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Last updated on April 16, 2025.
I fail to see the issue that will shock the people of this great country of ours into some decisive action.
... a mysterious intersection of chance and attention that goes well beyond the existential surrealism of the 'decisive moment'.
Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive - and always remember people's first names.
One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion.
The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.
It [August 10th 1792] was the bloodiest day of the Revolution so far, but also one of the most decisive.
Don't be indecisive and unstable in all your ways. Rather, walk in the strength, confidence, and boldness that come from decisive action.
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.
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.
The best decision-makers are those who are willing to suffer the most over their decisions but still retain their ability to be decisive.
I'd like to be more decisive. I can take an hour to choose between two brands of washing powder in the supermarket.
I admire the linear and decisive way a certain kind of man thinks, to my curlicue boundless overthinking.
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintainign focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader.
Vladimir Putin is decisive. He's committed to victory, and he now has aircraft and surface-to-air missiles and main battle tanks in Syria.
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.
There are always crucial, decisive players in every side who make the difference and do not necessarily depend on others.
Firmino is the most decisive player because he comes to play between the lines and opens the spaces to his team-mates.
Read Churchill, he tells you how crucial was the Greek role in your decisive desert victory over Rommel.
In politics, as in womanizing, failure is decisive. It sheds its retrospective gloom on earlier endeavor which at the time seemed full of promise.
Many of my executives have worked with me since the beginning. I can be fair and decisive and encouraging as well as demanding.
There is no doubt ISIS poses a clear, direct threat to the United States, and decisive action is badly needed.
I have always considered Saipan the decisive battle of the Pacific offensive...(it was) the naval and military heart and brain of the Japanese defence strategy.
I learned how important it is to lead and be decisive and to, in a way, empower other people to do their best.
We want to chase and seal the championship title. The decisive thing is to be at the top at the end of the season.
The real reform Japan needs is decisive politics when we face issues that need to be decided.
I want to be one of the best players around in two or three years time, to be a decisive footballer.
Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver.
For Jesus, Scripture is powerful, decisive, and authoritative because it is nothing less than the voice of God.
Whenever in future wars the battle is fought, armored troops will play the decisive role.
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.
Marriage is a step so grave and decisive that it attracts light-headed, variable men by its very awfulness.
Where absolute superiority is not attainable, you must produce a relative one at the decisive point by making skillful use ofwhat you have.
You have to make sure you know why you are going to war and then use decisive force to end it as soon as possible.
The Anglo-Saxon genius for parliamentary government asserted itself; there was a great deal of talk and no decisive action.
The company that consistently makes and implements decisions rapidly gains a tremendous, often decisive, competitive advantage.
Trump was elected in part because enough Americans viewed him as a capable and strong leader, someone who is 'decisive' and 'competent.'
Dear young people, do not be afraid of making decisive choices in life. Have faith; the Lord will not abandon you!
I think you either have to have a very strong decisive person at the top or else a really brilliant staff command.
We take almost all the decisive steps in our lives as a result of slight inner adjustments of which we are barely conscious.
It is the decisive people who have become civilised; it is the indecisive, otherwise called the higher sceptics, or the idealistic doubters, who have remained barbarians.
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.
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.
With the true artist, the social formula that he recommends is a matter of secondary importance; the source of his art, its animating spirit, is decisive.
Barack Obama is an incredibly intelligent, thoughtful, decisive person in pursuing the agenda he sets.
Nothing is over until there's something more decisive than your own thoughts.
Let us refuse to be silent! Speaking freely is a decisive step forward on the road to freedom.
When you really start figuring things out as a quarterback, you realize you don't have to be perfect every time, but you do have to be quick and decisive.
Just like a caravan of camels walking in the desert, be durable against the adversities of life and walk with decisive steps.
One factor that has remained constant through all the twists and turns of the history of physical science is the decisive importance of the mathematical imagination.
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.
A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder. Fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won.
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.
America has historically met the challenges to its national security with decisive actions that defeated or, at a minimum, contained the threat.
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.
I have always held the view that decisive force should be used in addressing a military conflict. The reason is simple: Why wouldn't you, if you could?
The masses are the decisive element, they are the rock on which the final victory of the revolution will be built.
I wanted to make myself the most valuable player by making my presence felt at the decisive moments.
Chess will always be in the doldrums as a spectator sport while a draw is given equal mathematical value as a decisive result.
I think what the American people want more than anything else is a strong and decisive leader.
There is in guerrilla warfare no such thing as a decisive battle; there is nothing comparable to the fixed, passive defense that characterizes orthodox war.
