faith will move mountains

English

Alternative forms

• faith can move mountains

Etymology

From Matthew 17:20: “Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Proverb

faith will move mountains

1. Belief in oneself (read sometimes as belief in God) can help one overcome any hurdle in life's path.

Related terms

• move mountains

Translations

proverb

• Czech: víra hory přenáší
• Danish: troen kan flytte bjerge
• Finnish: usko siirtää vuoria
• French: la foi transporte les montagnes (fr)
• German: der Glaube kann Berge versetzen
• Hungarian: a hit hegyeket mozgat meg (hu)
• Italian: la fede sposta le montagne
• Polish: wiara czyni cuda, wiara góry przenosi (pl)
• Portuguese: a fé move montanhas
• Russian: вера двигает горы (vera dvigajet gory)
• Serbo-Croatian: вера помера планине (vera pomera planine)
• Spanish: la fe mueve montañas
• Ukrainian: віра гори перевертає (vira hory perevertaje), віра гори перевертає (vira hory perevertaje)

Further reading

• “faith can move mountains”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.