William Ernest Henley Quotes

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"I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul."

"In the fell clutch of circumstance, I have not winced nor cried aloud: Under the bludgeoning of chance my head is bloody, but unbowed."

"It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll; I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul."

"Madam, Life's a piece in bloom death goes dogging everywhere: She's the tenant of the room he's the ruffian on the stair."

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