Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Quotes

Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.

Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission.

Anyone can be something. Leaders want to do something.

In actual life, every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith.

There are people who make things happen, there are people who watch things happen, and there are people who wonder what happened. To be successful, you need to be a person who makes things happen.

I demand a lot from myself and reflect this attitude upon others: I consider it to be an important quality for a leader. I also think it is impossible to achieve success without persistence.

In the simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where she wants and gets up and goes.

Great hopes make great men.

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

Big dreams create the magic that stir men's souls to greatness.

The world is not looking for servants, there are plenty of these, but for masters, men who form their purposes and then carry them out, let the consequences be what they may.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but believe.

To achieve truly important things you have to be willing to put your personal reputation on the line …

As president, my father will take on the bold and worthy fights. He will be unafraid to set lofty goals, and he will be relentless in his determination to achieve them.

I want to be the guy in the red-zone, believe me.

Many have forged a path to greatness lit only by a vision in their minds.

I put in my time, I worked hard and I followed my dreams.

Dream Big. Start small. Act now.

Greatness is never achieved through indecision.

There is always room at the top but to arrive there and to stay there requires exceptional industry, exceptional qualifications and the courage to think along original lines.

It is not enough to stare up the steps; we must step up the stairs.

High office—whether elected, appointed, or simply taken—comes with power. But that is not a sufficient precondition for success. Among the world’s hundreds …, only a few really stand out for the risks that they have taken and the changes they have made

I want to lead. I want to change. And I'm going to do it.

The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have the vision to find it, the courage to get on to it, and the perseverance to follow it.