William Ernest Henley Quotes

Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am master of my fate and captain of my soul.

I think it's important to live your life the way you want to live it. Don't live your life in fear.

We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.

We have all experienced times when, instead of being buffeted by anonymous forces, we do feel in control of our actions, masters of our own fate. On the rare occasions that it happens, we feel a sense of exhilaration.

How a person masters his fate is more important than what his fate is.

If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms.

I don't allow people's outlook on me dictate what I do in my life and how I live my life.

The important thing to remember is you control you. Nothing else can control you.

I've got the ability to control my destiny, and I take pride in that.

It's the coward who says, 'This is fate'...It's the strong who stands up & says 'I will make my fate'

My thing is that I don't give no person that much power over my path that I'm walking. Not one person can make or break what I'm doing, except me or God.

I remain Mistress of mine own self and mine own soul

But while I breathe Heaven's air and Heaven looks down on me, And smiles at my best meanings, I remain Mistress of mine own self and mine own soul.

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.

Grit your teeth and smile. In the face of adversity, go. They don't deserve you.

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself.

I want to be in control of my own destiny.

Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

Nothing that you do will ever feel good if you let people convince you that you have no choice.

We are no longer puppets being manipulated by outside powerful forces: we become the powerful force ourselves.

I like strength. I depend on my own.

I do not wish them to have power over men; but over themselves.