in one's power

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One can only promise what is in one's power," urged Richard; "your daughter's heart is not yours to give.

From Bred in the Bone by Payn, James

I don't agree with you," said a gentleman whom I did not know; "impatience sometimes seizes one towards the end of an undertaking, and one employs the readiest means then in one's power.

From Memoirs and Historical Chronicles of the Courts of Europe Marguerite de Valois, Madame de Pompadour, and Catherine de Medici by Various

One must do everything in one's power to spare an honourable gentleman such a humiliation.

From Countess Erika's Apprenticeship by Schubin, Ossip

One should, when one is dying, preserve one's life by any means in one's power without judging of their character.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

There are really two kinds of fear—that arising from a realization of the importance of what is to be done, the other from a lack of confidence in one's power.

From Caruso and Tetrazzini on the Art of Singing by Caruso, Enrico