Sir Richard Branson, British entrepreneur

David Ogilvy, famous British-born advertising titan (1911 - 1999)

"Always hold your sales meetings in rooms too small for the audience, even if it means holding them in the WC. 'Standing room only' creates an atmosphere of success, as in theatres and restaurants, while a half-empty auditorium smells of failure."

"Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming."

"Quality brands never go bankrupt. You won't see JetBlue go bankrupt, or Southwest. The American airline industry, unlike almost any other American industry, has never taken quality on board.... The public cares, but airlines act like they don't. Airlines never really go bust.

They screw their creditors. They screw their shareholders. You don't get rid of the dead wood. The inefficient airline lives on. In England, you're either alive or you're dead. And, when you're dead, young, efficient new airlines can rise up."

Lakshmi Mittal, Indian-born billionaire, founder of Mittal Steel; he is the richest man in Great Britain and the fifth-richest man in the world, with a fortune estimated at 32 billion US dollars, according to Forbes.

"Always think in perspective and take any opportunity that comes along, whatever it is."
"When people can see which direction the leaders are going in it becomes easier to motivate them."

Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II of England
"Let's not take ourselves too seriously. I believe none has a monopoly on wisdom and we must always be ready to listen and respect the views of others." - from the state of the nation speech made on Christmas Day, 1991, shortly after the political changes in Eastern Europe and Russia.

Sir Winston Churchill, twice Premier of Great Britain (1940 - 1945, 1951 - 1955).
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."

"Never give in, never give in, never; never; never; never - in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense."

"The price of greatness is responsibility."

"It is better to be making the news than taking it; to be an actor rather than a critic."

Tony Blair - Former Premier of Great Britain between 1997 and 2007

"The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes."

"Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing."

Charles Darwin, the most famous British naturalist, originator of evolutionism

"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the most responsive to change."

William Shakespeare, playwright and poet

"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts."