Quotes About Decisive

Time is the fairest and toughest judge.

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

She is a person of most decided opinions—which is not a criticism. I cannot bear wishy-washy people who agree with whoever spoke to them last

One play can determine the course of a game. One play can change your momentum forever.

But if America recalls for a moment what Europe has meant to her and still means to her, what Europe, the mother of art and of knowledge, in spite of everything, still is and still will be, will she not reject these counsels of indifference and isolation, and interest herself in what may prove decisive issues for the progress and civilization of all mankind?

I think President Obama could have handled politics and policies differently. But he has been decisive, strong, and consistent - important qualities in a president. Mitt Romney is indeed an Etch A Sketch, the antithesis of leadership.

Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.

Whether a bill has come up once only, or whether it has come up several times, is one important fact in judging whether the nation is determined to have that measure enacted; it is an indication, but it is only one of the indications. There are others equally decisive. The unanimous voice of the people may be so strong, and may be conveyed through so many organs, that it may be assumed to be lasting.

Sometimes I'm overly blunt. I don't like to mince words. I like to get things done. That's the only difference between Chris Christie and I - he's a little shy.

America has historically met the challenges to its national security with decisive actions that defeated or, at a minimum, contained the threat.

Direct threats require decisive action.

Having good style really just means having a decisive eye and being able to put things together in an aesthetically pleasing manner. It's not a matter of spending a lot of money and throwing it all together.

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

Neither he nor Schmidt seems to have appreciated that speed was the decisive factor. They

Wat was a man of action, and his mind darted to practical matters.

Thoughts of revenge must give way to the need for swift action

The one God has chosen unconditionally he keeps invincibly. Being and staying a believer is decisively of sovereign grace.

The glory of Christ in the gospel is the decisive ground of saving faith because saving faith is the receiving of Christ as infinitely glorious and supremely valuable.

Is not the decisive difference between comedy and tragedy that tragedy denies us another chance?

which is a polite way of saying that he is the bossier one.

The Battle of the Marne was one of the decisive battles of the world not because it determined that Germany would ultimately lose or the Allies ultimately win the war but because it determined that the war would go on. There was no looking back, Joffre told the soldiers on the eve. Afterward there was no turning back. The nations were caught in a trap, a trap made during the first thirty days out of battles that failed to be decisive, a trap from which there was, and has been, no exit.

The Battle of the Marne was one of the decisive battles of the world not because it determined that Germany would ultimately lose or the Allies ultimately win the war but because it determined that the war would go on.

As far as I am concerned this referendum should settle the matter. I believe it will one way or another be decisive. Britain will not want to go through this again. On the other hand if we vote to leave, this really is irreversible.

What I always keep in mind is that we'll take action on things that need to be done, promptly and without hesitation.