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Richard Branson QUOTES

Richard Branson QUOTES

1 " Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. "

― Richard Branson , The Virgin Way: Everything I Know About Leadership

2 " to be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running "

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

3 " The first thing that has to be recognized is that one cannot train someone to be passionate--it's either in their DNA or it's not. "

― Richard Branson

4 " I can honestly say that I have never gone into any business purely to make money. If that is the sole motive then I believe you are better off not doing it. A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts. "

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

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

― Richard Branson

6 " 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. "

― Richard Branson , Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur

7 " Fun is at the core of the way I like to do business and it has been key to everything I've done from the outset. More than any other element, fun is the secret of Virgin's success. I am aware that the ideas of business as being fun and creative goes right against the grain of convention, and it's certainly not how the they teach it at some of those business schools, where business means hard grind and lots of 'discounted cash flows' and net' present values'. "

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

8 " I don’t believe it can be taught as if it were a recipe. There aren’t ingredients and techniques that will guarantee success. Parameters exist that, if followed, will ensure a business can continue, but you cannot clearly define our business success and then bottle it as you would a perfume. It’s not that simple: to be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running; and, if you have a good team round you and more than your fair share of luck, you might make something happen. But you certainly can’t guarantee it just by following someone else’s formula. Business is a fluid, changing substance. "

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

9 " 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

10 " Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again. "

― Richard Branson

11 " 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! "

― Richard Branson

12 " Steve did not have a death wish. He had the exact opposite. His appetite for life was so strong, it outweighed all fear. So what if his choices shortened his life? His choices filled his life, and enriched the lives of those around him. "

― Richard Branson , Reach for the Skies: Ballooning, Birdmen And Blasting into Space

13 " Screw it. Let's do it. "

― Richard Branson

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

15 " 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. "

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

16 " From my very first day as an entrepreneur, I've felt the only mission worth pursuing in business is to make people's lives better. "

― Richard Branson

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

― Richard Branson

18 " I was in a round the world hot-air balloon race. Before I left, I wrote a long letter to my children, in case I didn’t return. I started the letter by saying, ‘Dear Holly and "

― Richard Branson , Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons In Life

19 " If you opt for a safe life, you will never know what it's like to win. "

― Richard Branson , Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons In Life

20 " I have always believed that the way you treat your employees is the way they will treat your customers, and that people flourish when they are praised.” Sir "

― Richard Branson