Confidence in Others
People may have confidence in other people or forces beyond their control. For instance, one might have confidence in the police to protect them, or might have confidence that a sports team will win a game. Faith and trust are synonyms of confidence when used in this sense.
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Famous quotes containing the words confidence in and/or confidence:
“In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just Switzerland but in war time it is the only country that everybody has confidence in, everybody.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
““And you each gentle animal
In confidence may bind,
And make them follow at your call,
If you are always kind.””
—Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1788–1879)