Ingvar Kamprad Quotes

• Most things remain undone. Glorious future!

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Undone, Glorious

  119 Copy quote

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

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Goal, Way, Reaching

  115 Copy quote

• Only those who are asleep make no mistakes.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Mistake

  "The Testament of a Furniture Dealer". Book by Ingvar Kamprad, 1976.

  120 Copy quote

• What is good for our customers is also in the long run good for us.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Running, Ikea, Long

  67 Copy quote

• The most dangerous poison is the feeling of achievement. The antidote is to every evening think what can be done better tomorrow.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Success, Business, Inspiration

  129 Copy quote

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

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Impossible, Dictionary, Has Beens

  "The philosophy" by Ingvar Kamprad, www.theguardian.com. June 16, 2004.

  113 Copy quote

• 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 others, our suppliers and our customers.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Strong, Reality, Ikea

  118 Copy quote

• 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

  Mistake, Ikea, People

  "The miracle of Älmhult" by Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. June 17, 2004.

  166 Copy quote

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

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Important, Gone, Resources

  118 Copy quote

• Simplicity and common sense should characterize planning and strategic direction.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Ikea, Common Sense, Simplicity

  112 Copy quote

• Waste of resources is a mortal sin at IKEA.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Ikea, Waste, Sin

  109 Copy quote

• 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

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Ikea, Design, Cost

  87 Copy quote

• A better everyday life means getting away from status and conventions -- being freer and more at ease as human beings.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Mean, Everyday, Being Free

  59 Copy quote

• Making mistakes is the privilege of the active - of those who can correct their mistakes and put them right.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Mistake, Making Mistakes, Privilege

  "The Testament of a Furniture Dealer". 1976.

  25 Copy quote

• 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.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Leadership, Business, Ikea

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  107 Copy quote

• 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!

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Ambition, Together, Want

  61 Copy quote

• I'm a bit tight with money, but so what? I look at the money I'm about to spend on myself and ask myself if IKEA's customers can afford it... I could regularly travel first class, but having money in abundance doesn't seem like a good reason to waste it.. 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.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Ikea, Class, Giving

  90 Copy quote

• 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.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Ikea, Perfect, World

  77 Copy quote

• We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Home, Independent, Management

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

  74 Copy quote

• 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.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Men's Health Magazine, October 2017.

  52 Copy quote

• People say I am cheap, and I don't mind if they do.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  People, Mind, Ifs

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

  12 Copy quote

• Everything we earn we need as a reserve.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Needs, Reserves

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

  10 Copy quote

• I'm stingy and I'm proud of the reputation.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Funny, Sarcastic, Proud

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

  34 Copy quote

• 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.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Office, Rooms, Desks

  39 Copy quote

• 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.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Cutting, Simple, Luxury

  22 Copy quote

You May Also Like:

Larry Ellison

Carlos Slim

Stefan Persson

Bill Gates

Sam Walton

Alice Walton

Warren Buffett

Lakshmi Mittal