Decisive Quotes

The best decision-makers are those who are willing to suffer the most over their decisions but still retain their ability to be decisive. One — M. Scott Peck

The only woman to whom it has been given to touch what is decisive in the present world and to have a presentiment of the world of the future. — Margaret Fuller

the decisive proof that the people are dupes is when the priest is rich and powerful. — Frederic Bastiat

The good things in history are usually of very short duration, but afterward have a decisive influence on what happens over long periods of time. — Hannah Arendt

The company that consistently makes and implements decisions rapidly gains a tremendous, often decisive, competitive advantage. — Steve Blank

You are very decisive in your indecision. — Katherine Addison

Temptation requires definite, decisive action. — Billy Graham

Those called upon to play a decisive part in the history of nations are more often than not unaware of the destinies they embody — Maurice Druon

The Finnish way of dealing with Russia, whatever the situation, is that we will be very decisive to show what we don't like, where the red line is. — Sauli Niinisto

Coffee. It was decisive. Without their women, their chosen drink would always be what it had been. — Christine Feehan

To mark the paper was the decisive act. — George Orwell

Mostly the problems when I was down were caused by myself. There were times when I was not responsible enough or decisive enough. — Novak Djokovic

Let us refuse to be silent! Speaking freely is a decisive step forward on the road to freedom. — Leyla Zana

Historically, philosophy does not have an impressive track record of answering questions about natural world in a decisive manner. — Christof Koch

The decisive means for politics is violence. — Max Weber

The transition from signs that dissimulate something to signs that dissimulate that there is nothing marks a decisive turning point. — Jean Baudrillard

Conform to the enemy's tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive. — Sun Tzu

A skilful (commander) strikes a decisive blow, and stops. — Lao-Tzu

For Jesus, Scripture is powerful, decisive, and authoritative because it is nothing less than the voice of God. — Kevin DeYoung

I've always loved to play games, and face it: investing is one big game. You need to be decisive, open-minded, flexible and competitive. — Stanley Druckenmiller

We take almost all the decisive steps in our lives as a result of slight inner adjustments of which we are barely conscious. — W.G. Sebald

Personel selection is decisive. People are our most valuable capital. — Joseph Stalin

Our idea of nature is increasingly being determined by scientific developments. And they have become decisive for our image of reality. — Thom Mayne

Anybody can be decisive during a panic; it takes a strong man to act during a boom. — V.S. Naipaul

Different constraints are decisive for different situations, but the most fundamental constraint is limited time. — Gary Becker

Be decisive, he'd say. You have to know where you want to go before you get there. — Leigh Bardugo

The basis of the Juche Idea is that man is the master of all things and the decisive factor in everything. — Kim Il-sung

Don't be indecisive and unstable in all your ways. Rather, walk in the strength, confidence, and boldness that come from decisive action. — Dan Miller

When men cut jobs, they're seen as decisive. When women do, they're vindictive. — Carly Fiorina

Where absolute superiority is not attainable, you must produce a relative one at the decisive point by making skillful use ofwhat you have. — Carl Von Clausewitz

In my view what you can't argue for is a system that is neither decisive nor proportional and can be indecisive and disproportionate at the same time. — William Hague

In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death. — Bao Dai

There is in guerilla warfare no such thing as a decisive battle. — Mao Zedong

Only those capable of envisaging utopia will be fit for the decisive battle, that of recovering all the humanity we have lost.
— Ernesto Sabato

Sometimes, in periods of oppression and mass insanity, the most decisive form of resistance is simply the decision to not engage. — Lauren Oliver

The business capability coherence is the decisive factor for the success of strategy implementation. — Pearl Zhu

Control over the production and distribution of oil is the decisive factor in defining who rules whom in the Middle East. — Christopher Hitchens

A threat should never be spoken, your enemy should not be told of your intentions. Either take decisive action or refrain from it, but never threaten — Soke Behzad Ahmadi

Our losses ... have reached an intolerable level. The enemy air force played a decisive role in inflicting these high losses. — Karl Donitz

The initial position is decisive Zugzwang. — Jon Speelman

It is decisive to completely destroy Warsaw. — Heinz Guderian

Our nation is uniquely endowed to play a creative and decisive role in the new order which is taking form around us. — Henry A. Kissinger

Sabbath becomes a decisive, concrete, visible way of opting for and aligning with the God of rest. — Walter Brueggemann

I think what the American people want more than anything else is a strong and decisive leader. — Chris Christie

You have to be decisive. Indecisiveness is a startup killer. — Sam Altman

The masses are the decisive element, they are the rock on which the final victory of the revolution will be built. — Rosa Luxemburg

We're not giving moms credit when we pose them as the decisive factor in a child's development, we're sticking them with the bill. — Anonymous

In every life there is one particular event that is decisive for the entire person-for his fate, his convictions, his passions. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

I have always loved Naoko, and I still loved her. But there is a decisive finality to what exists between Midori and me. — Haruki Murakami

The pursuit of passion is a decisive purposeful living. — Lailah Gifty Akita

There is no doubt ISIS poses a clear, direct threat to the United States, and decisive action is badly needed. — Bradley Byrne

Never leave the scene of clarity without taking decisive action. — Michael Hyatt

Just like a caravan of camels walking in the desert, be durable against the adversities of life and walk with decisive steps. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

It has often been observed that the repercussion of poetic language on prose language can be considered a decisive cut of a whip. — Eugenio Montale

Read Churchill, he tells you how crucial was the Greek role in your decisive desert victory over Rommel. — Melina Mercouri

We are the decisive factor in the affairs of the universe. — Derek Prince

When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive. — George W. Bush

It's important to score some goals and make the decisive pass for my club. — Robert Laurent

The issue of managing through a crisis is you have to be decisive even if you don't have perfect information. — Howard Schultz

Whenever in future wars the battle is fought, armored troops will play the decisive role. — Heinz Guderian

And as always seems to happen when I have reached the point where I am ready to take decisive action, everything began to happen at once. — Jeff Lindsay

To be cool,
decisive,
precise,
yes,
while the barn door hits you in the face — Frank O'Hara

A decisive cleansing of the conscience is a prerequisite for unhindered access to God — Michael L. Brown

Skepticism regarding morality is what is decisive — Friedrich Nietzsche

Truth is the kind of error without which a certain species of life could not live. The value for life is ultimately decisive. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Though many have tried, no one has ever yet explained away the decisive fact that science, which can do so much, cannot decide what it ought to do. — Joseph Wood Krutch

But the cure for most obstacles is, Be decisive. — George Weinberg

In the decisive moment I won the victory over myself. I chose to live. And believe me, it takes courage to choose life under those circumstances. — Henrik Ibsen

I always want to be as quick and decisive as I can be. — Rooney Mara

Dear young people, do not be afraid of making decisive choices in life. Have faith; the Lord will not abandon you! — Pope Francis

I'm happy with the vote and the support. I'm very glad that it is so decisive. It will enable me to be a president for all of the people. — Michael D. Higgins

Justice [Sandra Day] O'Connor has been the critical decisive vote on many issues that go to the heart of who we are as a nation. — Dick Durbin

the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. — Meena Srinivasan

All the decisive blows are struck left-handed. — Walter Benjamin

The world is starving for original and decisive leadership. — Bryant H. McGill

There's something dreadfully decisive about a beheading. — Agnes Smedley

I take one decisive and immediate step, and resign my all to the sufficiency of my Saviour. — Thomas Chalmers

A man who's active and incisive can yet keep nail-care much in mind: why fight what's known to be decisive? custom is despot of mankind. — Alexander Pushkin

There's nothing worse than a director that keeps changing their mind. Because, unlike the directors I work with, I'm not decisive at all. — Cliff Martinez

Just as there are signs by which you can recognize violence with the naked eye, so is the spinning wheel to me a decisive sign of nonviolence. — Mahatma Gandhi

World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war. — Lane Evans

The Anglo-Saxon genius for parliamentary government asserted itself; there was a great deal of talk and no decisive action. — H.G.Wells

I want to be one of the best players around in two or three years time, to be a decisive footballer. — Cristiano Ronaldo

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference. — Chris Evert

Great commanders look for decision points. For it is bursts of energy directed at decisive points that break things wide open. They — Ryan Holiday

Nobody wins wars. Generals plan battles to be swift and decisive. When they are not, the aim is to end the conflict less defeated than your opponent. — Steph Bennion

Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent. — Marya Mannes

Decisive is definite. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts. — Mao Zedong

Happily she never attempted to joke, and this perhaps was the most decisive mark of her cleverness — George Eliot

The unique ability to take decisive action while maintainign focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader. — Robert Kiyosaki

Chess will always be in the doldrums as a spectator sport while a draw is given equal mathematical value as a decisive result. — Michael Basman

The US military has achieved a decisive blow against al-Qaeda with its commando action against Osama Bin Laden and his killing. — Angela Merkel

The universe had shifted, with a small, decisive click; he could still hear its echo in his bones. — Diana Gabaldon

It's time to take decisive action to stop American and other multinationals from aiding and abetting the wrong side in the global digital arms race. — Rebecca MacKinnon

I was brought up,' Freddy informed him, 'not to suffer anxiety about decisive initiative of all types. — Mark Helprin

It considers this Jesus as ultimately decisive, definitive, archetypal for man in these various dimensions of his. — Hans Kung

Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive - and always remember people's first names. — Alex Ferguson

Rash decision gets you nowhere. Decisive decisions get you somewhere". — Abdulazeez Henry Musa

The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions. — Andre Gide