1,075 Quotes by Richard Branson

The Earth cannot wait 60 years. I want a future for my children and my children's children. The clock is ticking.

Give your employees a mission that matches their ambitions. When you challenge people, they surprise you.

If you find yourself stuck in the middle there is only one way to go, forward.

To be a great leader, you must be a great listener

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.

Lightning is something which, again, we would rather avoid.

I truly believe that capitalism was created to help people live better lives, but sadly over the years it has lost its way a bit. The short-term focus on profit has driven most businesses to forget about the important long-term role they have in taking care of people and the planet.

People do not mind people who try things and fail. If you're a good entrepreneur, you're not going to succeed in every single thing you try. You've got to try to succeed at more things than fail.

One of the best bits of advice I can give is, early on, when you're building a new business, try to find somebody to run it on a day-to-day basis to free yourself up to look at the bigger picture.