Richard Branson Quotes

Screw it, Let’s do it!

I have always lived my life by making lists: lists of people to call, lists of ideas, lists of companies to set up, lists of people who can make things happen. Each day I work through these lists, and that sequence of calls propels me forward.

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.

"But the majority of things that one could get stressed about, they’re not worth getting stressed about."

"I made and learned from lots of mistakes."

Had I been five or six years older, the sheer absurdity of trying to sell advertising to major companies, in a magazine that did not yet exist, edited by two fifteen-year-old schoolboys, would have prevented me from picking up the phone at all. But I was too young to contemplate failure.

When people are placed in positions slightly above what they expect, they are apt to excel.

This ability to bounce back after a setback is the single most important trait an entrepreneurial venture can possess