“We can speak of war as vehemently as some others do, but because we believe otherwise as Muslims, we prefer to speak of peace.”

“Although we live in a civilised society, the business world remains a jungle.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Dubai will never settle for anything less than first place.”

“Those who lead from the top of the pyramid end up leading only those on top ...”