I have fun running all the Virgin businesses, so a setback is never a bad experience, just a learning curve — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Because I don't see Virgin as a company but as a way of life and I fully enjoy it, I don't think… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I'm sure if Brawn GP keep plying me with champagne and putting gorgeous Virgin girls either side of me, you never know! — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I have had fun running all of the Virgin businesses, so I never see a setback as a bad experience; it is… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I never learned the rules in the first place. To change the game is at the heart of what Virgin stands for,… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
What does the name Virgin mean? We are a company that likes to take on the giants. In too many businesses, these… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
You see, it's essential that one of us stays awake during the flight [ballon]. So, rather than using the comfortable Virgin seats… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I find it very difficult to think of mistakes; not that I don't make any but because I was brought up to… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
In a sense, when we started Virgin Atlantic, I was trying to create an airline for myself. If you try to build… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Most people assume that a record shop's success lies in selling records. In fact, Virgin's success both in mail order and the… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
We [Virgin Group] have been successful not by wasting time scrutinising our competitors but by looking at ourselves from the point of… — 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
The brand is only as good as your products, so.. if people have a good experience on Virgin Atlantic or if they… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
And ever since then [I] have set up businesses basically out of frustration. I mean, I set up Virgin Atlantic with one… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
What we are trying to do at Virgin is not to have one enormous company in one sector under one banner, but… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Most of our businesses do succeed, but if something completely fails, then as long as we bow out gracefully and pay off… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
One night, I was chatting with a group of 16-year-old girls over a few drinks about a name for the record store… — 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
Fun is at the core of the way I like to do business and it has been key to everything I've done… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
India is an incredibly vibrant market, which Virgin already, through Virgin Atlantic, has the pleasure of working in. I am delighted that… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision and change. A company that stands still will soon be forgotten. Trying… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Virgin could never have grown into the group of more than 200 companies it is now, were it not for a steady… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Learning and leadership go together. Too much credit goes to me for what we have achieved at Virgin but the successes happen… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Throughout my business life I have always tried to keep on top of costs and protect the downside risk as much possible.… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I was the kind of entrepreneur that never really felt I made it. When Mike Olefield's "Tubular Bells" [Virgin Records' first release]… — 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
The idea that business is strictly a numbers affair has always struck me as preposterous. For one thing, I've never been particularly… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The years I would have spent at University, I spent building Student Magazine and Virgin Records. For me that was far more… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
My mother always taught me never to look back in regret but to move on to the next thing. The amount of… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that's largely because we have tried to keep our… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
When I started Virgin from a basement in west London, there was no great plan or strategy. I didn't set out to… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Look, I think that when we started Virgin Atlantic 30 years ago, we had one 747 competing with the airlines that had… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The Virgin brand is not a product like Coca-Cola or Famous Grouse whisky; it's an attitude and a way of life to… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
When I started Virgin from a basement flat in West London, I did not set out to build a business empire. I… — 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
![“You see, it's essential that one of us stays awake during the flight [ballon]. So, rather than using the comfortable Virgin seats which we used to cross the Atlantic, we've asked British Airways for two of theirs.” quote by Richard Branson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ce7/richard-branson-256_awake_you-see-it-s-essential-that-one-of-us-st_2730753.jpg)
![“We [Virgin Group] have been successful not by wasting time scrutinising our competitors but by looking at ourselves from the point of view of our customers do and seeking feedback through listening.” quote by Richard Branson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bd6/richard-branson-256_communication_we-virgin-group-have-been-successful-not_2412398.jpg)
![“And ever since then [I] have set up businesses basically out of frustration. I mean, I set up Virgin Atlantic with one second-hand 747 because I hated the experience of flying on other people's airlines. And I thought, you know, I could try to create the kind of airline that I'd like to fly on…” quote by Richard Branson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/569/richard-branson-256_airline_and-ever-since-then-i-have-set-up-busine_548374.jpg)
![“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/quotes/img-quotes/6e6/richard-branson-256_different_with-space-travel-it-s-no-different-you_2326675.jpg)
![“I was the kind of entrepreneur that never really felt I made it. When Mike Olefield's "Tubular Bells" [Virgin Records' first release] sold 8 or 10 million copies, I suppose, at age 19, I could've possibly retired on the money. Instead, I immediately pushed the boat and took that risk again.” quote by Richard Branson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/433/richard-branson-256_age_i-was-the-kind-of-entrepreneur-that-neve_90171.jpg)
![“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 with ZERO-G [a charter-flight service in Arlington, Va., that uses modified Boeing 727s to simulate weightlessness], which went great.” quote by Richard Branson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/aa1/richard-branson-256_adventure_i-ve-used-the-phoenix-centrifuge-to-repl_903.jpg)
