Mehmet Murat Ildan Quotations Quotes & Sayings

To be in the present time, keep yourself busy always or else you will find yourself either in the past or in the future! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

The message snow gives us is very valuable: The environment you live in can suddenly change! Are you ready for this? Let us be thankful to the snow for this spectacular warning! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Trust yourself, trust the road, trust the weather and trust your destination! This quarto-trust can create a miraculously successful journey! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

A touch may not be always be a love but love is always a touch! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

What is autumn? Here is a very simple definition: Autumn is a Queen, Queen of Beauty! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Earthquake means destruction; dictator means destruction! In the case of earthquake, you need a strong building; in the case of dictator, you need an educated rational mind, because an irrational ignorant mind always serves the dictator! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Waiting for something or somebody for hours, for days and even for years is a common human behavior. Take the word 'waiting' out of your dictionary! Move! Act! These are the words and the behaviors you need! The dead can wait for, but the quick must not! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

If you want to know how fast the time is, here is the answer: Tomorrow is already a history! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Here is a good message from the ocean: You will be an ocean too if you let every river, every rain, every flood and every stream flow to you freely! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Sometimes a strong wind blows suddenly and you leave your beloved tree without saying even goodbye, like a pale autumn leaf! This uncertainty of life makes every moment in life infinitely precious. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Any country where there is no freedom of speech is no more than a Kingdom of Animals where only the powerful speaks! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

To delete our memory to zero! A completely new life! . This is a fantastic idea! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

For an apple you can't reach up and pick, you have to climb that tree; the tree won't bend down for you! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

What job a fascinating view does, apart from fascinating you? It does this: It perfectly motivates you to love existence much more than you can love! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Instead of politicians, let the monkeys govern the countries; at least they will steal only the bananas! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

To appear in heaven, let yourself disappear amongst the beauties of nature! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

When the reality looks magnificent, a real art of photography has only one choice: To capture this beauty magnificently! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

There is no difference between a rabid dog and a warmonger! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Cats strongly believe that everywhere is designed for their comfort! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

To be able to see a magic, you need to have a mind that can detect that magic! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Spring is on the way; summer is on the way; storms are on the way; wars are on the way; sorrow and happiness are on the way; they are all on the way, they are coming! Everything is on the way! Life is a highway; while we are moving on the way, all else is coming towards us! Devil is on the way; angel is on the way! Stay firm on the way! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

You can be an unhappy person, but you must never be a hopeless person! You can be an unsuccessful person or a defeated or an abandoned unlucky person, but you must never be a hopeless person! Being hopeless is the worst of the worst, it is the ultimate worst! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

What is democracy? If it is the rule of the majority, ignoring the rest, then it is not good, it is very bad! But if it is the rule of the whole citizens, caring the wills of both the majority and the rest, then it is good, then it is real democracy! And the purpose of every real democracy is to be a modern country, to be a modern structure! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Want to shake the hand of a holy person? Then shake the hand of a helping hand! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

He who knows how to fall without hurting himself will also know how to rise without any difficulty! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Are you afraid of the future? That is funny because future does not exist yet! Future is not even a shadow, because shadow exists! Let go your fear and concentrate on the present time! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Do not hold an idea tightly! There is always a possibility that what you believe might be wrong! Hold your ideas loosely so that you can easily get rid of them once you have realised that they are wrong! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

More gates you open, more worlds you discover! More worlds you discover, more gates are opened! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

If you are good at building bridges, you will never fall into the abyss! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

There are two paths that you must never leave in your life: The path of peace and the path of reason! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

When you are unhappy, do not resist it! Let your unhappiness do its turn. After that the turn comes to the happiness! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Good literature is a lifeboat! Every time you feel you are sinking, jump on it! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Future is something imaginary but the present moment is something real! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Is your country under great dangers? Light is gone and the darkness is everywhere? You don't know whom to trust and what to do? Read the history of your country! There you will find out the best map for the way out! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

For every drop of water you waste, you must know that somewhere on earth someone is desperately looking for a drop of water! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Cold is hot, if you love it; hot is cold, if you hate it! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

In narrow and gloomy streets, keep your spirit high! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

A man with a warm heart is no different than a warm house in the middle of a bitter winter! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Is it possible to take river water back after it has mixed into the sea? The river and the sea are united and one now. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

You like the wind? There is no wind? Start running! Create your own wind! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Not only the artist watches his art with admiration but his art also watches his artist with admiration! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

You will meet happiness on your way if you just stop looking for happiness desperately! Live your life without looking for anything! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Be calm like a calm lake, then you will look beautiful like a beautiful calm lake! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

What we call as burden of life is nothing but the human failure on the matter of creating a just world! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Even the giant lead balls are not as heavy as the two sad eyes! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

When people like the path you walk and the style you walk in that path, they will start following you! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

The way to the place you wish to go can always be found; just behave like a river, that is to say, firstly, move and secondly, move with no hesitation! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

A seagull flying beautifully is heaven; a seagull hunting an innocent fish is hell! Existence is heaven and hell, joy and horror! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Some live in poverty but with their honor; some live in wealth but with no honor! Some lives are respectable, some are disgraceful! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

You can't expect justice from the storm, because it only knows to destroy! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Sometimes you must behave like a tunnel! If a formidable mountain is on your way, thrust through it! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Know all the paths, but walk on your path! Be original! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Whether you have teeth or not, smile! Because our world always needs a smile! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

At the end of all spiritual paths, there lies only a cold graveyard; the path of science is the only path that may give you something better than this! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Your body is always wherever it is; but your mind, often somewhere else! Thus, when a person talks to you, he often talks to your body, not to your mind! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

The best part of being a little child is having a long blank page ahead that he can fill it with almost everything! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Don't forget the snow in the summertime, because you will meet him again when the summer is over! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

The nicest thing about being lost is that you get rid of the fear of losing your path! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

You are a nobody till you stop doing the same stupid things everybody else is doing! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Let me give you a New Year message: Believe in yourself, because no one ever achieved anything significant without believing in himself and no one ever will! Believe in yourself powerfully, especially when there is no reason left to believe in yourself because the ultimate bottom is the best place to start a big rise! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Are you comfortable? That's good. But there is somewhere at least someone is uncomfortable! And this should somehow make you uncomfortable too! The world can be a better place only through this way, through thinking others! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Ideas can be killed only by other ideas! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Our goodness is our wealth and when we close our eyes to the tragedies of the hard lives, we start losing our wealth! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

If our life is a dream, let it continue; who wants the reality? If our life is a reality, let it continue; who wants the dream? Unknown is unreliable! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Without reading many different books, you can never leave the port of ignorance and can never obtain the peaceful mind of knowing the truth! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Do you want to give a special gift in the New Year to someone you love? Then let him or her realize this: We are the main shepherd of our fate, we are the main designer of our destiny! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

To attack terrorism, firstly attack the ignorance which is the greatest source of terrorism! Attack the ignorance worldwide because ignorance often creates sick minds! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Every lighthouse knows that when the giant waves come, no one will help! And when you know that no one will help you, you fight more seriously! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Some politicians are much noisier than the dogs! Just like teaching a dog how to hush, public must likewise teach those politicians to shush! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

If you want the people to understand you, invite them to your life and let them see the world from your window! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

A justice-thirsty country needs nothing but justice, neither bread nor anything else, only justice! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

When you reached the summit, you will see that you are still tiny! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Any religion which uses the words such as hell, fire, curse, burning, amputating can never be a religion of love because a religion of love must only use the language of love, must only use only the sweet words of affection, not the words of darkness and torture! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Many trains arrive at your station; treat them good whether they stay or leave! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

You are whatever you shall leave behind when you leave life! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

No matter what happens, as long as you think positively, hopelessness can never touch you! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

The dead will not die completely till the day they are remembered by no one! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Though the stupid have great capacity to direct the world because they are plentiful, the clever has a much greater capacity to prevent the stupid from halting the progression of humanity because - though they are rare - they are tactical and intelligent! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

If the weather is sunny, it is good; if the weather is rainy, it is good; if it is foggy, it is good; if it is stormy, it is good; if it is damn cold, it is good; if it is damn hot, it is good! With a positive attitude of mind, all becomes good! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Find a right and a beautiful idea; stick to it tightly and drag it strongly from your mind to the reality! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

An empty street sucks your fullness; a full street fills your emptiness! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

A country which prefers guns to flowers will live the beauty of the flowers only in its graveyards! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Let those who live never forget those who died! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

The prisoners of the cultures are mostly the women! House is the name of the prison! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

You can see your real face only when you stop deceiving yourself! Until then, you will always see someone which is not you! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

In a country where people are afraid of criticizing the government, many things must be going horrible! In such countries people must know that a society of cowards will always be remembered as a society of honourless people! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Everything which helps us to exist is holy! And a tree is holiest of the holy for us! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Only the exceptional paths bring exceptional glories! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Every ship needs a port because unlike ships waves never get tired! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Your mind is your guide! With a clever mind, you will have a life full of light! Improve your mind, improve your real savior! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

You can lose your past by forgetting it but you can never lose your future because you can lose only the things you already own! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Some political leaders in the world make big mistakes but they never resign; some make a small mistake but they immediately resign! What makes a political leader to resign or not to resign has something to do with having an honour or not! Those who have honour always choose the honourable way: Resignation! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

With a foggy mind you see nothing but fog! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

For some, the life journey has just started, for some, it is about to end; but in truth, there is no start and there is no end! There is just an ocean of particles playing aimlessly! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

A single tree in the middle of nowhere means resistance and victory! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

There is a night school where you shall meet great teachers: The sky! When the night falls, the shining stars in the school will teach you how small you are and how comical to own an ego! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Adventure is the best way to feel the reality thoroughly! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Tram's road is predetermined, but not yours! You are not a tram, you can choose your path — Mehmet Murat Ildan

What is your big project in the New Year? You don't have one? No dream, no reality! Get a big dream for yourself now to get a big reality tomorrow! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Life is foggy; always try to see what lies behind the fog! — Mehmet Murat Ildan