Quotes from Talal Abu-Ghazaleh

You will not be able to enjoy a good night's sleep unless you've worked hard during the day

Despite the immense challenges that we have faced and continue to face, we refuse to indulge in negativity or pessimism. We are an organization that believes in empowering people to be their best.

Human experience throughout the ages has been enhanced through learning, information and communication.

The information revolution will lead us through a knowledge revolution to the wisdom revolution.

I believe you can only be lucky if you start out being very good

There wasn't a question of what compromise there should be or what kind of peace process we should engage in. There was only one discussion: How do we remove the colonial power that is occupying our country?

But there was no time to rest on my laurels.

I always have believed that we should not call it an Arab-Israeli issue or a Palestinian-Arab dispute or a peace negotiation. I think we should call it what it is: an occupation of Palestine, full stop. This is not a popular position in mixed company.

He walked out without his money. The lesson to me was clear: hold onto your integrity at all costs. Never compromise on that.

The goal of providing basic literacy and education to all the world's people is still the most basic development challenge.

We can never be certain about the future and therefore we must continue to be flexible and adaptable so that we can react quickly to the needs of our clients and our market place.