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title: "5 Possessing Power Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [“He cannot,” says he, “hold sway over the servants of God, who with all their heart place their hopes in Him. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/he-cannot-says-he-hold-sway-over-the-servants-of-god-who-with-all/)

[The Church Fathers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-church-fathers/)

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> [Self-confidenc e, poise, consciousness of possessing the power to accomplish our desires, with renewed lively interest in life are the natural results…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pilates/self-confidenc-e-poise-consciousness-of-possessing-the-power-to/)

[Joseph Pilates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pilates/)

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> [“One great pleasure of being a writer is possessing the power to determine the fate of my characters and how the story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-a-o-neal/one-great-pleasure-of-being-a-writer-is-possessing-the-power-to/)

[Terry a O'Neal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-a-o-neal/)

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> [“Human beings -- human children especially -- seldom deny themselves the pleasure of exercising a power which they are conscious of possessing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlotte-bronte/human-beings-human-children-especially-seldom-deny-themselves-the/)

[Charlotte Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlotte-bronte/)

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> [Government, possessing the power to create and issue currency and credit as money and enjoying the right to withdraw both currency and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/government-possessing-the-power-to-create-and-issue-currency-and/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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