Ingvar Kamprad Quotes
Making mistakes is the privilege of the active. It is always the mediocre people who are negative, who spend their time proving that they were not wrong.
The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.
Time is your most important resource. You can do so much in ten minutes. Ten minutes; once gone is gone for good.
If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.
We have to still develop the IKEA group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.
To design a desk which may cost $1,000 is easy for a furniture designer but to design a functional and good desk which shall cost only $50 can only be done by the very best
IKEA is not completely perfect. It irritates me to hear it said that IKEA is the best company in the world. We are going the right way to becoming it but we are not there yet.
We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home.
It was our duty to expand. Those who cannot or will not join us are to be pitied. What we want to do, we can do and will do, together. A glorious future!
A better everyday life means getting away from status and conventions -- being freer and more at ease as human beings.
You can do so much in ten minutes' time. Ten minutes, once gone, are gone for good. Divide your life into 10-minute units and sacrifice as few of them as possible in meaningless activity.
I'm not afraid of turning 80 and I have lots of things to do. I don't have time for dying.
I could have an office all to myself but since my collaborators don’t have one, then I too am contented to have a desk in a shared room.
Making mistakes is the privilege of the active - of those who can correct their mistakes and put them right.
Simple routine have a greater impact. It is not just to cut costs that we avoid luxury hotels. We do not need fancy cars, posh titles, tailor made uniforms or other status symbols.
