Because I don't see Virgin as a company but as a way of life and I fully enjoy it, I don't think I'll ever retire.

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

The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.

Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.

Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.

If you look after your staff, they'll look after your customers. It's that simple.

Listen more than you talk. Nobody learned anything by hearing themselves speak.

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

If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes-then learn how to do it later!

Never take your eyes off the cash flow because it's the life blood of business.

If people aren't calling you crazy, you aren't thinking big enough.

Someone might as well roll up the whole sky, pack it away for good.

We often settle for what's available and what's available isn't always great. You are destined to achieve greatness!

Photography is an immediate reaction, drawing is a meditation.

I have a habit of leaving places at the wrong time, just when something big may have happened for me.

Tremendous human energy is needed to walk God's walk, work God's work, fulfill God's will, and complete his dream for our self-esteem.

You know, your career is just your career; your life is your life!

There is this sweet spot in time when we have an opportunity to stop killing sharks and tunas and swordfish and other wildlife in the sea before it's too late.

What we need to change is our minds, that's the part that's doing us dirt and dragging us under. How can we change our minds.

Seeing people who are actually reading your book and listening to the wide variety of reactions they have to it, is really special.

The secret to happiness is having low expectations.