Richard Branson

Listen – it makes you sound smarter.

It’s all too easy to miss out on the important moments in life because you’re too busy staring at your phone.

If your dreams don’t scare you they are too small.

What’s the quickest way to become a millionaire? Borrow fivers off everyone you meet.

They encouraged me to always look for the good in people instead of assuming the worst and trying to find fault.

Acquiring the habit of note-taking is therefore a wonderfully complementary skill to that of listening.

It’s a great thing when you can show that you’ve been successful and that you’ve made a lot of money and that you’ve employed a lot of people.

A successful person finds the right place for himself. But a successful leader finds the right place for others.

People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It’s something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.

Keys to success: Research your ideas, plan for success, expect success, and just do it.

I don’t cheat to win, I’d rather lose.

If past history was all that is needed to play the game of money, the richest people would be librarians.

Success comes from failure, not from memorizing the right answers.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.

I thought I’d be a success even back in the mailroom at William Morris. It was just inconceivable to me I couldn’t win it all.

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.

I don’t think people get to be successful unless they have very strong egos.