Best 621 quotes of Richard Branson on MyQuotes

If you get your face and your name out there enough, people will start to recognize you.

If you go back into military history, the person who's leading the troops ought to be in with the troops and not just standing on the backline sending them into battle.

If you have conflicts, everything breaks down in society. Kids can't go to school. Basic health can't be looked after. Every aspect of society falls apart.

If you look after your staff, they'll look after your customers. It's that simple.

If you look for the best in your employees, they'll flourish. If you criticize or look for the worst, they'll shrivel up. We all need lots of watering.

If you love what you do and if you believe in what you do, others will share your enthusiasm. Passionate people find their way to the Virgin Group, and when they do, we snap them up and try to keep them within the family.

If young people do see me as an example (I'm very flattered if they do!) I hope it is as someone who will go out there and live life to the full.

If you offer people a decent service, if you give them you know Internet access, if their phones are not cut off on the trains, you know if you have plugs where they can plug in their computers, and if you have a smiling, cheerful staff; and if you can travel really quickly, then you can make a success out of the rail business.

If you're bringing up kids, you just want to smother them with love and praise and enthusiasm. So I don't think you can mollycoddle your kids too much really.

If you're hurt, lick your wounds and get up again. If you've given it your absolute best, it's time to move forward.

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.

If you're lucky enough to have a few hundred thousand dollars in the bank account, that should be sufficient for your own personal needs, and anything more than that you've got to put to good use.

If you run a business, put on top your employees, then your consumers, and then your shareholders.

If you run your business fairly; if you treat people well; if you try to move your business into areas that are making a real positive difference to other peoples lives; I think you'll A. have much pleasant life, but B. I think you'll have a much more successful business.

If you spot an opportunity and are really excited by it, throw yourself into it with everything you've got.

If you want swashbuckling action in your life, become an entrepreneur and give it a go.

If you want to be a Millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.

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

I had no plans to be an entrepreneur. I just wanted to be a journalist and write for a magazine. At 15, I just decided to leave school and launch a national student magazine.

I have always been a huge believer in the inestimable value good mentoring can contribute to any nascent business

I have always believed that business should be a force for good.

I have always believed that personal relationships are vital in business and that people should be directly accountable for their actions.

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.

I have always believed that there is no point in having regrets as you learn far more from mistakes than successes. Embrace a mistake and learn from it; don't regret them.

I have always lived my life by making lists: lists of people to call, lists of ideas, lists of companies to set up, lists of people who can make things happen. Each day I work through these lists, and that sequence of calls propels me forward.

I have always lived my life by thriving on opportunity and adventure. Some of the best ideas come out of the blue, and you have to keep an open mind to see their virtue.

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

I like challenges in life and pushing myself out of my comfort zone.

I have enjoyed life a lot more by saying "yes" than by sayings "no".

I have had a lot of fun pushing the boundaries on my balloon and kitesurf adventures, breaking some world records in the process, and I think this attitude of having fun whilst working hard is one that lends itself very well to successful entrepreneurship.

I have had fun running all of the Virgin businesses, so I never see a setback as a bad experience; it is just a learning curve.

I have no secret. There are no rules to follow in business. I just work hard and, as I always have done, believe I can do it. Most of all, though, I try to have fun.

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.

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.

I just love every minute of my life. I love the variety. Every minute of every day I'm meeting fascinating new people, learning and working with wonderful teams of people creating wonderful things.

I just love life. I mean, you know, I love every second of it. I love people.

I just think you need to spice up life every now and then with a bit of adventure and excitement.

I just wanted to create things that I could be proud of. Money was just an evil byproduct to pay the bills at the end of the year.

I know enough to know that no man is an island.

I learnt earlier on that If you can run one company.You can really run any company.A company is all about finding the right people and inspiring those people,drawing out the best in people

I learnt from an early age this need to delegate responsibility out to other team members as there is just too much for one person to do themselves. What is the point of hiring talented team members if you don't give them the freedom to make the most of the chance you have given them?

I like to set myself a new adventure challenge at least once or twice a year because I love that side of my life. I love getting fit and training for it.

I like to take chances on people, and whenever possible, promote from within - it sends a great message to everyone in the company when someone demonstrates a passion for the job and leadership skills at every step along the way and is rewarded with a leadership role.

I love creating things, and as an entrepreneur, I've taken on quite a lot of major corporations and done well. Capitalism is the only system that works, but it has its flaws; for one, it brings great wealth to only a few people. That wealth obviously brings extreme responsibility.

I love eating meat, but I love our planet even more. So I will join this campaign and stop eating meat at least one day a week.

I love stirring the pot. I love giving big companies a run for their money - especially if they're offering expensive, poor-quality products.

I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed my life.

I'm a great believer in life to saying yes and not saying no, and hopefully making people smile and just having fun in life.

I'm a great believer that saying yes is a lot more fun than saying no.

I make up my mind about whether I can trust someone within 60 seconds of meeting them