Quotes About Decisive

The more permanent the outcome of a decision seems, the more thorough and painstaking our decision process should be.

total; Mughal losses were many times higher, perhaps as many as 5,000 dead. For a long time the day's outcome was uncertain. But for all this, it was still, ultimately, one of the most decisive battles in Indian history, even more so than the more famous Battle of Plassey seven years earlier.

Localisation stands, at best, at the limits of practical possibility, but it has the decisive argument in its favour that there will be no alternative.

We consider Christmas as the encounter, the great encounter, the historical encounter, the decisive encounter, between God and mankind. He who has faith knows this truly; let him rejoice.

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

That's one of my greatest strengths. I'm a Scorpio rising - we're very decisive. I'm very good at cutting things off that don't feel right.

If there isn't a good reason, go home. If there is, then do something ... loud, now, and memorable.

Barton is a pretty brass tacks kind of guy. Kinda get the job done so I can go home. So I don't think it's very difficult for him to decide.

In moments such as these, it's the minor seconds that count. Seconds that can make or break you. Seconds that can save your life.

The law transcends the heavens above; it is more decisive than a plumb line and more substantial than the solid earth.

Lo decisivo jamás se muestra, ni siquiera se comunica, o no en su momento; al contrario, se esconde y se silencia siempre, o durante muchísimo tiempo: si acaso se cuenta cuando ya no interesa, cuando es pasado remoto, y a la gente el pasado le trae sin cuidado, cree que no le afecta y que no puede cambiarse, y lleva razón en esto último

We never waste space saying, 'On the one hand.' We just state an opinion in a Godlike voice.

Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver.

I'm opinionated. I always stick to my design plan. I don't waver.

I am quite bolshy, sometimes. I like to get my own way, lets put it like that.

Our military sons and daughters that are placed in harm's way deserve the right equipment, the right training, and the right rules of engagement to win decisively on any field of battle.

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.

I'm trying to make the box, trying to be more ruthless, more clinical, and trying to decide games.

I don't find myself to be the kind of person who is easily swayed.

2011 is one of those years that historians are likely to look back on as a 'hinge.' And the truth, at once frightening and exhilarating, is that we don't know yet which way the door will swing.

Almost any question can be answered, cheaply, quickly and finally, by a test campaign. And that's the way to answer them – not by arguments around the table.

A lady had no business going around not murdering people when she had excellent motive, plausible means, and the correct temperament. Elspeth was decisive, physically strong, and by her own admission capable of coaxing along a seedling of a grudge until it flowered. "How dare she be innocent." I muttered. "It is most inconsiderate.

La Historia con mayúscula desprecia los amores del cuerpo, la carne débil que la distorsiona, la desencaja, la desordena con una saña que no está al alcance de los amores del espíritu, más prestigiosos, sí, pero también mucho más pálidos, y por eso menos decisivos.

If not met promptly and decidedly, the two portions of the Union will gradually become thoroughly alienated, when no alternative will be left to us, as the weaker of the two, but to sever all political ties or sink down into abject submission.