1,075 Quotes by Richard Branson

When you’re first thinking through an idea, it’s important not to get bogged down in complexity. Thinking simply and clearly is hard to do.

My definition of success? The more you’re actively and practically engaged, the more successful you will be.

Lavish praise on people and people will flourish; criticize people and they’ll shrivel up.

You know I think if the people who work for a business are proud of the business they work for, they’ll work that much harder, and therefore, I think turning your business into a real force for good is good business sense as well.

Our model is to develop each business separately with its own shareholder and management – this way we can concentrate on the job in hand, rather than be part of some enormous and faceless conglomerate.

It’s really important to find an hour or two to a day to make sure that you keep healthy, keep fit. It’s very easy just to forget that aspect. And if you’re feeling really good and fit, I think you can get two or three extra hours a day of hard work in as well.

I’ve had great fun turning quite a lot of different industries on their head and making sure those industries will never be the same again, because Virgin went in and took them on.

A business is simply an idea to make other people’s lives better.

Ideally, since 80 percent of your life is spent working, you should start your business around something that is a passion of yours.