Mehmet Murat ildan Quotes

“To smile when you are defeated means your defeat is already defeated!”

“It is defeat that turns bone to flint it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle it is defeat that makes men invincible.”

“But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”

“Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.”

“Defeat is a state of mind”

“The worst defeat of all is to surrender without having been defeated. And it is Christmas that obliterates both.”

“There's a gentle sigh which descends like billowing silk upon the soul that accepts its coming death. It's a gentle pocket of air in the turbulence of everyday life... the silk settles around you as if it has been drifting towards the earth forever and has finally found it's target. The flag of defeat has been mercifully dropped and, in this action, the loss is not so bad. Defeat itself is defeated by the embrace of defeat, and death is swallowed up in victory.”

“No one can insult me, because I do not want respect.No one can defeat me, because I have given up the idea of winning.How can you defeat me? You can only defeat someone who wants to win.”

“Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.”

“Remember Jesus of Nazareth, staggering on broken feet out of the tomb toward the Resurrection, bearing on his body the proud insignia of the defeat which is victory, the magnificent defeat of the human soul at the hands of God.”