1,075 Quotes by Richard Branson

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.

So if we were to set up base in this area, I think you would find that it would bring a lot of people to the area to watch the flights as well as fly.

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.

We don't actually plan to launch new businesses over the next few years, but we are planning to take the ones we have into new territories.

Succeeding in business is all about making connections

Play fair, be prepared for others to play dirty, and don't let them drag you into the mud.

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

My dad has put his hand up and will be 90 at the time, my kids definitely want to come and if there is room for my mum she will come as well,

You shouldn't be looking for people slipping up, you should be looking for all the good things people do and praising those.