If you get into entrepreneurshi p driven by profit, you are a lot more likely to fail. The entrepreneurs who succeed usually want to make a difference to peopleโs lives, not just their own bank balances. The desire to change things for the better is the motivation for taking risks and pursuing seemingly impossible business ideas.
Richard BransonI love eating meat, but I love our planet even more. So I will join this campaign and stop eating meat at least one day a week.
Richard BransonThe balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.
Richard BransonWell, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.
Richard BransonIf you want milk, don't sit on a stool in the middle of a field in the hope that a cow will back up to you.
Richard BransonEntrepreneursh ip is not about getting one over on the customer. Itโs not about working on your own. Itโs not about looking out for number one. Itโs not necessarily about making a lot of money. It is absolutely not about letting work take over your life. On the contrary, itโs about turning what excites you in life into capital, so that you can do more of it and move forward with it.
Richard Branson