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
I have always lived my life by making lists: lists of people to call, lists of ideas, lists of companies to set… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
A company's employees are its greatest asset and your people are your product — 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
I think you can get happiness through making a real difference in other people's lives by setting out to make other people's… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Create the kind of workplace and company culture that will attract great talent. If you hire brilliant people, they will make work… — 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
Entrepreneurial business favours the open mind. It favours people whose optimism drives them to prepare for many possible futures, pretty much purely… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I like to take chances on people, and whenever possible, promote from within - it sends a great message to everyone in… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
We should focus on what people get done, not on how many hours or days worked. Just as we don't have a… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Being dyslexic can actually help in the outside world. I see some things clearer than other people do because I have to… — 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
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
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
Surprisingly, a large number of people who fell out with their partners contacted us, saying that they would love to fly on… — 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
One key to entrepreneurial success is to get a great group of people around you who believe in your idea. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Travel the world and meet people. I've been fortunate enough to see so much of the world, and being able to do… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
There's no point in starting a business unless you're going to make a dramatic difference to other people's lives. So if you've… — 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
We've definitely cracked the technology. Now we're just trying to be able to produce the amount of fuels that we need to… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
If you love what you do and if you believe in what you do, others will share your enthusiasm. Passionate people find… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Lavish praise on people and people will flourish; criticize people and they'll shrivel up. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
All successful people - not just entrepreneurs - have got things wrong over and over again before finding the right solution. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
We have the enormous opportunity in our hands to make a positive difference for business, people, and the planet. — 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 in life. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
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 Image
I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed my life. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
