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Famous Richard Branson Quotes

“Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.”

“Business opportunities are like buses; there’s always another one coming.”

“If you want to be a Millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.”

Quoted by P. Greenberg, “Why JetBlue will be different,” MSNBC as cited in Gittell and O’Reilly (October, 2001) Harvard Business School Press Reprint No. 9-801-354 [citation needed]

“Clients do not come first. Employees come first. If you take care of your employees, they will take care of the clients.”

Richard Branson

“Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to make something simple.”

Richard Branson

“I was born under a lucky star, and I have nothing whatsoever to regret. I wouldn’t change a thing about my life.”

Richard Branson

In his interview with Nina Myskow for Saga magazine, July 2007

Richard Branson Quotes about life

“As soon as something stops being fun, I think it’s time to move on. Life is too short to be unhappy. Waking up stressed and miserable is not a good way to live.”

Richard Branson

Source: Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons In Life

“Throwing yourself into a job you enjoy is one of the life's greatest pleasures!”

Richard Branson

Source: Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur

“There is no greater thing you can do with your life and your work than follow your passions – in a way that serves the world and you.”

Richard Branson

“Life is a helluva lot more fun if you say yes rather than no”

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“The talents of young people must not be stifled. Education is not just about getting the right grades in exams but it should encourage all students to develop their optimum capacity, whatever that may be. Schools and colleges should prepare young people for life.”

Richard Branson

From Branson's Foreword to the book: [Marcouse, Ian, 1996, Understanding Industry, Bath, Hodder & Stoughton, ix, 034067927-1, 2014]

“My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, “Oh God, I've got to do this today.””

Richard Branson

From his interview in The Guardian newspaper, 20th September 2008

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“If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how to do it later!”

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“Respect is how to treat everyone, not just those you want to impress.”

Richard Branson

Source: Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons In Life

“The brave may not live forever – But the cautious do not live at all”

Richard Branson

Source: Like a Virgin: Secrets They Won't Teach You at Business School

“Most "necessary evils" are far more evil than necessary.”

Richard Branson

Source: Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way

“A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.”

Richard Branson

“It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.”

Richard Branson

Source: Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way

“My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.”

Richard Branson

From his interview in The Sunday Mirror, 16th January 2000

“To be associated with industry no longer carries the stigma of profiteering, exploitation and of being uncaring as it did when I was at school.”

Richard Branson

From Branson's Foreword to the book: [Marcouse, Ian, 1996, Understanding Industry, Bath, Hodder & Stoughton, ix, 034067927-1, 2014]

“One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes.”

Richard Branson

From Richard Branson's blog ‘Learning from mistakes’ on the Virgin Website

“Making money never was my incentive. I just want to fight big companies.”

Richard Branson

From his interview in The Sunday Mirror, 16th January 2000

“I became an entrepreneur by mistake. Ever since then I've gone into business, not to make money, but because I think I can do it better than it's been done elsewhere. And, quite often, just out of personal frustration about the way it's been done by other people.”

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As stated in an interview with Martyn Lewis in his book, Reflections on Success (1997)

“Simplicity is a great way to build something that works well without costing too much.”

Richard Branson

“I think other companies need to stand on their own two feet, and the weak ones need to go to the wall.”

Richard Branson

Interviewed by the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7903172.stm on his opposition to extending bail-outs beyond the banking sector during the Great Recession, 21 February 2009