Richard Branson
England
Born on 18 Jul 1950
Businessman
Born on 18 Jul 1950
Businessman
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No one has ever accused us of lagging behind. In fact, I am willing to turn an entire company upside down if it's time to do that. We're in perpetual evolution.
Interview, ASAP (1997)
Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.
Develop the business around the people; build it, don't buy it; and, then, be the best.
Speech to the Institute of Directors, London. 'Growing Bigger While Still Staying Small' (1993)
For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference.
Well, 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.
We spend most of our lives working. So why do so few people have a good time doing it?
New York Times (1993)
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Essays
Essays
On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
Essays
Essays