Two bricklayers work side by side. The first lays bricks. The second builds magnificent cathedrals. Think small vs. think big.

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

The idea that business is strictly a numbers affair has always struck me as preposterous. For one thing, I've never been particularly good at numbers, but I think I've done a reasonable job with feelings. And I'm convinced that it is feelings - and feelings alone - that account for the success of the Virgin brand in all of its myriad forms.

You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

I've obviously been born fortunate. I love people. I enjoy every single minute of my life.

Companies need to have a lot more flexibility with their people... . If somebody wants to golf around the world for two months, okay, well, maybe on an unpaid basis, let them do it. That sort of flexibility I think is incredibly important because most of our time, we spend at work.

I never wanted to be a businessman, I just wanted to change the world