Belief

Famous quotes containing the word belief:

“The most important gift anyone can give a girl is a belief in her own power as an individual, her value without reference to gender, her respect as a person with potential.”
—Emilie Buchwald (20th century)

“The belief of our Reason is an Exercise of Faith, and Faith is an Act of Reason.”
—Joseph Glanvill (1636–1680)

“An unlicked bear”
—Trans. by Johanna Prins.

Dutch expression meaning “a boor”: from the old belief that bear cubs are licked into shape by their mothers.