Richard Branson Quotes

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

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You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

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I have always been a huge believer in the inestimable value good mentoring can contribute to any nascent business

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I believe in myself. I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love.

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Business is what concerns us. If you care about something enough to do something about it, you're in business

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What we are trying to do at Virgin is not to have one enormous company in one sector under one banner, but to have two hundred or even three hundred separate companies. Each company can stand on its own feet and, in that way, although we've got a brand that links them, if we were to have another tragedy such as that of 11 September - which hurt the airline industry - it would not bring the whole group crashing down.

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Although my spelling is still sometimes poor, I have managed to overcome the worst of my difficulties through training myself to concentrate.

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I never went into business just to make money - but I found that if I have fun, the money will come. I often ask myself, is my work fun and does it make me happy? I believe that the answer to that is more important than fame or fortune. If it stops being fun, I ask why? If I can't fix it, I stop doing it.

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If you look for the best in your employees, they'll flourish. If you criticize or look for the worst, they'll shrivel up. We all need lots of watering.

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To be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running, and if you have a good team around you and more than a fair share of luck, you might make something happen. But you certainly can't guarantee it just by following someone else's formula.

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Good brands reflect the histories of the time and the group of people that made them. They can not be copied. They can not be recycled.

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I have always believed that the only way to cope with a cash crisis is not to contract but to try to expand out of it.

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We should focus on what people get done, not on how many hours or days worked. Just as we don't have a nine-to-five policy, we don't need a vacation policy.

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I believe that drudgery and clock-watching are a terrible betrayal of that universal, inborn entrepreneurial spirit.

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Our generation has inherited an incredibly beautiful world from our parents and they from their parents. It is in our hands whether our children and their children inherit the same world. We must not be the generation responsible for irreversibly damaging the environment.

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

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Whenever I see people getting a bad deal I want to step in and do something about it. Of course, this is not pure altruism - there's a profit to be made too.

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Everyone needs something to aim for. You can call it a challenge, or you can call it a goal. It is what makes us human. It was challenges that took us from being cavemen to reaching for the stars.

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Money is only interesting for what it lets you do and create.

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Have fun, work hard and money will come. Don't waste time - grab your chances. Have a positive outlook on life. When it's not fun, move on.

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When I started Virgin from a basement in west London, there was no great plan or strategy. I didn't set out to build a business empire... For me, building a business is all about doing something to be proud of, bringing talented people together and creating something that's going to make a real difference to other people's lives

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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.

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I have always lived my life by thriving on opportunity and adventure. Some of the best ideas come out of the blue, and you have to keep an open mind to see their virtue.

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I love stirring the pot. I love giving big companies a run for their money - especially if they're offering expensive, poor-quality products.

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Engage your emotions at work. Your instincts and emotions are there to help you.

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