Top 494 Decisive Quotes & Sayings

There's a big difference between a decisive manager and a tyrant.

We are the decisive factor in the affairs of the universe.

When you're relaxed, you are more decisive.

All the decisive blows are struck left-handed.

I sometimes should be more decisive.

If a chess statistician were to try and satisfy his curiousity over which stage of the game proved decisive in the majority of cases, he would certainly come to the conclusion that it is the middlegame that provides the most decisive stage.

War remains the decisive human failure.

We have never said that the fight against the Iranian aggression and against the expansionist Persian tendencies (which have been demonstrated by various means under successive regimes in Iran) is the decisive battle for the Arabs. What we have said, and still say, is that the fight against Zionism is the main decisive battle for the Arabs. This is a great objective reality, which cannot be denied or underestimated except by someone who would not only harm the Arab nation and its main causes, but would also overlook the main danger.

Neymar and Ronaldo are great players, that can score in decisive games.

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

Defenders must be careful yet decisive when taking action.

I affirm, along with many others, that the major enduring religions of the world are all valid and legitimate. I see them as the responses to the experience of God in the various cultures in which each originated. To be Christian means to find the decisive revelation of God in Jesus. To be Muslim means to find the decisive revelation of God in the Koran.

A decisive cleansing of the conscience is a prerequisite for unhindered access to God

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

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

But the cure for most obstacles is, Be decisive.

Everyone should be decisive about what's best for them and stick to it.

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

Struggle is the father of all things, virtue lies in blood, leadership is primary and decisive

The decisive means for politics is violence.

Direct threats require decisive action.

I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate.

You've seen President Trump act decisively when it comes to Syria. It didn't take him long to pull the trigger in regard to a response to the chemical attack. That's a decisive leader and that's who the G20 leaders saw in Hamburg, as someone who is decisive, someone who is not afraid, someone who doesn't kowtow, and stands up for himself when it comes to issues of disagreement like trade and the Paris agreement.

In our victory over Japan, airpower was unquestionably decisive. That the planned invasion of the Japanese Home islands was unnecessary is clear evidence that airpower has evolved into a force in war co-equal with land and sea power, decisive in its own right and worthy of the faith of its prophets.

Modern physics has changed nothing in the great classical disciplines of, for instance, mechanics, optics, and heat. Only the conception of hitherto unexplored regions, formed prematurely from a knowledge of only certain parts of the world, has undergone a decisive transformation. This conception, however, is always decisive for the future course of research.

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

The world is starving for original and decisive leadership.

It is decisive to completely destroy Warsaw.

?he battlefield in the air will be the decisive one

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

You have to be decisive. Indecisiveness is a startup killer.

...the initial position is decisive Zugzwang.

In the endgame, an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance.

There is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive moment.

I talk a lot. I'm very decisive.

I've been on national TV since 1994, and I can communicate in a compelling and decisive way.

One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive one.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

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

Without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive.

Hesitation only enlarges, magnifies the fear. Take action promptly. Be decisive.

I'm not a phenomenon; I'm just trying to be decisive for my teammates. There are a lot of talented young people in football.

The basis of the Juche Idea is that man is the master of all things and the decisive factor in everything.

To be Christian means to find the decisive revelation of God in Jesus. To be Muslim means to find the decisive revelation of God in the Koran. To be Jewish means to find the decisive revelation of God in the Torah, and so forth.

If you call yourself a leader, then you have to be decisive. If you're decisive, then you have the chance to be a leader. These are two sides to the same coin.

It is a common failing-and one that I have myself suffered from-to fall in love with a hypothesis and to be unwilling to take no for an answer. A love affair with a pet hypothesis can waste years of precious time. There is very often no finally decisive yes, though quite often there can be a decisive no.

There's something dreadfully decisive about a beheading.

When you build a team, and you have 24 or 25 players, all can be decisive; can be important.

I hope that my story can help inspire others who are at a decisive crossroads in their lives.

I always want to be as quick and decisive as I can be.

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

I like to dribble and give the decisive pass to my teammates.

There is no substitute for a clear vision and a decisive direction.

When I'm decisive, I feel I do a good job.

Personel selection is decisive. People are our most valuable capital.

Cartier-Bresson has said that photography seizes a 'decisive moment', that's true except that it shouldn't be taken too narrowly...does my picture of a cobweb in the rain represent a decisive moment? The exposure time was probably three or four minutes. That's a pretty long moment. I would say the decisive moment in that case was the moment in which I saw this thing and decided I wanted to photograph it.

I'm a rather decisive type.

When you're a kid your dream is to be decisive in a Champions League final, and I managed to do that.

There is only one decisive victory: the last.

Be decisive. A wrong decision is generally less disastrous than indecision.