Best 621 quotes of Richard Branson on MyQuotes

Being dyslexic can actually help in the outside world. I see some things clearer than other people do because I have to simplify things to help me and that has helped others.

Believe in yourself and back yourself to come out on top. A fulfilling career is waiting for those brave enough to find it.

Be swift to take advantage of business opportunities. Bigger companies are too cumbersome to move quickly; this can be a competitive advantage for you.

Branding is everything. A young girl once came up to me and told me I could be famous because I looked just like Richard Branson!

Brave people don't live forever, but cautious people don't live at all.

Breaking the rules and challenging convention is in the DNA of every successful entrepreneur. Doing things differently and solving problems with new, innovative and fresh approaches are the very reason many start-ups are able to compete and sometimes outpace the established market leaders.

Breaking the rules and challenging convention is in the DNA of every successful entrepreneur.

Building a business is not rocket science, it's about having a great idea and seeing it through with integrity.

Build your own business team. Survival in business requires a synergy of skills.

Business has to give people enriching, rewarding lives...or it's simply not worth doing.

Business is the force of change. Business is essential to solving the climate crisis, because this is what business is best at: innovating, changing, addressing risks, searching for opportunities. There is no more vital task

Business is what concerns us. If you care about something enough to do something about it, you're in business

Business leaders take things far too seriously, and forget that most of the time people spend in their lives is at work, and it should be fun.

But the majority of things that one could get stressed about, they?re not worth getting stressed about.

By working hard, by making the right moves, you can create your own luck, I think. But certainly luck plays a part.

Can you afford to ignore China? It's like saying you can afford to ignore the internet. I don't think so.

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?

Chance favors the prepared mind. The more you practice, the luckier you become.

Choose great people and shine in their shadows

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

Colleagues should take care of each other, have fun, celebrate success, learn by failure, look for reasons to praise not to criticize, communicate freely and respect each other.

Coming up with the bucket list is the easy part, but ticking off the list is the challenge. I love a good challenge, which is why I strongly advise everyone to come up with a bucket list. It doesn't have to contain out of this world tasks. But once you have written down the list, screw it, just do it!

Communicate your passion clearly, concisely and with genuine conviction.

Companies need to have a lot more flexibility with their people... . If somebody wants to golf around the world for two months, okay, well, maybe on an unpaid basis, let them do it. That sort of flexibility I think is incredibly important because most of our time, we spend at work.

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

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

Conflicts often stem from a couple of leaders on both sides that are badly brought up. They'd rather go to war than compromise. And in business, you're competing with other companies all the time, but you don't end up going to war with each other.

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.

Customers shouldn't just think of your business as a place to buy a product or use a service - it should be a fun place to be.

Develop the business around the people; build it, don't buy it; and, then, be the best.

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

Don't become a slave to technology - manage your phone, don't let it manage you.

Don't bother doing something unless you're radically different from the competition.

Don't hesitate to seek external help or advice where need be. Sometimes, it takes an external, emotionally unattached individual to detect your business flaws and render unbiased advice.

Don’t just play the game – change it for good.

Don't think about making money, think about making a difference, spot where others are doing it badly and do it better

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.

Don't wait till you are big before you begin building your brand. Build a brand from scratch alongside your business.

Dream big and you will be presented with the opportunity to lead the world on an incredible adventure.

Dreaming is one of humanity’s greatest gifts; it champions aspiration, spurs innovation, leads to change, and propels the world forward.

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

Early on in your career, find someone better than yourself to run the business on a day-to-day basis. Remove yourself, maybe even from the building, and from the nitty-gritty. That way, you're going to be able to see the bigger picture and think of new areas to go into.

Education doesn't just take place in stuffy classrooms and university buildings, it can happen everywhere, every day to every person.

Embrace a mistake and learn from it; don't regret them.

Engage your emotions at work. Your instincts and emotions are there to help you.

Enjoy life - you only get one.

Entrepreneurial business favours the open mind. It favours people whose optimism drives them to prepare for many possible futures, pretty much purely for the joy of doing so.

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

Entrepreneursh ip is a great leveller, since having the benefit of a wealthy background or a generous investor isn't always an advantage. The wonderful thing is that money is not the sole currency when it comes to starting a business; drive, determination, passion and hard work are all free and more valuable than a pot of cash.

Entrepreneursh ip is not about getting one over on the customer. It’s not about working on your own. It’s not about looking out for number one. It’s not necessarily about making a lot of money. It is absolutely not about letting work take over your life. On the contrary, it’s about turning what excites you in life into capital, so that you can do more of it and move forward with it.