Richard Branson

"A shared mission is more powerful than individual ambition."

"The only permanent thing in business is the willingness to change."

"Your impact on the world is measured by the positive change you create."

"The most valuable skill is the ability to make others feel comfortable."

"Business is a wonderful canvas for painting your dreams."

"The future belongs to those who can imagine and create it."

"A leader without followers is just a person with a good idea."

"The true measure of success is the lives you positively impact."

"Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming."

"The way your employees feel is exactly how your customers will feel. And if your employees don't feel valued, neither will your customers."

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

"Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is hard to keep things simple."

"If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, take the risk and try it anyway."

"I have always believed that the way you treat your employees is the way your customers will treat you."

"To be a successful business, the most important thing is to have happy staff."

"I truly believe that products are made in the factory, but brands are made in the heart."

"Life is a series of experiments. The more experiments you make the better."

"Taking risks is part of life. You need to take risks to grow and advance."

"I believe in natural growth. When you least expect it, it just happens."

"Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love."

"Well-being is more important than wealth and fame."

"The customer is not always right, but the customer is always the customer."

"You don't have to be the biggest company to be the best company."

"Listen more than you talk. Nobody learned anything by talking."

"Don't worry about failure. Just pick yourself up and try again."

"One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others."

"If you want to be a rock star or a sports hero, you have to be obsessive. And one of the ways you become obsessed is to practice, practice, practice."

"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones that do."

"Good leaders admit when they're not expert at something."

"I've been very fortunate. But the one thing I've learned is that you have got to give back."