Never go into business purely to make money. If that's the motive you're better off doing nothing.
Richard BransonI've taken many knocks over the years but it has only made me stronger and more determined to succeed.
Richard BransonHaving a personality of caring about people is important. You canโt be a good leader unless you generally like people. That is how you bring out the best in them.
Richard BransonAnd [we hope to sell] the clean fuels to other airlines. I mean, the exciting thing about the breakthrough with clean fuels for the airline industry is there's only 1,700 pumps in the world that fill up the airlines.
Richard BransonAnd in the process, we have come up with fuels - algae-based fuels, isobutanol-based fuels and other fuels - that we think will power the planes in the future so that, you know, by 2020 I hope that our planes will be powered on fuels that are clean fuels and are not polluting the environment so that we'll have a green airline and an airline that actually has fuels that will be hopefully cheaper than the dirty fuels of the past. So [we're] doing good and also turning a profit at the same time.
Richard BransonYou must have the courage to trust your instincts and be ready to question what other people don't. If you do that, you can seize opportunities that others would miss. Believe in yourself, and use everything you can - including the obstacles - to propel you along the road to success. Who knows what you might achieve?
Richard Branson