For I am a weed,
Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam, to sail,
Where'er the surge read more

For I am a weed,
Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam, to sail,
Where'er the surge may sweep, the tempest's breath prevail.

It's choice--not chance--that determines your destiny.

It's choice--not chance--that determines your destiny.

Think you I bear the shears of destiny?
Have I commandment on the pulse of life?

Think you I bear the shears of destiny?
Have I commandment on the pulse of life?

Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.

Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call Destiny.

There are certain events which to each man's life are as comets
to the earth, seemingly strange and erratic read more

There are certain events which to each man's life are as comets
to the earth, seemingly strange and erratic portents; distinct
from the ordinary lights which guide our course and mark our
seasons, yet true to their own laws, potent in their own
influences.

My death and life,
My bane and antidote, are both before me.

My death and life,
My bane and antidote, are both before me.

Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.
O, read more

Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.
O, that that earth which kept the world in awe
Should patch a wall t' expel the winter's flaw!

Every man meets his Waterloo at last.

Every man meets his Waterloo at last.

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.