1,075 Quotes by Richard Branson

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

Being an entrepreneur simply means being someone who wants to make a difference to other people’s lives.

You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over.

Flowers flourish when they’re watered, and shrivel up when they’re not. People are no different. The best leaders are the ones who look for the best in people.

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a ride!

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

Some 80% of your life is spent working. You want to have fun at home; why shouldn’t you have fun at work?

I never learned the rules in the first place. To change the game is at the heart of what Virgin stands for, so the company culture has always been: “Don’t sweat it: rules were meant to be broken.”

I’d like to see the government back a programme of research into the medical properties of cannabis and I do not object to its responsible use as a recreational relaxant.