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Never go into business purely to make money. If that's the motive you're better off doing nothing.

Rather than getting nostalgic...embrace the new opportunities and challenges available to you now.

Life can seem rather unreal at times. Alive and well and loving one day. No longer there the next.

If you run a business, put on top your employees, then your consumers, and then your shareholders.

Not enough people realize the satisfaction you can get from really pushing yourself to the limits.

Smiling can be a competitive advantage. It makes everyone feel better and every situation brighter.

Every single astronaut who has come back from space comes back determined to do more to protect it.

I think that you're going to get so much more out of life if you just say yes at every opportunity.

Dream big by setting yourself seemingly impossible challenges. You then have to catch up with them.

I never went into business to make money, but I have found that if I have fun, the money will come.

And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge.

I have never had an office that I work out of and work has become intertwined with my personal life.

Learn to use your brain power. Critical thinking is the key to creative problem solving in business.

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

Publicity is absolutely critical. A good PR story is infinitely more effective than a front page ad.

Everything in your business can be outsourced... if you're not emotionally attached to doing it all.

I'm hopeful that after Iraq, those in charge will think twice about taking us down that route again.

More businesses should be following Apple's stance in encouraging more investment in sustainability.

It's better to say nothing than spend 1,000 words or an hour speech saying nothing. Get to the point.

Unless you dream, nothing will happen. If you dream, you might be able to make your dreams come true.

My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.

I've taken many knocks over the years but it has only made me stronger and more determined to succeed.

Fortunately we're not a public company - we're a private group of companies, and I can do what I want.

Over the years I have found one of my best strengths is my ability to recognise talent and trust them.

Ever since I saw the moon landing as a young teenager, I was determined I would go into space one day.

Dream big and you will be presented with the opportunity to lead the world on an incredible adventure.

But the majority of things that one could get stressed about, they?re not worth getting stressed about.

I am passionate about many things but conserving our planet and its species is a high priority of mine.

Being an entrepreneur simply means being someone who wants to make a difference to other people's lives.

Please be polite. Nothing in life should erode the habit of saying thank you to people or praising them.

Seek out strategic alliances; they are essential to growth and provide resistance to bigger competition.

I think because I have great difficulty saying the word, 'no,' almost every day's a different adventure.

Some 80% of your life is spent working. You want to have fun at home; why shouldn't you have fun at work?

Give your employees a mission that matches their ambitions. When you challenge people, they surprise you.

You've got to take risks if you're going to succeed. I would much rather ask forgiveness than permission.

To succeed in business you need to be original, but you also need to understand what your customers want.

Can you afford to ignore China? It's like saying you can afford to ignore the internet. I don't think so.

One key to entrepreneurial success is to get a great group of people around you who believe in your idea.

You can't do a good business with a bad person. Find the right people to work with and you can't go wrong.

There's nothing like the endorphins from being fit, and the incredible endorphin rush that goes with that.

If you want milk, don't sit on a stool in the middle of a field in the hope that a cow will back up to you.

I always find the time to exercise - kitesurfing, tennis or cycling - and to spend time with my loved ones.

There are some nasty, nasty incidents taking place in the world, but [it's] much better than it used to be.

I have learnt so much over my 40 years of business which would have been valuable to me when I was younger.

If you spot an opportunity and are really excited by it, throw yourself into it with everything you've got.

Remain focused on fulfilling your business mission. Never allow adversity divert your attention and efforts.

You never know with these things when you're trying something new what can happen. This is all experimental.

Exploration is a wonderful way to open our eyes to the world, & to truly see that impossible is just a word.

With the casino and the beds, our passengers will have at least two ways to get lucky on one of our flights.

LEARN FROM FAILURE. If you are an entrepreneur and your first venture wasn't a success, welcome to the club.

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