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SISU: The Finnish Concept of Resilience

Introduction In a world filled with challenges and setbacks, the quest for resilience has become paramount. Resilience is more than just overcoming hardship; it's about flourishing in the midst of it. And when it comes to resilience, few cultures embody it as profoundly as the Finns, who have a word for this indomitable spirit: Sisu. Sisu, pronounced "see-soo," is a unique Finnish concept that encapsulates grit, determination, and courage in the face of adversity. It's an intrinsic quality deeply embedded in the Finnish psyche, influencing how they approach life's challenges. But what exactly is Sisu, and how can we incorporate this powerful mindset into our own lives? At its core, Sisu is about perseverance in the face of extreme adversity. It's the ability to summon inner strength and tenacity when confronted with seemingly insurmountable obstacles. While resilience is a universal trait found in every culture, Sisu has distinct characteristics that set it ap

100 super motivational quotes to start your day

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. – Mahatma Gandhi

Introduction:

Our mindest defines our future and sometimes we need heavy doses of motivational quotes from successful people to understand the real meaning of success and grit. Today we are with the list of 100 super motivational quotes that can transform your life and completely change your mindset. These motivational quotes are best for your workplace efficiency and these can prove to be a gamechanger for you:

100 super motivational quotes

1. Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. – Mahatma Gandhi
2. Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you. — Walt Whitman
3. A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.– Albert Einstein
4. I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.– Jimmy Dean
5. A winner is a dreamer who never gives up.– Nelson Mandela
6. Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.– Confucius
7. Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. — Rabindranath Tagore
8. It always seems impossible until it’s done. – Nelson Mandela
9. When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you’ll find a way to get it. – Jim Rohn
Every problem is a gift –- without problems, we would not grow. – Tony Robbins
10. Every problem is a gift –- without problems, we would not grow. – Tony Robbins
11. It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. – Confucius
12. When it comes to luck, you make your own. — Bruce Springsteen
13. Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. – Winston Churchill
14. Work like there is someone working 24 hours a day to take it all away from you. – Mark Cuban
15. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose. – Wayne Dyer
16. I’m realizing how much I’ve diminished my own power. I’m not doing that no more. — Alicia Keys
17. Believe you can and you’re halfway there. – Theodore Roosevelt
18. If you can’t, you must. If you must, you can. – Tony Robbins
19. Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve. – Napoleon Hill
20. “In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.” — Sir Francis Bacon 
Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. – Dale Carnegie
21. Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. – Dale Carnegie
We feel that super motivational quotes from famous personalities will resonate with your goals and help you to achieve those goals:
22. When you have a dream, you’ve got to grab it and never let go.— Carol Burnett
23. Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass but learning to dance in the rain. – Vivian Greene
24. We are not our best intentions. We are what we do. — Amy Dickinson
25. The man who says he can, and the man who says he can’t are both correct. – Confucius
26. You just got to stay focused and believe in yourself and trust your own ability and judgment. – Mark Cuban
27. Someone else’s success does not equal failure for you. – Joe Rogan
28. You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over. – Richard Branson
29. The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. – Michelangelo
30. You don’t need to be better than anyone else, you just need to be better than you used to be. – Wayne Dyer
31. Fortune always favors the brave and never helps a man who does not help himself. – P. T. Barnum
32. We don’t develop courage by being happy every day. We develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. – Barbara De Angelis
33. A real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken a new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided. – Tony Robbins
When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor. – Elon Musk
34. When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor. – Elon Musk
35. I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. – Stephen Covey
36. We generate fears while we sit. We overcome them by action. — Dr. Henry Link
37. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.– Steve Jobs
38. Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. –Henry David Thoreau
39. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the things you did. – Mark Twain
40. The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
41. By recording your dreams and goals on paper, you set in motion the process of becoming the person you most want to be. Put your future in good hands your own. – Mark Victor Hansen
42. The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. – Confucius
If my mind can conceive it if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it. — Muhammad Ali
43. If my mind can conceive it if my heart can believe it, then I can achieve it. — Muhammad Ali
44. Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless. – Jamie Paolinetti
45. Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. — Vince Lombardi
46. It is never too late to be what you might have been. – George Eliot
47. When we let fear be our master, we cannot be happy and free as a butterfly. But when we choose to trust the journey and embrace love and joy, we are free to fly. — Annicken R. Day
48. Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now. – Denis Waitley
49. If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. – Maya Angelou
50. Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. – Robert F. Kennedy
51. Don’t try to lessen yourself for the world; let the world catch up to you. — Beyoncé
52. There’s nothing more powerful than not giving a f—k. — Amy Schumer
53. Faith is love taking the form of aspiration. —William Ellery Channing
Make your own choices in light of your own wisdom. ― Amitabh Bachchan
54. Make your own choices in light of your own wisdom. ― Amitabh Bachchan
55. If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one! — Dolly Parton
56. I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear. — Rosa Parks
57. The moral of my story is the sun always comes out after the storm. Being optimistic and surrounding yourself with positive loving people is for me, living life on the sunny side of the street. — Janice Dean
58. Life is not fair, get used to it! – Bill Gates
59. Dreams don’t have to just be dreams. You can make it a reality; if you just keep pushing and keep trying, then eventually you’ll reach your goal. And if that takes a few years, then that’s great, but if it takes 10 or 20, then that’s part of the process. — Naomi Osaka
60. You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it. – Charles Buxton
61. Bad times either destroy you or make you strong enough to be who you actually are. ― Amitabh Bachchan
62. Work hard, know your s—t, show your s—t, and then feel entitled. — Mindy Kaling
63. We’ve been making our own opportunities, and as you prove your worth and value to people, they can’t put you in a box. You hustle it into happening, right? — Jennifer Lopez
When you’ve seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there. — George Harrison
64. When you’ve seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there. — George Harrison
This list consists of short as well as long motivational and inspirational quotes. If you have given your blood and sweat for your goal but still not achieved it then this list of super motivational quotes will work as rocket fuel and help you to grab long-awaited success.
65. Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
66. What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. – Zig Ziglar
67. Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny. -C.S. Lewis
68. You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. — C.S. Lewis
69. I believe that if you’ll just stand up and go, life will open up for you. Something just motivates you to keep moving. — Tina Turner
70. How wild it was, to let it be. — Cheryl Strayed
71. The simple act of listening to someone and making them feel as if they have truly been heard is a most treasured gift. — L. A. Villafane
72. You have to be where you are to get where you need to go. — Amy Poehler
73. Don’t be afraid. Because you’re going to be afraid. But remember when you become afraid, just don’t be afraid. — Joan Jett
74. We need to take risks. We need to go broke. We need to prove them wrong, simply by not giving up. — Awkwafina
You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.– Zig Ziglar
75. You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.– Zig Ziglar
76. It is never too late to be what you might have been. — George Eliot
77. You do not find a happy life. You make it. — Camilla Eyring Kimball
78. We all have problems. But it’s not what happens to us, it’s the choices we make after. — Elizabeth Smart
79. You don’t have to be defined or confined by your environment, by your family circumstances, and certainly not by your race or gender. — Mariah Carey
80. Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. – Joshua Marine
81. Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined. — Toni Morrison
82. You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible. — Deepak Chopra
83. Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world. — Eckhart Tolle
84. I never dreamed about success. I worked for it. – Estee Lauder
85. A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That’s why they don’t get what they want. — Madonna
86. We have to let go of whom we think we should be and embrace what is. — Achea Redd
87. Being vulnerable is a strength, not a weakness. — Selena Gomez
88. Don’t wish it was easier. Wish you were better. – Jim Rohn
89. I don’t look ahead. I’m right here with you. It’s a good way to be. — Danny DeVito
It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. — Sylvester Stallone
90. It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. — Sylvester Stallone
91. I will not let anyone scare me out of my full potential. — Nicki Minaj
92. We have to be better. We have to love more, hate less. We’ve gotta listen more and talk less. We’ve gotta know that this is everybody’s responsibility. — Meghan Rapinoe
93. Trying to grow up is hurting. You make mistakes. You try to learn from them, and when you don’t, it hurts even more. — Aretha Franklin
94. Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye. – Helen Keller
95. Let love rule. — Lenny Kravitz
96. The power of imagination makes us infinite. — John Muir
97. The only journey is the one within. — Rainer Maria Rilke
98. You can conquer almost any fear if you will only make up your mind to do so. For remember, fear doesn’t exist anywhere except in the mind. – Dale Carnegie
99. Embrace the glorious mess that you are. — Elizabeth Gilbert
100. Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.– Roy T. Bennett
Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.– Roy T. Bennett

Conclusion

So, my friends, we are done with 100 super motivational quotes from very famous personalities. These personalities had implemented these teaching in their own life and shown us how to achieve our goals. We also hope that you have got the sort after inspirational punch to achieve your goals.
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