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It always pays off to focus on things that will make you feel proud. Remember this during every difficult decision you face.

It always pays off to focus on things that will make you feel proud. Remember this during every difficult decision you face.

Richard Branson
Focus, Decision, Faces
"The Richard Branson Interview". Interview with Sabian Phippen, theworldly.co.uk. February 21, 2015.

Through the right people focusing on the right things, we can, in time, get on top of a lot if not most of the problems of this world. And that's what a number of us are trying to do.

Richard Branson
Numbers, People, Trying
"Richard Branson: Interview With ORIGIN Magazine". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 18, 2012.

It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.

Richard Branson
Art, Risk, Protect
Richard Branson (1999). “Losing my virginity: how I've survived, had fun, and made a fortune doing business my way”, Crown Business

Life can seem rather unreal at times. Alive and well and loving one day. No longer there the next.

Richard Branson
Life, One Day, Alive
Richard Branson (1999). “Losing my virginity: how I've survived, had fun, and made a fortune doing business my way”, Crown Business

People who think and say we more often than I are a lot more likely to succeed.

Richard Branson
Thinking, People, Succeed
FaceBook post by Richard Branson from Nov 05, 2014

I want Virgin to be as well-known around the world as Coca-Cola.

Richard Branson
World, Want, Well Known

We hope to create thousands of astronauts over the next few years and bring alive their dream of seeing the majestic beauty of our planet from above, the stars in all their glory and the amazing sensations of weightlessness and space flight.

Richard Branson
Dream, Stars, Future
"Now Virgin to offer trips to space". www.cnn.com. September 27, 2004.

If you're bringing up kids, you just want to smother them with love and praise and enthusiasm. So I don't think you can mollycoddle your kids too much really.

Richard Branson
Motivation, Inspiration, Kids
"Life at 30,000 feet". Interview with Chris Anderson, www.ted.com. March, 2007.

As we drifted to earth I sat up on the glass roof of the capsule, watching the beauty of the golden dawn as it broke over the desert. This was a day I never thought I'd see and the rising sun and growing warmth of the day seemed very precious. It made me aware that hard-won things are more valuable than those that come too easily. It reminded me to always enjoy the moment.

Richard Branson
Life, Glasses, Sun

If you do something for fun and create the best possible product, then the profit will come.

Richard Branson
Fun, Motivation, Work

Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that's largely because we have tried to keep our business small, and our management teams tight-knit. I feel that small, compact companies, are better run. That is partly because people feel more connected in small companies.

Richard Branson
Running, Team, Heart
Richard Branson (2008). “Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur”, Virgin Books Limited

It's incredible to get people to turn out right in the middle of no where.

Richard Branson
People, Incredibles, Middle

We're introducing separate rooms with double beds in all of our planes so people can actually go with their partner and have a proper night's sleep...

Richard Branson
Sleep, Night, People
"Travel: Bigger, faster, fancier". Interview with Kalin Thomas-Samuel, www.cnn.com. January 1, 2000.

A generation ago, the image was that you had to trample everyone else down to succeed; but I don't believe that makes good business sense.

Richard Branson
Business, Believe, Generations
Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

We spend most of our lives working. So why do so few people have a good time doing it?

Richard Branson
Business, People, Good Times

Being dyslexic can actually help in the outside world. I see some things clearer than other people do because I have to simplify things to help me and that has helped others.

Richard Branson
People, World, Helping

You see, it's essential that one of us stays awake during the flight [ballon]. So, rather than using the comfortable Virgin seats which we used to cross the Atlantic, we've asked British Airways for two of theirs.

Richard Branson
Two, Essentials, Insult
Richard Branson (1998). “Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way”, Crown Pub

The risk is worth it. Mike would have been the first to say that.

Richard Branson
Risk, Firsts, Mike
"Branson mourns SpaceShipTwo pilot, says space travel worth its risks" by Holly Yan and Susannah Cullinane, edition.cnn.com. November 3, 2014.

Whatever business you are in, every company can shoot for the start in their own way.

Richard Branson
Inspirational, Business, Way

There have been times when I could have succumbed to some form of bribe, or could have had my way by offering one. But ever since that night in Dover prison I have never been tempted to break my vow.. My Parents always drummed into me that all you have life is your reputation: you may be very rich, but if you lose your good name you'll never be happy.

Richard Branson
Night, Offering, Names

I've had to create companies that I believe in 100%. These are companies I feel will make a genuine difference. Then I have to be willing to find the time myself to talk about them, promote them and market them. I don't want to spend my life doing something that I'm not proud of.

Richard Branson
Believe, Differences, Purpose

All of us have just got to find that time to look after our bodies. That helps us make sure that our mind is sharp. I know that when I'm feeling great and really fit, I can get in three or four hours more of really productive work.

Richard Branson
Productive Work, Feelings, Mind
Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. 2013.

In 30 years time, as technology moves forward even further, people are going to look back and wonder why offices ever existed.

Richard Branson
Moving, Technology, Years

Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure.

Richard Branson
Success, Thinking, Lines
"Life at 30,000 feet". TED with Chris Anderson, www.ted.com. 2007.

The important thing is that you've got a strong foundation before you start to try to save the world or help other people.

Richard Branson
Strong, Helping Others, People

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