Ingvar Kamprad Quotes
- You can do so much in 10 minutes time. Ten minutes, once gone, are gone for good. Divide your life into 10-minute units and sacrifice…
- 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…
- I'm stingy and I'm proud of the reputation.
- Only those who are asleep make no mistakes.
- We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home
- Simplicity and common sense should characterize planning and strategic direction.
- A better everyday life means getting away from status and conventions -- being freer and more at ease as human beings.
- Everything we earn we need as a reserve.
- We have to still develop the IKEA group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.
- Waste of resources is a mortal sin at IKEA.
- Ten minutes are not just one-sixth of your hourly pay; ten minutes is a piece of yourself. Divide yourself into ten units and sacrifice as…
- Time is your most important resource. You can do so much in ten minutes. Ten minutes; once gone is gone for good.
- 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…
- 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…
- What is good for our customers is also in the long run good for us.
- The IKEA spirit is strong and living reality. Simplicity in our behavior gives us strength. Simplicity and humbleness characterize us in our relations with each…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Happiness is not reaching your goal. Happiness is being on the way.