The inspiring quote, "I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul," comes from William Ernest Henley's poem, "Invictus". He wrote this powerful piece while struggling with a severe ...

I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul. People have long been inspired by William Ernest Henley’s 1875 poem “Invictus.” Winston Churchill drew upon the piece for inspiration ...

The poem famously ends with "I am the master of my fate/I am the captain of my soul." It's a poem that endures across all races and cultures. It was an inspiration to Nelson Mandela during his ...

Most people are familiar with portions of the poem, especially the final two lines: “I am the master of my fate:/I am the captain of my soul.” But the British poet himself is little known ...

Henley wrote the powerful poem - which includes lines such as ... Out of the night that covers me, I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.

"I am the master of my fate/ I am the captain of my soul." Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid activist and first Black president of South Africa, used to recite the poem to other inmates while ...

It was made famous by poet William Ernest Henley, who wrote a poem with the word as its title and a last line that read, “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” So apt is ...

to dredge such poems out—as Lewis and Mandela did—in moments of crisis. I am the captain of my soul. Some poetry of this kind is written today, but not much—although Maya Angelou ...

We are all responsible for our own actions and lives. As William Ernest Henley said, "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." If you see a Soldier who is failing to do the right ...

Adam Wolfond’s poem is mostly written in declaratives ... respond by allowing their surfaces to be worn not as noises in my head of the howling wind to talk and line the rally that I can ...