Invictus

This is one of my favorite poems, written by William Ernest Henley first publishes in 1888.

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.

Life main kuch bhi ho sakta hai / In life, anything may happen

Lines said by one of the best actors in India, Mr. Naseeruddin Shah, in Anupam Kher's Show Kuch bhi ho sakta hai...

Apney apney raste mil hi jaate hain zindagi main. Un raaston par jo bhi mile use embrace karna chahiye, kyun ki life main kuch bhi ho sakta hai. (In English: Everyone in life finds the way sooner or later. And while on this journey one should embrace whoever you meet, because anything can happen.)

And along these, some lines from me too :)

Kabiliyat, rutba, paisa, mukaam sab chala jaata hai ek din, yaad reh jaati hai to bus niyat aur tehzeeb. (In English: Talent, fame, money and position all will be gone eventually, the only thing that will be remembered are intention and behavior.)

Chota ho ya bada ho, sabse tameez se pesh aao, kya pata kalko tumhaari zindagi isike haath main ho. ( In English: Whether above or below you, behave respectfully to everyone you meet, because who knows maybe your life will be in this persons hand in the future.