01c. 1966 ADWell, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.Richard Branson / quote ↗
02c. 1966 ADMy attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at least you're moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try again.Richard Branson / quote ↗
03c. 1966 ADMy 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.'Richard Branson / quote ↗
04c. 1966 ADWe're one of the only animals in the world that don't really think of ourselves as animals, but we are animals, and we must respect our fellow animals.Richard Branson / quote ↗
05c. 1966 ADIf you are a small company taking on a big company, you need to have a sense of humor.Richard Branson / quote ↗
06c. 1966 ADI'm a lad of the '60s. I started a magazine to try and end the Vietnam war, but it was a number of years before I had the profile, the financial resources and the time to do more.Richard Branson / quote ↗
07c. 1966 ADTreat failure as a lesson on how not to approach achieving a goal, and then use that learning to improve your chances of success when you try again. Failure is only the end if you decide to stop.Richard Branson / quote ↗
08c. 1966 ADWe have teams of people working on electric cars. So you never know - you may find Virgin competing with the Tesla in the car business as we do in the space business.Richard Branson / quote ↗
09c. 1966 ADWe have one planet in our solar system that's habitable, and that's the Earth, and space travel can transform things back here for the better. First of all, by just having people go to space and look back on this fragile planet we live on. People have come back transformed and have done fantastic things.Richard Branson / quote ↗
10c. 1966 ADMy early business ventures included growing Christmas trees and breeding birds.Richard Branson / quote ↗
11c. 1966 ADThe balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.Richard Branson / quote ↗
12c. 1966 ADI read everything, but generally more fact than fiction - especially autobiographies and biographies. I've read 'Long Walk to Freedom' by Nelson Mandela at least twice on holiday. Every time, I'm totally awed by his vision, strength and forgiveness. I feel honoured to have got to know him and his wonderful wife Graca over the years.Richard Branson / quote ↗
13c. 1966 ADThe music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves, and at a given stage in their careers their name alone can practically gaurantee hit records.Richard Branson / quote ↗
14c. 1966 ADThose who know me know I'm passionate about lists, and top of my list of priorities is my family. My wife Joan and I do not consider our legacy to our children to be wealth or fame but the opportunity to pursue happiness by following their own path.Richard Branson / quote ↗
15c. 1966 ADDevon holds a special place in my heart. As a child, I normally went on holiday to Bantham and have lots of happy memories from my time there. I used to catch sand eels in the early morning and go fishing for bass throughout the day. I remember a gull taking my bait.Richard Branson / quote ↗
16c. 1966 ADWhen I was four, my mother insisted I get out of the car and find my own way home. Although I got lost, I did find my way home. It taught me the value of independence at an early age.Richard Branson / quote ↗
17c. 1966 ADYou don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.Richard Branson / quote ↗
18c. 1966 ADSo I've seen life as one long learning process. And if I see - you know, if I fly on somebody else's airline and find the experience is not a pleasant one, which it wasn't in - 21 years ago, then I'd think, well, you know, maybe I can create the kind of airline that I'd like to fly on.Richard Branson / quote ↗
19c. 1966 ADFun is one of the most important - and underrated - ingredients in any successful venture. If you're not having fun, then it's probably time to call it quits and try something else.Richard Branson / quote ↗
20c. 1966 ADBeing a good listener is absolutely critical to being a good leader you have to listen to the people who are on the front line.Richard Branson / quote ↗
21c. 1966 ADA complaint is a chance to turn a customer into a lifelong friend. I say that seriously, not as some press release baloney.Richard Branson / quote ↗
22c. 1966 ADWhen exploring London, you will come across lots of excitement by chance, so try to take everything in rather than just rushing around to all of the major tourist haunts.Richard Branson / quote ↗
23c. 1966 ADAn important priority for me is a business must get their own house in order. Be or become an agent of positive change in your own enterprise and adopt responsible practices to eliminate the risks that often lie at the root of inequality and poverty.Richard Branson / quote ↗
24c. 1966 ADThe funny thing is people won't let me pay for things. I'll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, 'Oh no, it's on the house.'Richard Branson / quote ↗
