faith in oneself

But, “While he believed faith in God was essential . . . he didn’t often talk to the country about faith in God. The faith he referenced publicly was faith in oneself, faith in democracy and sometimes even faith in him.”

I imagine this loss of faith in oneself and the growing belief that the ongoing rejections are never going to turn around is common amongst the unemployed, I just never thought I’d be one of them.

The point: often faith in oneself prevails over temporary obstacles.

Here she was suddenly no longer a disgraced and boycotted and wicked girl, but that strangely encouraging object, that odd restorer of faith in oneself, a Little Sugar Lamb.

I served for 15 years as a lay pastor in my church and saw the heartbreak of joblessness up close; a shattering loss of faith in oneself is but only one of many forms the suffering can take.