25 of Richard Branson's Favorite QuotesFrom Mother Teresa to Michael Jordan to Disney, check out these quotes that have inspired the Virgin Group founder.

ByRose Leadem

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Billionaire entrepreneur and Virgin Group founder seeks creative ways to push others towards success. Through his blog, Branson shares stories and opinions and motivates others to follow their dreams and achieve their goals, just like he has.

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When looking for some inspiration from the thought leader, we stumbled across a gold mine -- more than 20 roundups of Branson's favorite quotes. Digging through these posts, we pulled 25 of his top quotes.

From leadership to failure to Disney, check out some of Branson's favorites quotes.

On讲故事

"Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today." -- Robert McAfee Brown

Ongiving

"I profoundly feel that the art of living is the art of giving. You're fulfilled in the moment of giving, of doing something beyond yourself." -- Laurance Rockefeller

Onleadership

"Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality." -- Warren Bennis

Onfailure

"Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success" -- Dale Carnegie

Onchange

"It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." -- Charles Darwin

Onpositivity

"I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in." -- Roger Clemens

Ondreams

"The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams." -- Oprah Winfrey

Oncommunication

"Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking." -- Bernard Baruch

Onopportunity

"The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it and exploits it as an opportunity." -- Peter Drucker

Onideas

"An idea is salvation by imagination." -- Frank Lloyd Wright

Onfairness

"Fairness is not an attitude. It's a professional skill that must be developed and exercised." -- Brit Hume

Onhappiness

"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions." -- Dalai Lama

Onstriving

"Always remember that striving and struggle precede success, even in the dictionary." -- Sarah Ban Breathnach

Ontogetherness

“我能做的事情你不能,你能做的事情annot; together we can do great things." -- Mother Teresa

Onchallenges

"Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are." -- Bernice Johnson Reagon

Onpushing boundaries

"The only limits in your life are those that you set yourself." -- Celestine Chua

Onrisk

"When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important." -- Ellen DeGeneres

Oncreativity

"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." -- Maya Angelou

Onfamily

"Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family." -- Anthony Brandt

Onconnections

"Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey. At other times, it is allowing another to take yours." -- Vera Nazarian

Onteamwork

"Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships." -- Michael Jordan

Onlearning

"To learn one must be humble. But life is the great teacher." -- James Joyce

Oncelebrating

"Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead." -- Nelson Mandela

Onturning points

"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending." -- Maria Robinson

And last but not least…

Branson's favoriteDisneyquote:

"I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing -- that it was all started by a mouse." -- Walt Disney

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Rose Leadem is a freelance writer for Entrepreneur.com.

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