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1648 Earl of Monmouth tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. Late Warres iii. 72 Mens fearfull apprehensions, whose losse takes its rise from selfe beliefe [It. propria credenza].

1862 Brit. Q. Rev. Oct. 292 Whole years passed before he attained that self-confidence and self-belief which, once acquired, were never lost.

1921 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 511 You must be either quickened by an unquenchable self-belief or warmed at the fire of men's responsive sympathy to write at all.

2011 Daily Tel. 14 July 21/3 He has that unshakeable self-belief that often surrounds prodigies like a mysterious force-field.