Finnish Sisu Quotes

#1. I like things bright.

Christine Taylor

#2. I don't like everybody who I see on TV.

Ellen Pompeo

#3. Oh child, may you be happier than your father, but in all other respects alike. And then you would not be bad.

Sophocles

#4. She at least was broad-minded, and moreover she understood the workings of the human heart. It was creditable for a man to ruin himself for the object of his affections. But this at least she found exaggerated.

Ford Madox Ford

#5. History reminds us of the inherent weakness in the human condition and the very real possibility that our fellow human beings are capable of horrendous things. This should humble us, for "there but for the grace of God, go I.

John Fea

#6. They have a word in Finnish called sisu, which basically means guts. It's the strongest word in the Finnish language. You tell a Finn he doesn't have sisu, that's like spitting in his face.

Arthur Lydiard

#7. He smiled a lot, as if the world were a secret joke that only he was clever enough to understand. Robb

George R R Martin

#8. Life is nothing but a dance of hope, desires, and love.

Debasish Mridha

#9. The awareness of happiness comes after, in memory, with the belated appreciation of the moment.

Anne Rice

#10. Water is the key to dealing with the twin challenges of poverty and growth.

Sunita Narain

#11. Don't let the company get distracted or excited about other things. A common mistake is that companies get excited by their own PR.

Sam Altman

#12. All explanations tend to be self-serving.

Marty Rubin

#13. The real beginnings of a journey occur long before the act of physical departure. - Enosis ton Barbaron

M.A. Foster

#14. About being brave", she explained at the question on his face. "I liked what you were saying. And it seems to me... it seems to me that it takes just as much courage to fight windmills as it does to fight the real giants or the monsters or whatever it was in the story.

Noelle Adams