Richard Branson Quotes

Money is not the motivating force. It's nice to have money, but I don't live high. What I enjoy is running the business.

That's the principle I teach - find your passion in life and figure out a way to make money.

Business is not about money. It's about making dreams come true for others and for yourself.

Why isn't it natural for people who have lived and worked at something to want to use the knowledge and capacity in a new way, free from the burden of making a living?

I don't very much distinguish when I'm working. I do what I like to do: the time changes and my activity changes.

I'm lucky to not have a real job, to be able to express myself, be creative and be relevant.

I don't make deals for the money. I've got enough, much more than I'll ever need. I do it to do it.

I would have been content to just do studio work, making it on my own never really entered my mind.

I've learned to take jobs as an actress that is meaningful to me because I've never taken a job for the money.

But it's a blessing to be so successful within a year; it's the greatest feeling in the world, making money and doing the things that I'm doing, and I definitely trying to continue doing what I'm doing.

You reach a point where you don't work for money.

I'm not somebody who is going to build something for a few years, sell it, and then go off and just have fun.

If there's some triumphant end of the story, I guess in a roundabout way I've gotten what I wanted, which is the ability to do interesting things and the wealth to be free.

There's not anyone in particular I'd like to work with. I just want to continue doing work that I have a passion for.

I've been living the American Dream for over 25 years - just being able to do what I do, be creative, and make money out of it. It's incredible.

I am lucky enough not to have to take jobs unless I love the material.

Being a lifestyle entrepreneur is about building a business around your lifestyle rather than a lifestyle around your business. You need to figure out what your ideal lifestyle is first.

I have a teaching job that allows me to pay the rent and affords me to, frankly, write the books I want to write.

I feel one should do things which pleases them, and my progression into super model then to an actress and now to an entrepreneur is based on this.

A lot of the reason I wanted to become an entrepreneur and avoid working for others is that you get to create the world you want to live in and the company you want to work for, and I've loved that. It's a part of entrepreneurship that women should really embrace.

I think you should do what you like, and luckily, I am able to make money out of them.

The number one thing I would say to someone who wants to start a business is if you really can't sleep at night and smack the passion out of yourself, then go for it, but if you can live a happy life working for someone else, do that.

To have been able to do this for so long and to not have to work a regular job is a thrill.

Being an entrepreneur is an existential, not just a financial thing.

There is no question about that. Business is my hobby. It is not a burden to me. In any case Reliance now can run without me.