Word info

leap of faith

Noun

Meaning

leap of faith (plural leaps of faith)

(figuratively) The act of believing in something despite lack of proof of its truth or existence, or the attempt of something without being sure of its possible outcome.
He took a leap of faith by publishing his first book independently.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

There is always a certain leap of faith that editors have made with their nonfiction writers. If the trust is broken, things can get very embarrassing for the writers and the publisher. A. Scott Berg

Nobody gets argued all the way into becoming a believer on the sheer basis of logic and reason. That requires a leap of faith. Francis Collins

Things can fall apart, or threaten to, for many reasons, and then there's got to be a leap of faith. Ultimately, when you're at the edge, you have to go forward or backward; if you go forward, you have to jump together. Yo-Yo Ma

Ultimately it's a leap of faith and a leap of imagination to put yourself back in time into those conditions and situations and see how you would react. Derek Jacobi

That would require an unprecedented leap of faith. I don't do faith, Scorpio said. Alastair Reynolds

Take a leap of faith and begin this wondrous new year by believing. Believe in yourself. And believe that there is a loving Source - a Sower of Dreams - just waiting to be asked to help you make your dreams come true. Sarah Ban Breathnach

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