1,075 Quotes by Richard Branson

Early on in your career, find someone better than yourself to run the business on a day-to-day basis. Remove yourself, maybe even from the building, and from the nitty-gritty. That way, you’re going to be able to see the bigger picture and think of new areas to go into.

Look for the best in people to build a fantastic team.

We’d love to be involved with the creation of something very special, something quite large and something quite exciting.

If you want to stand out from the crowd, give people a reason not to forget you.

Always think, ‘what’s the worst that can happen’ and have some kind of strategy to deal with it.

Can you afford to ignore China? It’s like saying you can afford to ignore the internet. I don’t think so.

The companies that look after their people are the companies that do really well. I’m sure we’d like a few other attributes, but that would be the most important one.

Because I don’t see Virgin as a company but as a way of life and I fully enjoy it, I don’t think I’ll ever retire.

I’ve been lucky to have survived balloon trips, boating trips, you know, a lot of rather foolish things in my life, so I was definitely born under a lucky star.