One of the most important principles of success is developing the habit of going the extra mile.
O Divine Providence, I ask not for more riches but more wisdom with which to make wiser use of the riches you gave me at birth, consisting in the power to control and direct my own mind to whatever ends I might desire.
Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.
All successful people have a goal. No one can get anywhere unless he knows where he wants to go and what he wants to be or do.
What I know for sure is that every sunrise is like a new page, a chance to right ourselves and receive each day in all its glory. Each day is a wonder.
When you live with an open heart, unexpected, joyful things happen.
The key to teamwork is to learn a role, accept a role, and strive to become excellent playing it.
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
Because its purpose is to create a customer, the business has two and only two functions: Marketing and Innovation. Marketing and Innovation produce results. All the rest are costs.
The purpose of a business is to create a customer.
Efficiency is doing better what is already being done.
Only three things happen naturally in organizations: friction, confusion, and underperformance. Everything else requires leadership.
If you want it, measure it. If you can’t measure it, forget it.
There are only two things in a business that make money – innovation and marketing, everything else is cost.
Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.
There is a truth deep down inside of you that has been waiting for you to discover it, and that truth is this: you deserve all good things life has to offer.
Your happiness depends upon your very own thoughts. No one else can think your thoughts for you. Deliberately think thoughts of what you want because they’re the thoughts that make you happy.
Success comes from delegating, risk-taking and having a good TEAM!
Happiness is the secret ingredient for successful businesses. If you have a happy company it will be invincible.
Every success story is a tale of constant adaption, revision and change. A company that stands still will soon be forgotten. Trying to provoke positive change is a principle we’ve embedded across the Virgin family for more than four decades.