Quotes About Decisive

I think I am aggressive, I think I am critical when it's necessary.

skepticism regarding morality is what is decisive

No! Don't deal with this the way those dead people do. Deal with it the way a living person does.

And the wrench clinched everything.

locked in his office, making decisions, using common sense, surrounding himself with good people, being demanding of all around him on a daily basis – it had all been worthwhile.

Manu's verse quoted above, declares that the 'satisfaction of the mind is the only authority in cases of conflicting alternatives'. 54 The classical poet, Kalidasa, who lived in the fifth century AD , was of the same view: 'In matters where doubt intervenes, the [natural] inclination of the heart of the good person becomes the "authority" or the decisive factor.' 55

I explained that we would like to adjust our position on the Syrian question to theirs, as, in our view, they are the decisive factor in our relations with our neighbors, and Syria is unimportant.

Aviation constituted a new and possibly decisive element in preventing or fighting a war, and I was in a unique position to observe European aviation - especially in its military aspects.

I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want.

We do not evaluate the result but the starting point of the creative process. Precisely, this shows whether the form was discovered by starting from life, or for its own sake. That is why I consider the creative process so essential. Life for us is the decisive factor.

As the leadership team, we're taking bold and decisive action to evolve our organization and culture. This includes difficult steps, but they are necessary to position Microsoft for future growth and industry leadership.

The shengren is above philosophy and beyond religion. He is decisively not European. This will be read in a thousand years.

If there's a party and they won't let my friends in, I'd leave. No question.

A vast amount of preparation, really, to arrive at the innocuously brief moment of decisive action: the cut—the moment of transition from one shot to the next—something that, appropriately enough, should look almost self-evidently simple and effortless, if it is even noticed at all.

General Lawton Collins, a top American adviser, said that the United States must put the squeeze on the French to get them off their fannies. Nothing of that sort happened, and the French, hanging on to major cities such as Hanoi and Saigon, foolishly decided in early 1954 to fight a decisive battle at Dienbienphu, a hard-to-defend redoubt deep in rebel-held territory near the border with Laos.49

Those who see quickly, will resolve quickly and act quickly,' said Julia.

To such perseverance in willful self-deception Elizabeth would make no reply, and immediately and in silence withdrew; determined, that if he persisted in considering her repeated refusals as flattering encouragement, to apply to her father, whose negative might be uttered in such a manner as must be decisive, and whose behavior at least could not be mistaken for the affectation and coquetry of an elegant female.

Plants are decisive to a fault. A stem produces a bud that flowers once and once only. It offers pollen that is either dispersed or goes nowhere. One pollen grain either enters a stigma or it falls upon stony ground. An ovum is either fertilized or the whole project stalls out.

I'm not very good at dating. I'm very decisive. If I like someone, then they're my boyfriend. It's pretty straightforward.

Robben is more of a one-on-one individualist. He's a player who can decide a game.

I was always opinionated.

I'm very opinionated.

I would say that I'm opinionated and clumsy and I am definitely led by my heart over my head.

Grace is opposed to earning, not to effort. And it is well-directed, decisive, and sustained effort that is the key to the keys of the Kingdom and to the life of restful power in ministry and life that those keys open to us.