Opportunities are made, they do not just lie around waiting for someone to grab them.
An easy life does not make men, nor does it build nations. Challenges make men, and it is these men who build nations.
The race for excellence has no finish line.
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
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.
We should always be practical, realistic and optimistic.
Try to achieve the impossible and direct your people to ways of achieving it.
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
Dubai will never settle for anything less than first place.
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.
Not every rider is a horseman and not every horseman is a knight.
No one in the Emirates is above the law and accountability.
We have to cease the migration of Arab potential to the west; they should be respected in their own countries.
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.
