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

Whoever convinces himself that he is not worthy of first position has doomed himself to failure from the very beginning.

We, in the UAE, 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. When one doubts his potential and capabilities as well as his confidence, he will lose the compass that leads him to success and excellence, thus failing to achieve his goal. I require you, youth, to insist on number one.

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.