The funny thing is people won't let me pay for things. I'll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, 'Oh… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Being an entrepreneur simply means being someone who wants to make a difference to other people's lives. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
What matters is working with a few close friends, people you respect, knowing that if times did turn bad these people would… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Being a good listener is absolutely critical to being a good leader; you have to listen to the people who are on… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
People who think and say we more often than I are a lot more likely to succeed. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
A company's employees are its greatest asset and your people are your product — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Develop the business around the people; build it, don't buy it; and, then, be the best. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Most skills can be learned, but it is difficult to train people on their personality. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
There's no better satisfaction than watching the people around you, who have worked day and night to get something right, realising the… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Realize that the people who are working with you, this is their life. You know, 80% of their time is spent at… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Nobody's ever called me Sir Richard. Occasionally in America, I hear people saying Sir Richard and think there's some Shakespearean play taking… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Capitalism has proven to be the only system that works, but the problem with capitalism is that extreme wealth ends up in… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
And from, you know, small ideas, bigger ideas emerge. So we're starting with suborbital space flights and we'll then go into orbital… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I would not be able to change a sparking plug and I would not be able to fly a spaceship or build… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
If you have an idea that's going to make a big difference to people's lives, and other people are not doing it,… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
To get the respect of people, I think you've got to roll up your sleeves and lead with your people. The absolute… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
If I'm setting up a new business I'll spend three or four months learning everything there is about that business, everything there… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I suspect in most companies, the public relations person is down at No. 20 in the pecking order. But here, he is… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Virgin, is how good you are with people. If you're - if you're good with people and you've got - you know,… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I was fortunate enough, after many visits to many wonderful, weird people to come across Burt Rutan, who is a genius in… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Companies need to have a lot more flexibility with their people... . If somebody wants to golf around the world for two… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
To achieve consistently terrific customer service, you must hire wonderful people who believe in your company's goals, habitually do better than the… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
With space travel, [it's] no different. You know, in 1990 I read the name Virgin Galactic Airways. Loved the name. And set… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
We have a business that some people feel pollutes, and I happen to agree with them. ... And so on the basis… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
If you get your face and your name out there enough, people will start to recognize you. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
People have to decide on priorities if they want to get anywhere. The best lessons I learned was to just do it. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
It's incredible to get people to turn out right in the middle of no where. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
People are no different from flowers. If you water them, they flourish. If you are not nice to them, they shrivel up — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Age isn't as important so long as you are surrounded by people you love, doing things you passionately believe in. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
If you can run one company, you can run another. Running companies are about inspiring and driving the best out of people. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
If we can just get young people to do the same as their fathers did, that is, wear condoms — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I'm a great believer in life to saying yes and not saying no, and hopefully making people smile and just having fun… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Please be polite. Nothing in life should erode the habit of saying thank you to people or praising them. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
As a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, a great motivator, be very good at praising and bringing… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
When people warn me against doing something once my mind is made up, I grow increasingly determined to try it. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Allowing my people to have a good work-life balance by working flexibly is very important to me. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Innovation happens when people are given the freedom to ask questions and the resources and power to find the answers. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
A company is people … employees want to know… am I being listened to or am I a cog in the wheel?… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I am a believer in trying to treat people properly and trying to respond and making sure that I find the time… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Lavish praise on people and people will flourish; criticize people and they'll shrivel up. — Richard Branson Copy Share
I've used the Phoenix Centrifuge to replicate what the body's going to go through on the flight up. I've also done some gravity tests… — Richard Branson Copy Share
As an adventurer...I try to protect against the downside. I make sure I have covered as many eventualities as I can. In the end,… — Richard Branson Copy Share
I will work day and night to avoid failure, but if I can't, I'll pick myself up the next day. The most important thing… — Richard Branson Copy Share
Tough times are inevitable in life and in business. But how you compose yourself during those times defines your spirit and will define your… — Richard Branson Copy Share
All successful people - not just entrepreneurs - have got things wrong over and over again before finding the right solution. — Richard Branson Copy Share
We have the enormous opportunity in our hands to make a positive difference for business, people, and the planet. — Richard Branson Copy Share
I'm a great believer in life to saying yes and not saying no, and hopefully making people smile and just having fun in life. — Richard Branson Copy Share
Business leaders take things far too seriously, and forget that most of the time people spend in their lives is at work, and it… — Richard Branson Copy Share
I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed my life. — Richard Branson Copy Share
Everything in your business can be outsourced... if you're not emotionally attached to doing it all. — Richard Branson Copy Share
People have to decide on priorities if they want to get anywhere. The best lessons I learned was to just do it. — Richard Branson Copy Share
There isn't a flight goes by when I don't stare out of the window and thank my stars for what I'm seeing and feeling. — Richard Branson Copy Share
![“With space travel, [it's] no different. You know, in 1990 I read the name Virgin Galactic Airways. Loved the name. And set out to try to find an engineer or rocket scientist in the world who could build a safe, reusable rocket that could take people to and from space and we could start a whole new…” quote by Richard Branson](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6e6/richard-branson-256_different_with-space-travel-it-s-no-different-you_2326675.jpg)
