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!

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.

Most things remain undone. Glorious future!

Time is your most important resource. You can do so much in ten minutes. Ten minutes; once gone is gone for good.

Only those who are asleep make no mistakes.

Happiness is not reaching your goal. Happiness is being on the way.

The word impossible has been and must remain deleted from our dictionary.

Simplicity and common sense should characterize planning and strategic direction.

Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels.

Waste of resources is a mortal sin at IKEA.

Shape yourself before the world shapes you.

If hunger could please God, millions hadn't starved to death.

Drink to me only with thine eyes And I will pledge with mine.

The struggle to learn to listen to and respect our own intuitive inner promptings is the greatest challenge of all.

My belief of book writing is much the same as my belief as to shoemaking. The man who will work the hardest at it, and will work with the most honest purpose, will work the best.

I miss THE WALLFLOWERS. Great band. Wrote my first Fan letter to them. No response.

I know I'm strong, and that's good.

No man who is corrupt, no man who condones corruption in others, can possibly do his duty by the community.

I resolved that, like the sun, as long as my day lasted, I would look on the bright side of everything.