Richard Branson Quotes

It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.

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

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

"Most "necessary evils" are far more evil than necessary."

Business isn't about ties, suits and briefcases. It's about adventure.

to be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running

You get the idea. Every business, like a painting, operates according to its own rules. There are many ways to run a successful company. What works once may never work again. What everyone tells you never to do may just work, once. There are no rules. You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over, and it's because you fall over that you learn to save yourself from falling over. It's the greatest thrill in the world and it runs away screaming at the first sight of bullet points.

In the same way that I tend to make up my mind about people within thirty seconds of meeting them, I also make up my mind about whether a business proposal excites me within about thirty seconds of looking at it. I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.

I have always believed that the way you treat your employees is the way they will treat your customers, and that people flourish when they are praised.” Sir

Good brands reflect the histories of the time and the group of people that made them. They can not be copied. They can not be recycled.

The best lesson I learned was to just do it. It doesn’t matter what it is, or how hard it might seem, as the ancient Greek, Plato, said, ‘The beginning is the most important part of any work.

I have always believed that the only way to cope with a cash crisis is not to contract but to try to expand out of it.

If you opt for a safe life, you will never know what it's like to win.

There have been times when I could have succumbed to some form of bribe, or could have had my way by offering one. But ever since that night in Dover prison I have never been tempted to break my vow.. My Parents always drummed into me that all you have life is your reputation: you may be very rich, but if you lose your good name you'll never be happy.

the best motto to follow is ‘Nothing ventured; nothing gained’.