1,075 Quotes by Richard Branson

It is important in life to turn adversity to success.

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.

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

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.

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.

Having colleagues nearby, whether at the beach or in a crypt, means the ideas are always flowing.

There are quite a few things I’ve done that even I thought might have been one step too far. But if you are willing to make a fool of yourself and make people smile, as long as you do it with a sense of fun, you can get away with it.

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.

It’s clear that it is in the best interest of business to be part of the conservation, along with governments and civil society.