What do you thing is HH Sheikh Mohammad's motto in life?

I saw the first part of the TV Special on him last night on Dubai One. I am in awe with the inspiration he spreads to the people around him. I am amazed at how he was able to "put Dubai in the world map".

What could be his inspiration?

typo: * What do you THINK is HH Sheikh Mohammad's motto in life?

I saw that one as well.

" A Vision of Greatness".

I always believe that Shk Mohammad has first and foremost an inspiration rather than motto or vision or aim in life.

His inspiration ? His father, the late Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed al Maktoum.

There once was a sheikh who dreamed big. His realm, on the shores of the Persian Gulf, was a sleepy, sun-scorched village occupied by pearl divers, fishermen, and traders who docked their ramshackle dhows and fishing boats along a narrow creek that snaked through town. But where others saw only a brackish creek, this sheikh, Rashid bin Saeed al Maktoum, saw a highway to the world.

One day in 1959, he borrowed many millions of dollars from his oil-rich neighbor, Kuwait, to dredge the creek until it was wide and deep enough for ships. He built wharves and warehouses and planned for roads and schools and homes. Some thought he was mad, others just mistaken, but Sheikh Rashid believed in the power of new beginnings. Sometimes at dawn, with his young son, Mohammed, by his side, he'd walk the empty waterfront and paint his dream in the air with words and gestures. And it was, in the end, as he said. He built it, and they came.

His son, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, now rules Dubai, and around that creek has built towering dreams of his own, transforming the sunrise vision of his father into a floodlit, air-conditioned, skyscrapered fantasy world of a million people. With its Manhattan-style skyline, world-class port, and colossal, duty-free shopping malls, little Dubai now attracts more tourists than the whole of India, more shipping vessels than Singapore, and more foreign capital than many European countries. The people of 150 nations have moved here to live and work. Dubai has even built man-made islands鈥攕ome in the shape of palm trees鈥攖o accommodate the wealthiest of them. Its economic growth rate, 16 percent, is nearly double that of China. Construction cranes punctuate the skyline like exclamation points.

Dubai is also a rare success story in the Middle East, a region with a history of failure and stagnation. Whether Dubai represents a glitzy anomaly or a model to be copied by other Arab nations is a question worth asking these days, as the Islamic world struggles to cope with modernization. Abdulrahman al Rashid, a Saudi journalist and director of the Al Arabiya news channel, put it this way: "Dubai is putting pressure on the rest of the Arab and Muslim world. People are beginning to ask their governments: If Dubai can do it, why can't we?"

As I said - It takes one man an inspiration and you give a desert to him and he will transform it into an oasis.

You give him an oasis and he will make a paradise out of it.

And Ms H is also right on track when she described HH Sheik Mohammad as having the vision of a falcon, the strength of a stallion and the heart of a lion. I wish that someday my own country will have a leader as charismatic and visionary as he is =) Report It

To get paid by western dictators to continue influences arabs to blow themselves up, Its like he is a puppet, and western people are controlling the strings.

He has the vision of a falcon, the strength of a stallion and the heart of a lion.

Sheik Mohammad is the best what ever could happen to Dubai, it's citizen and residents.

Dubai cares!

his inspiration is his father and grandfather who made dubai what it is today a major commercial and holiday centre from a small fishing village in a very short space of time. he is continuing their work and cares about the people.

All i know is that i've got a crush on him....he he he bata batuta?? seriously i've got great admiration on all of what he is doing in Dubai and isn't he good looking too?

i think his visions has put Dubai into limelight and it doesn't stop here just yet....so hurray Shk Mohd!!

Hire the best PR company in the world to put Dubai in the map.

cant ever tell, he have a wide vision and plans that i personally believe no1 can expect what he will come up with ..

he always go beyond expectations .. i mean who though he would double the amount of Dubai Cares ??

who knew he would have these governmental meetings in such natural open places ?? that was amazing, he also encourages people to visit these places as an attraction ..

he says, if u gotta survive , u shud know ur strengths and apply them to be successful