Swedish Quotes

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

Our idea is to serve everybody, including people with little money.

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

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

I'm not afraid of turning 80 and I have lots of things to do. I don't have time for dying.

Everything we earn we need as a reserve.

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

I am very proud to follow the rules of our company.

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.

Many men of science and poets have in their own manner, by various ways and means, and aided by others, sought unceasingly to create a more tolerable world for everyone.

In the world of the present, in our time, we feel that suffering, anguish, the torments of body and soul, are greater than ever before in the history of mankind.

From the throes of inspiration and the eddies of thought the poet may at last be able to arrive at, and convey the right admixture of words and meaning.

A writer's work often reflects what he or she has been exposed to in life; experiences which are the groundwork of a poem or a story.

A poet or prose narrator usually looks back on what he has achieved against a backdrop of the years that have passed, generally finding that some of these achievements are acceptable, while others are less so.

And this we should believe: that hope and volition can bring us closer to our ultimate goal: justice for all, injustice for no-one.

I am the vessel. The draft is God's. And God is the thirsty one.

'Freedom from fear' could be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

If even dying is to be made a social function, then, grant me the favor of sneaking out on tiptoe without disturbing the party.

We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.

The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.

Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment.

Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.

A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.

Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.

It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.

It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.

Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.

If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.

Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders his whole soul to each moment of a happy day.

Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.