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

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.

Waste of resources is a mortal sin at IKEA.

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.

He would say things like, “But you are my wife!” when I didn’t do something that he wanted me to do. His expectations were not realistic.

Many years ago, plunging was discovered when the moon was in two halves- it's all about dreams, you see

Books are like our children. They are often conceived by inspiration, but are born only by labor.

A small temptation can stop a great glory and turn great joy into a great sorrow

We often hear that mathematics consists mainly of 'proving theorems.' Is a writer's job mainly that of 'writing sentences?

I think that this win [Grammy] in particular was a cool moment for me and the director [Emil Nava], because it was the first award he's ever won.

There was a fire in the wide hearth before them, and it was burning with a sweet smell, as if it were built of apple-wood.

Singing and acting are very similar. Singing makes you reach into your deepest feelings. Singing is an extension of everything that you do when you're acting.

True friendship is like the asphalt of life. It fills in the potholes and makes the journey smooth.