1,075 Quotes by Richard Branson

Business opportunities are like buses, there’s always another one coming.

So I became a publisher by mistake – well, not quite by mistake, because I wanted to be an editor but I had to make sure the magazine would survive. The point is this: Most businesses fail, so if you’re going to succeed, it has to be about more than making money.

A little humour is good for the soul – regardless of how old you may be.

Brave people don’t live forever, but cautious people don’t live at all.

Your brand name is only as good as your reputation.

I think I’ve learned that if you have a house, you end up living in the kitchen, so if you have one big kitchen and then enough bedrooms for your family, that’s about all you need for a home.

My parents brought me up with this philosophy. You must do things. You mustn’t watch what other people are doing. You must not listen to what other people are doing.

I may be a businessman in that I set up and run companies for profit, but when I try to plan ahead and dream up new products and new companies, I’m an idealist.

Throwing yourself into a job you enjoy is one of the life’s greatest pleasures.