Active Quote by Ingvar Kamprad

“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.” quote by Ingvar Kamprad — Download Open image

“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.”

Ingvar Kamprad

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