Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Quotes & Sayings

Our region is home to more than 200 million young people. We have the opportunity to inspire them with hope and to direct their energies toward improving their lives and the lives of those around them. If we fail, we will abandon them to emptiness, unemployment, and the malicious ideologies of terrorism. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Most people talk; we do things. They plan; we achieve. They hesitate; we move ahead. We are living proof that when human beings have the courage and commitment to transform a dream into reality, there is nothing that can stop them. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Change or you will be changed: leaders who neglect the good of their people will be forsaken. Leadership is a service, not a gateway to privilege. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Lamenting the past is a waste of energy that we can turn into positive energy through work and acquiring skills. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

My mother, may her soul rest in peace, shaped my personality; thanks to her, I have acquired many values, good traits and skills. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

We can speak of war as vehemently as some others do, but because we believe otherwise as Muslims, we prefer to speak of peace. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Today's Arab crisis is not one of money, men, morale, land or resources ... The real crisis is rather one of leadership, management and perennial egotism. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

There is a wide knowledge gap between us and the developed world in the West and in Asia. Our only choice is to bridge this gap as quickly as possible, because our age is defined by knowledge. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Good leadership puts the interests of the community as a whole before those of any specific group. Credibility of leadership can only be established through action and not words. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Although failure is a great teacher, we cannot afford the time to learn from our failures. Human societies cannot be subjected to such a process. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Although we live in a civilised society, the business world remains a jungle. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

With each new day in Africa, a gazelle wakes up knowing he must outrun the fastest lion or perish. At the same time, a lion stirs and stretches, knowing he must outrun the fastest gazelle or starve. It's no different for the human race. Whether you consider yourself a gazelle or a lion, you have to run faster than others to survive. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Without a vision to guide our path, and without ambition that knows no limits, we can never build a bright future for generations to come. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

The impossible cannot be where there is perseverance and faith. There is no impossible in life. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

I believe that positive energy and optimism help us to take up any challenge in life and to succeed in even the most difficult tasks. I also believe that positive energy is contagious: we can transmit it to others. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

An easy life does not make men, nor does it build nations. Challenges make men, and it is these men who build nations. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

With each day in Africa, a gazelle wakes up knowing he must outrun the fastest lion or perish. At the same time, a lion stirs and stretches, knowing he must outrun the fastest gazelle or starve. It is no different for the human race. Whether you consider yourself a gazelle or a lion, you simply have to run faster then others to survive — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Whoever convinces himself that he is not worthy of first position has doomed himself to failure from the very beginning. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Competition always makes you stronger and better. Competition is feared only by the weak. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

I want Dubai to be a place where everybody from all over the world meets each other, don't think of fighting or hate, just love it, enjoy their sport, and that's it. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Does running water stop when it reaches a rock? Of course not. It turns either left or right, and continues its way. Likewise, a positive person is confident that no challenge will stand in the way of achieving his or her goal. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

It is such a beautiful life, but many people spend it worrying, burdened and frowning. You can easily see the beauty of life in the laughter of a child, the tenderness of a mother, the smile of a friend or the love of a compassionate wife. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Life was created simple and it is important to live it as such. Simplicity is inherent; it leads to peace of mind and tranquility. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

A true leader does not derive power from his position, but from his ethics, from people's love for him, and from his knowledge, education and excellence in his field of work. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Dubai was founded on trade, not oil. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Our vision is sharp, our goals are clear, our resources are huge, our will is strong and we stand tall, ready to face the challenges ahead. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Simplicity starts in the heart, away from negativity and pessimism. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Your determination and energy will be proportionate to your goal. Therefore, set a high goal for yourself and do not settle for anything less than the very best. The best is exactly what you will get if you accept no less. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Failure is not falling to the ground; it is remaining there once you have fallen and the greatest failure is when you decide not to stand up again. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

There is no Dubai and Abu Dhabi; we are one. Whoever doesn't understand this should do their homework before they start talking. We will be there for each other when we need it. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Opportunities are made, they do not just lie around waiting for someone to grab them. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

The future does not wait for hesitant people. The more we achieve, the more we realise how much more we can achieve. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Our goal is to be among the best nations worldwide because the Emirati people will settle for nothing less than the best. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

A true leader is one who creates a favourable environment to bring out the energy and ability of his team. A great leader creates more great leaders, and does not reduce the institution to a single person. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

We should always be practical, realistic and optimistic. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

We in the U.A.E. have no such word as 'impossible'; it does not exist in our lexicon. Such a word is used by the lazy and the weak, who fear challenges and progress. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

We expect our media to lead and open doors for our young talents. As we need creative engineers, doctors and managers, we also need creative journalists and media workers. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

No one in the Emirates is above the law and accountability. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

To take risk and fail is not a failure. Real failure is to fear taking any risk — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

I might go easy on people who make mistakes, but never on people who make no effort. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Those who lead from the top of the pyramid end up leading only those on top ... — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Creativity should be integral to everything that we do. Creativity should also be intrinsic to our personality, if excellence is what we seek. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Every single achievement you make, every single life you change and every single skill you acquire brings you one step closer to becoming a better leader. Every day you can improve the leader in you to become a better person and a greater leader. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

I used to sleep in the desert once every week, now it is every two weeks, most of the time alone. It's beautiful. What I enjoy is taking my food and cooking for myself. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Try to achieve the impossible and direct your people to ways of achieving it. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Everybody starts small. We all begin life as a single cell. Every business starts as one person with an idea. How fast you go, how far you get, is in your hands. The bigger your vision, the bigger your achievement will be. Will you stumble on the way? Perhaps, but we cannot let fear keep us small. We have to be brave to be big. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

We have to cease the migration of Arab potential to the west; they should be respected in their own countries. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Good governance is about nothing more or less than creating happiness. It really is that simple. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Every nation can harness the energy of its citizens, either towards constructive work to generate optimism and hope, or towards tensions, unrest and war. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

History is not concerned with visions that are not implemented. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

I have said it loud and clear: Beware, men, lest women deprive you of all the leadership positions in the country. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

We may not live for hundreds of years, but the products of our creativity can leave a legacy long after we are gone. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Helping those less fortunate than us is a blessed opportunity to show thanks for the gifts of life that we ourselves enjoy. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

I am as confident that all the elements needed in a distinguished Arab development process are available, as I am about the ability of Arabs to achieve their goals. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

My theory on life is that life is beautiful. Life doesn't change. You have a day, and a night, and a month, and a year. We people change - we can be miserable or we can be happy. It's what you make of your life. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Life is an extraordinary gift some people appear not to appreciate. In every breath and scent, every touch and sight we are gifted by new experience and the chance to feel the richness of experience. Every sound we hear, from the song of a bird to the harshness of an angry voice, is a miracle. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

true excellence does not come from being superior to others, but means surpassing oneself time and again. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

The race for excellence has no finish line. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Not every rider is a horseman and not every horseman is a knight. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Dubai will never settle for anything less than first place. — Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum