William Ernest Henley > Quotes

“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.”
― William Ernest Henley, Echoes of Life and Death;

“Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

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.”
― William Ernest Henley, Invictus

“I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.”
― William Ernest Henley, Invictus

“beyond this place of wrath and tears looms but the horror of the shade”
― William Ernest Henley, Invictus

“Open your heart and take us in,
Love-love and me.”
― William Ernest Henley

“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.”
― William Ernest Henley, Invictus

“O, it's die we must, but it's live we can,
And the marvel of earth and sun
Is all for the joy of woman and man
And the longing that makes them one."
(Between the Dusk of a Summer Night, 13-16)”
― William Ernest Henley

“I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.”
― William Ernest Henley

“Beyond this place of wrath and tears, looms but the horror of the shade. And yet the menace of the years finds and shall find me unafraid.

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.”
― William Ernest Henley

“Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
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.”
― William Ernest Henley, Poems by William Ernest Henley

“Beyond this place of wrath and tears, looms but the horror of the shade.”
― William Ernest Henley

“I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul”
― William Ernest Henley, Invictus

“‎I'm the master of my fate, I'm the captain of my soul.”
― William Ernest Henley

“I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.”
― William Ernest Henley

“I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.”
― William Ernest Henley

“Out of the night that covers me,

black as the pick from pole to pole,

I thank whatever gods may be,

for my incomparable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance,

I have not winced or cried aloud.

Under the bludgeonings of chance,

my head is bloody,

but unbowed.”
― William Ernest Henley