• Quotidie = Every Day.
• Ultra =  Beyond, More Than.
• Hesterno = Yesterday.

So, when you put it all together, it becomes:  “Every day ahead of yesterday!”

Now, imagine stepping into a magical realm where each day holds more wonder than the one before—a place where time dances to its own rhythm. It’s an invitation to embrace the present while reaching beyond the past, creating a beautiful blend of knowledge, wisdom, and innovation. That’s the essence of quotidie ultra hesterno.

The original of this phrase was in Turkish: “Hergün Dünden Ilerde!”  It was the motto of Demirbank in the 1960s in Türkiye.  ERGÜN KIRLIKOVALI loved this slogan so much that he made it his life’s motto.  To this day, he asks himself at the end of each day, “Am I ahead of yesterday? How?” If the answer is no, he considers it a wasted day.  The motto holds if the answer is yes, due to even a minuscule improvement.  It is a great self-checking mechanism.