Quotes from Richard Branson

Life is a helluva lot more fun if you say yes rather than no

Please be polite. Nothing in life should erode the habit of saying thank you to people or praising them.

If you want swashbuckling action in your life, become an entrepreneur and give it a go.

Entrepreneurship is about turning what excites you in life into capital, so that you can do more of it and move forward with it.

Well, I'm somebody who is just living ...living life, and if I get frustrated by something, then I like to try to put it right.

Ideally, since 80 percent of your life is spent working, you should start your business around something that is a passion of yours

Every risk is worth taking as long as it's for a good cause, and contributes to a good life.

My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.

So I've seen life as one long learning process.

If you follow your dreams and spend your life doing what brings you joy, you are more likely to find success

Every aspect of life is magnificent and wonderful. It's so important to keep fit and healthy.

My 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.'

Had I pursued my education long enough to learn all the conventional dos and don'ts of starting a business, I often wonder how different my life and career might have been.

There is no way I would ask others to go on a Virgin Galactic flight if I didn't feel it was safe enough for myself.

The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is like pushing up against a brick wall, but once we got into it, we found that, remarkably, the balloon went whatever speed the wind went.

My favorite mode of transport is hot-air ballooning. It's so graceful to be blown by the wind, to go where the wind takes you.

Taking bold action on climate change simply makes good business sense. It's also the right thing to do for people and the planet. Setting a net-zero GHG emissions target by 2050 will drive innovation, grow jobs, build prosperity, and secure a better world for what will soon be 9 billion people.

Success Comes from listening to your customer.

Treat 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.

You've got one go in life, so make the most of it.

After all - life is not a dress rehearsal!

Enjoy life - you only get one.

Life is a series of ups and clowns. Make it worth your wild!

A setback is never a bad experience, just another one of life's lessons.