The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.

Arabia was idolatrous when, six centuries after Jesus, Muhammad introduced the worship of the God of Abraham, of Ishmael, of Moses, and Jesus. The Ariyans and some other sects had disturbed the tranquility of the east by agitating the question of the nature of the Father, the son, and the Holy Ghost. Muhammad declared that there was none but one God who had no father, no son and that the trinity imported the idea of idolatry.

There are two merits that glorify a person: being courageous for a man and being virtuous for a woman. Besides these two, there is another merit that glorifies both man and woman: so much loving the homeland to an extent with being ready to sacrifice his/her life, if needed. Turks are such courageous and virtuous people. That is why you can kill a Turk but you can never defeat them.

Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art.

When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.

There is no such thing as an accident, only a failure to recognise the hand of fate

Victory is not always winning the battle...but rising every time you fall.