The really frightening fact is we are no longer the masters of our own destiny.

Each region wants to be master of its own destiny rather than band with others to promote France as a whole.

At last, he was going to be the master of his own destiny.

Even if the end result looks better on paper, people have the sense that they were not and are not masters of their own destiny.

"I'll be master of my own destiny," he said yesterday.

"This is the first sign that the industry is going to try to be the master of its own destiny."

Instead, "we want to be masters of our own destiny.

The hope that he might become the master of his own destiny is gone.

It's the price we are prepared to pay for being masters of our own destiny.

I prefer to record how people live than to be masters of their destiny.