The place of your birth is less important than how you live.
More Turkish Proverbs:
An orphan cuts his own umbilical cord.Turkish
The devil tempts all other men, but idle men tempt the devil.
Turkish
Idle men tempt the devil; the devil tempts all others.
Turkish
Even if the whole world conspired against you -- that would not inflict a quarter of the harm you inflict yourself.
Turkish
He ran away from the rain and was caught in a hailstorm.
Turkish
A heart in love with beauty never grows old.
Turkish