They also call into question the Americans' confident belief that they would be welcomed as liberators.

Farrow however, had cherished one confident belief.

Psychologists have theorised that people have different levels of 'self-efficacy', which is the confident belief that the responses we make to life challenges have a meaningful effect.

The dragoons, spared the rifle fire now, ran toward the vineyard in the confident belief that they were dealing with a mere handful of partisans.

The women end their reunion with the confident belief that they will be pretty amazing by age 35.

It fitted with his confident belief that Harry was safe, although un-located.

Ashenden had a confident belief in the stupidity of the human animal, which in the course of his life had stood him in good stead.

But we no longer have President Reagan to sustain a confident belief that being out of touch is a virtue.

John needed my uncritical love and support and I needed his confident belief in himself and in me.

I was nineteen years old, still soft at the edges, but with a confident belief in good fortune.