Richard Branson Quotes

I always do that, get into something and see how far I can go.

It's fun to be on the edge. I think you do your best work when you take chances, when you're not safe, when you're not in the middle of the road, at least for me, anyway.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

Grounding airplanes to cover your butt would never have let Orville or Wilbur change the world. We would still be spending weeks to cross the Atlantic to do business in London.

Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

One thing that I'm continually reminded of is just to always find something that will challenge you in a new way, a very new way, and that's not the easiest of roads, but it's the most exciting.

We go out, we explore, we take risk. And our successes have to pay for all that.

I am always looking for projects that make me step out of my comfort zone and do something different.

I love to be in projects that take risks.

I've always been quite careful about what I wanted to do. I've just never wanted to revisit old ground or do something that's easy. I want to do something that I would look at and go, "I don't know what to do!" The most exciting thing is when you're a bit scared, so I'm looking to find something that's really terrifying.

A boat is always safe in the harbor, but that's not what boats are built for.

I am accused often of too much experimentation.., but what else should I do when all other factors of man are in the same condition. I thrust forward into space as science and the rest do.

If you go off the edge, it's not cooking anymore, so you have to push it to the limit... What are the limits?

Flyers have a sense of adventures yet to come, instead of dimly recalling adventures of long ago as the only moments in which they truly lived.

I'm widest awake as a writer doing something new, engaged in a process I'm not sure I can finish, generating at the edge of my powers. Some people bungee jump; I write.

The common thread in all of my climbing is it was something new, something never done before. That commonality is more important than the discipline.

Risk is an essential part of progress.

Doing something new and challenging. It can be anything from starting a business to playing a sport. Seeing a great concert, looking at extraordinary art, or being in nature. More than anything, it's my son's smile and love that makes me light up!

I always try to keep that feeling of being on the edge. I'm afraid of knowing too well and seeming mechanical.

I like doing things that are different, unexpected, and where I feel that either the role feels like a natural fit for me or it's a really big swing that I don't know if I'm going to connect on.

I think if you're everyone's cup of tea, that probably means you're a little bit boring, or you're not pushing yourself. Creativity happens where it's dangerous and scary: where you're not comfortable.

Let's face it. Adventure and exploration are in my blood.

After doing so many different roles, if you don't stretch yourself, there's no excitement left.

I just don't like boring myself. That's one of the main reasons I did 'Ice Age' - because I'd never done something like this before.