Quotes from Ingvar Kamprad

Only while sleeping one makes no mistakes. Making mistakes is the privilege of the active — of those who can correct their mistakes and put them right.

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

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

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

We don't need flashy cars, impressive titles, uniforms, or other status symbols. We rely on our strength and our will!

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

I decided that the stock market was not an option for IKEA. I knew that only a long-term perspective could secure our growth plans, and I didn't want IKEA to become dependent on financial institutions.

The company will never go to the market. We want to keep strict self-financing.

Normally, I try to get my haircut when I'm in a developing country. Last time, it was in Vietnam.

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

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

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.

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

How the hell can I ask people who work for me to travel cheaply if I travel in luxury? It's a question of good leadership.

Most things remain undone. Glorious future!