Richard Branson Quotes

“Screw it. Let's do it.”

“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!”

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

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

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

“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.”

“Too many people measure how successful they are by how much money they make or the people that they associate with. In my opinion, true success should be measured by how happy you are.”

“All you have in business is your reputation – so it's very important that you keep your word.”

“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.”

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

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

“I approached six different companies but they wouldn't sign him — it was quite a unique sound like nothing they'd heard before, and therefore it was a risk. But it was a beautiful haunting tape that moved all of us.”

“People quite like the underdog. You don't always want to be the smartass that is always successful.”

“We don't live forever and we might as well throw ourselves wholeheartedly into our lives. And if one ended up going earlier, at least we've lived very, very full lives.”

“One of the things — if I resent anything in life — is the tag 'billionaire.' People don't address you by your net worth, they call you by your name, and what I've spent my lifetime doing is building ventures that hopefully will make a really positive difference to people's lives.”

“I remember running down the street with tears streaming down my face, past a sign that said, 'Richard sells for a billion.'”

“You'll never have the advertising power to outsell British Airways. You are going to have to get out there and use yourself. Make a fool of yourself. Otherwise you won't survive.”

“Most people want fun. They want to enjoy themselves. They want people to be human.”