gumption

tarmokkuus

terve järki puhekieltä common sense, initiative, resourcefulness
puhekieltä Energy of mind and body, enthusiasm.
(quote-book)
puhekieltä Boldness of enterprise; initiative or aggressiveness, guts; spunk; initiative.
1936 w:Margaret Mitchell|Margaret Mitchell, w:Gone with the Wind|Gone with the Wind ("Gumption" was used as one of Scarlett O'Hara's defining personality traits.) "What qualities are in those who fight their way through triumphantly that are lacking in those that go under? I only know that survivors used to call that quality 'gumption.' So I wrote about people who had gumption and people who didn't."