business is to make people's lives better."
"My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them."
"Taking bold action on climate change simply makes good business sense. It's also the right thing to do for people and the planet. Setting a net-zero GHG emissions target by 2050 will drive innovation, grow jobs, build prosperity, and secure a better world for what will soon be 9 billion people."
"We have one planet in our solar system that's habitable, and that's the Earth, and space travel can transform things back here for the better. First of all, by just having people go to space and look back on this fragile planet we live on. People have come back transformed and have done fantastic things."
"One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes."
"I love travelling full stop - so while I've had some harrowing instances, I never look at them negatively. Memories are made when you're travelling - not when you're chained to your desk."
"An exceptional company is the one that gets all the little details right. And the people out on the front line, they know when things are not going right, and they know when things need to be improved. And if you listen to them, you can soon improve all those niggly things which turns an average company into an exceptional company."
"In business, if you realize you've made a bad decision, you change it."
"A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts."
"Space has always fascinated me. As a young boy looking up at the stars, I found it impossible to resist thinking what was out there and if I ever would experience space first-hand."
"A passionate belief in your business and personal objectives can make all the difference between success and failure. If you aren't proud of what you're doing, why should anybody else be?"
"There's no point in starting a business unless you're going to make a dramatic difference to other people's lives. So if you've got an idea that's gonna make a big difference to other people's lives, then just get on and do it."
"In this digital age, it doesn't really matter if you are in Canary Wharf or the Caribbean; there are opportunities waiting to be grasped by entrepreneurs."
"On one of my last days at school, the headmaster said I would either end up in prison or become a millionaire. That was quite a startling prediction, but in some respects, he was right on both counts!"
"Capitalism has proven to be the only system that works, but the problem with capitalism is that extreme wealth ends up in the hands of a few people."
"We have teams of people working on electric cars. So you never know - you may find Virgin competing with the Tesla in the car business as we do in the space business."
"If you want to be more productive, then start at the start: get there on time. Whether it is a meeting, a flight, an appointment or a date, it's important to ensure you are there when you say you will be there. This may feel like an old-fashioned tip to give, but it has served me well for five decades in business."
"From a young age, I learned to focus on the things I was good at and delegate to others what I was not good at. That's how Virgin is run. Fantastic people throughout the Virgin Group run our businesses, allowing me to think creatively and strategically."
"It's a common misconception that money is every entrepreneur's metric for success. It's not, and nor should it be."
"The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves, and at a given stage in their careers their name alone can practically gaurantee hit records."
"I suppose Virgin is an unusual brand in that I suspect we're the only 'way of life' brand in the world. We're one of maybe the top 30 best known brands in the world, yet if you look at the other 29, they all specialize in one area. Whether it's Google, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, etc., they all generally specialize in one area."
"Back when I was in school, few people understood dyslexia and what to do for it. My teachers thought I was lazy and not very clever, and I got bored easily... thinking of all the things I could do once I left school. I couldn't always follow what was going on."
"A complaint is a chance to turn a customer into a lifelong friend. I say that seriously, not as some press release baloney."
"Most people would assume my business success, and the wealth that comes with it, have brought me happiness. But I know I am successful, wealthy, and connected because I am happy."
"I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn't really interested in being an entrepreneur, but I soon found I had to become an entrepreneur in order to keep my magazine going."
― Richard Branson Quotes
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