Richard Branson Quotes

If you say that you're all about a certain something, and look back and see that the choices that you've made don't reflect that, then there's something for you to look at.

You always really have to remain consistent in your beliefs and philosophy.

I prefer love over sex.

Having a purpose and knowing exactly what your values are will add additional years to your life.

As you get older, you realize it's work. It's that fine line between love and companionship. But passionate love? I'd love to know how to make that last.

I don't think that has to be our choice... This party was born in principle. This party will die if it doesn't stand by its decision of principle.

You get your heart stomped by the opposite sex, and you're hurting so badly that you write 'Sometimes When We Touch.' But then what happens when you've been married for 25 years? You can't rely on those emotional male-female roller coasters. You have to start using your imagination and the powers of empathy more.

A lot of people resent that I've been in someone's life for 50 years. Why shouldn't people have an affection for me and what I've done? Didn't I have to be genuine for them to buy into what I did? There are children who grow up today who will not have that when they're 55 years old. With whom will they have it? Name an example for me.

Love is what we aspire to most in our lives.

Faith is important to me.

One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.

Give us a clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for—because unless we stand for something we will fall for anything.

Two types of choices seem to me to have been crucial in tipping their outcomes towards success or failure: long-term planning, and willingness to reconsider core values.

Our policies must be premised on, and must reinforce, values such as family, hard work, integrity and personal responsibility.

It is not so much what you believe in that matters, as the way in which you believe it and proceed to translate that belief into action.

Passion: It's what separates a singer from an entertainer. I hope I have passion for my music, my family, and my friends until they start shoveling dirt on my face.

For me, family comes over and above everything.

I'm always going to stand up for my beliefs and stand behind them.

If you're not willing to accept the pain real values incur, don't bother going to the trouble of formulating a values statement. You'll be better off without one.

I will not ever change my principles. I will not do it. We have a 'how.' This is the most important thing we have - the 'how' we do things. Our style, our ideas, our principles with our mistakes that we have to correct.

I believe in the power of a positive, high-performance culture, which begins with strong ethical values at the core.

It takes a long time to really be married. One marries many times at many levels within that marriage. If you have more marriages than you have divorces within the marriage, you’re lucky and you stick it out.

I wasn’t sure anymore what made a good marriage. There had to be love, of course, but there were so many different kinds of love. And clearly, some love was more enduring than others.

And I can fight only for something that I love, love only what I respect, and respect only what I at least know.

The half-life of love is forever.