Quotes: Beliefs, Believers

1. The mental act, condition, or habit of placing trust or confidence in another person: "My belief in her trust is as strong as ever."
2. Mental acceptance of and conviction in the truth, actuality, or validity of something.
3. Something believed or accepted as true; especially, a particular tenet or a body of tenets or teachings that are accepted by a group of people.
4. A statement, principle, or doctrine that a person or group accepts as true; such as, religious beliefs.
5. Etymology: before 1400 belyefe, before 1225, it was bileve and probably before 1200, it is assumed to have been bileave.

The Old English geleafa is descended from the same language or form of Old Saxon gilobo, "belief", Old High German giloubo (modern German Glaube), and Gothic galaubeins, "belief" and galaubjan, "to believe".

1. To have confidence in the truth, the existence, or the reliability of something, although without absolute proof that one is right in doing so.
2. To have confidence or faith in the truth of (a positive assertion, story, etc.); to give credence to.
3. To have confidence in the assertions or statements of (a person).
4. To have a conviction that (a person or thing) is, has been, or will be engaged in a given action or involved in a given situation.
5. To be persuaded of the truth or existence of something.
6. To have faith in the reliability, honesty, benevolence, etc., of someone or something.

See belief for etymological information.

1. Someone who believes; one who is persuaded of the truth or reality of some doctrine, person, or thing: "She's a strong believer in continuing one's education even into later years."
2. A person who gives credit to the truth of the Scriptures, as a revelation from God; a Christian; in a more restricted sense, someone who receives Christ as his/her Savior, and accepts the way of salvation unfolded in the gospel.
3. To accept as true or real: "Are you actually a believer in the story that was written in the news today?"
4. To credit with veracity or truth: "I was doubtful that she could run her own company, but she has made a believer out of me."
5. To expect or to suppose; to think: "She's a believer that they will really arrive today."