1,075 Quotes by Richard Branson

It’s never easy to set up any business, but it comes back to determination and drive and the love of what you do!

Acquiring the habit of note-taking is therefore a wonderfully complementary skill to that of listening.

People are no different from flowers. If you water them, they flourish. If you are not nice to them, they shrivel up.

Education doesn’t just take place in stuffy classrooms and university buildings, it can happen everywhere, every day to every person.

Realize that the people who are working with you, this is their life. You know, 80% of their time is spent at work. Make sure that they’re proud of what they’re doing, that they’re enjoying what they’re doing.

If you are glass half empty type of person, maybe you just haven’t been holding the right glass.

Learn to raise capital by any means necessary. That’s your primary job as an entrepreneur. You must continually raise capital from family and friends, banks, suppliers, customers and investors.

There’s nothing like the endorphins from being fit, and the incredible endorphin rush that goes with that. It beats drugs, drink, and almost anything else I know.

I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn’t really interested in being an entrepreneur, but I soon found I had to become an entrepreneur in order to keep my magazine going.