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Decisive action has been taken on the home front with passage of the USA Patriot Act, which has strengthened the hand of law enforcement agencies to stop terrorists before they can act. -- Roger Wicker
War remains the decisive human failure. -- John Kenneth Galbraith
But the cure for most obstacles is, Be decisive. -- George Weinberg
Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. -- Carl von Clausewitz
The world is starving for original and decisive leadership. -- Bryant H. McGill
Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent. -- Marya Mannes
Whenever in future wars the battle is fought, armored troops will play the decisive role. -- Heinz Guderian
You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference. -- Chris Evert
Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike. -- Theodore Roosevelt
Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts. -- Mao Zedong
There is no doubt ISIS poses a clear, direct threat to the United States, and decisive action is badly needed. -- Bradley Byrne
The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions. -- Robert Wilson Lynd
Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we must not waver. -- George W. Bush
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. -- Stanley Druckenmiller
The development of our human resources is an area in which we need to do well as it is decisive in determining the success of our diversification programme. -- Hassanal Bolkiah
When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive. -- George W. Bush
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. -- Pope Paul VI
I think that's the strength of photography - to decide the decisive moment, to click in the moment to come up with a picture that never comes back again. -- Rene Burri
The decisive moment in human evolution is perpetual. That is why the revolutionary spiritual movements that declare all former things worthless are in the right, for nothing has yet happened. -- Franz Kafka
In historical and constitutional terms, the recent political status vote in Puerto Rico was a necessary but obviously not decisive step on the road of self-determination leading to full self-government. -- Dick Thornburgh
It is literature which for me opened the mysterious and decisive doors of imagination and understanding. To see the way others see. To think the way others think. And above all, to feel. -- Salman Rushdie
The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for the origin of the opposition between good and evil. -- Georges Bataille
The Christian church in the U.S. is still strong numerically, but it has lost its decisive influence both in American public life and in American culture as a whole, especially in the major elite institutions of society. -- Os Guinness
Become a worry-slapper. Treat frets like mosquitoes. Do you procrastinate when a bloodsucking bug lights on your skin? 'I'll take care of it in a moment.' Of course you don't! You give the critter the slap it deserves. Be equally decisive with anxiety. -- Max Lucado
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. -- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
There is an overabundance of rational reasons to say no to factory-farmed meat: It is the No. 1 cause of global warming, it systematically forces tens of billions of animals to suffer in ways that would be illegal if they were dogs, it is a decisive factor in the development of swine and avian flus, and so on. -- Jonathan Safran Foer
Technology is neutral and sterile. Now, technology is the nature of modern man; it is our environment and our horizon. Of course, every work of man is a negation of nature, but at the same time, it is a bridge between nature and us. Technology changes nature in a more radical and decisive manner: it throws it out. -- Octavio Paz
Patience is decisive indecision. -- James Richardson
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Direct threats require decisive action. -- Dick Cheney
...the initial position is decisive Zugzwang. -- Jon Speelman
There's something dreadfully decisive about a beheading. -- Agnes Smedley
It is decisive to completely destroy Warsaw. -- Heinz Guderian
The decisive means for politics is violence. -- Max Weber
All the decisive blows are struck left-handed. -- Walter Benjamin
There is only one decisive victory: the last. -- Carl von Clausewitz
the decisive movement toward corporate capitalism began in 1895-1896. -- James Livingston
You have to be decisive. Indecisiveness is a startup killer. -- Sam Altman
Without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive. -- George Washington
When I'm decisive, I feel I do a good job. -- Chad Pennington
Personel selection is decisive. People are our most valuable capital. -- Joseph Stalin
Ð¢he battlefield in the air will be the decisive one -- Giulio Douhet
Be decisive. A wrong decision is generally less disastrous than indecision. -- Bernhard Langer
We are the decisive factor in the affairs of the universe. -- Derek Prince
There's a big difference between a decisive manager and a tyrant. -- Mary Kay Ash
Hesitation only enlarges, magnifies the fear. Take action promptly. Be decisive. -- David J. Schwartz
The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions. -- Andre Gide
There is in guerilla warfare no such thing as a decisive battle. -- Mao Zedong
There is no substitute for a clear vision and a decisive direction. -- Dick Morris
When men cut jobs, they're seen as decisive. When women do, they're vindictive. -- Carly Fiorina
I always want to be as quick and decisive as I can be. -- Rooney Mara
There is nothing in this world that does not have a decisive moment. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson
A decisive cleansing of the conscience is a prerequisite for unhindered access to God -- Michael L. Brown
It's important to score some goals and make the decisive pass for my club. -- Robert Laurent
Is not the decisive difference between comedy and tragedy that tragedy denies us another chance? -- John Updike
Different constraints are decisive for different situations, but the most fundamental constraint is limited time. -- Gary Becker
In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death. -- Bao Dai
In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death. -- Bao Dai
Distinguish between power and control, delegate, be decisive - and always remember people's first names. -- Alex Ferguson
Barack Obama is an incredibly intelligent, thoughtful, decisive person in pursuing the agenda he sets. -- Hillary Clinton
The company that consistently makes and implements decisions rapidly gains a tremendous, often decisive, competitive advantage. -- Steve Blank
Struggle is the father of all things, virtue lies in blood, leadership is primary and decisive -- Adolf Hitler
I take one decisive and immediate step, and resign my all to the sufficiency of my Saviour. -- Thomas Chalmers
I think what the American people want more than anything else is a strong and decisive leader. -- Chris Christie
The real reform Japan needs is decisive politics when we face issues that need to be decided. -- Yoshihiko Noda
In the endgame, an error can be decisive, and we are rarely presented with a second chance. -- Paul Keres
One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive one. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let us refuse to be silent! Speaking freely is a decisive step forward on the road to freedom. -- Leyla Zana
When it comes to deciding between your love and your truth, truth has to be the decisive factor. -- Rajneesh
Read Churchill, he tells you how crucial was the Greek role in your decisive desert victory over Rommel. -- Melina Mercouri
I admire the linear and decisive way a certain kind of man thinks, to my curlicue boundless overthinking. -- J. Courtney Sullivan
... a mysterious intersection of chance and attention that goes well beyond the existential surrealism of the 'decisive moment'. -- Lee Friedlander
Marriage is a step so grave and decisive that it attracts light-headed, variable men by its very awfulness. -- Robert Louis Stevenson
For Jesus, Scripture is powerful, decisive, and authoritative because it is nothing less than the voice of God. -- Kevin DeYoung
World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war. -- Lane Evans
It [August 10th 1792] was the bloodiest day of the Revolution so far, but also one of the most decisive. -- William Doyle
The Anglo-Saxon genius for parliamentary government asserted itself; there was a great deal of talk and no decisive action. -- H. G. Wells
The unique ability to take decisive action while maintainign focus on the ultimate mission is what defines a true leader. -- Robert Kiyosaki
I'm not very good at dating. I'm very decisive. If I like someone, then they're my boyfriend. It's pretty straightforward. -- Vinessa Shaw
...Our losses...have reached an intolerable level. The enemy air force played a decisive role in inflicting these high losses. -- Karl Donitz
The issue of managing through a crisis is you have to be decisive even if you don't have perfect information. -- Howard Schultz
The masses are the decisive element, they are the rock on which the final victory of the revolution will be built. -- Rosa Luxemburg
Our idea of nature is increasingly being determined by scientific developments. And they have become decisive for our image of reality. -- Thom Mayne
Dear young people, do not be afraid of making decisive choices in life. Have faith; the Lord will not abandon you! -- Pope Francis
I fail to see the issue that will shock the people of this great country of ours into some decisive action. -- Graham Nash
It [the Euro] is a decisive step towards ever closer political and institutional union in Europe. Above all, it is political. -- Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
The basis of the Juche Idea is that man is the master of all things and the decisive factor in everything. -- Kim Il-sung
The US military has achieved a decisive blow against al-Qaeda with its commando action against Osama Bin Laden and his killing. -- Angela Merkel
In every life there is one particular event that is decisive for the entire person-for his fate, his convictions, his passions. -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
I want to be one of the best players around in two or three years time, to be a decisive footballer. -- Cristiano Ronaldo
Don't be indecisive and unstable in all your ways. Rather, walk in the strength, confidence, and boldness that come from decisive action. -- Dan Miller
One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion. -- Max Weber
I think Hillary Clinton's nomination and I think Donald Trump's nomination, I think the media played decisive roles in both of them. -- Ted Cruz
Conform to the enemy's tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive. -- Sun Tzu
I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The decisive question for man is: Is he related to something infinite or not? That is the telling question of his life. -- Carl Jung
I think you either have to have a very strong decisive person at the top or else a really brilliant staff command. -- Hunter S. Thompson
Just like a caravan of camels walking in the desert, be durable against the adversities of life and walk with decisive steps. -- Mehmet Murat ildan
Our nation is uniquely endowed to play a creative and decisive role in the new order which is taking form around us. -- Henry A. Kissinger
These are days when no one should rely unduly on his competence. Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows are struck left-handed. -- Walter Benjamin
Where absolute superiority is not attainable, you must produce a relative one at the decisive point by making skillful use ofwhat you have. -- Carl von Clausewitz
The best decision-makers are those who are willing to suffer the most over their decisions but still retain their ability to be decisive. -- M. Scott Peck
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. -- Cliff Martinez
We take almost all the decisive steps in our lives as a result of slight inner adjustments of which we are barely conscious. -- W. G. Sebald
Truth is the kind of error without which a certain species of life could not live. The value for life is ultimately decisive. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Mostly the problems when I was down were caused by myself. There were times when I was not responsible enough or decisive enough. -- Novak Djokovic
It has often been observed that the repercussion of poetic language on prose language can be considered a decisive cut of a whip. -- Eugenio Montale
Many of my executives have worked with me since the beginning. I can be fair and decisive and encouraging as well as demanding. -- Martha Stewart
Chess will always be in the doldrums as a spectator sport while a draw is given equal mathematical value as a decisive result. -- Michael Basman
Only about 10 percent of India's population uses the web, making it unlikely that Internet freedom will be a decisive ballot-box issue anytime soon. -- Rebecca MacKinnon
There is no value-judgment more important to a man--no factor more decisive in his psychological development and motivation--than the estimate he passes on himself. -- Nathaniel Branden
In politics, as in womanizing, failure is decisive. It sheds its retrospective gloom on earlier endeavor which at the time seemed full of promise. -- Malcolm Muggeridge
It is against this concept of the sovereign state, a state isolated by protectionism and militarism, that internationalism must now engage in decisive battle. -- Christian Lous Lange
No society can function as a society, unless it gives the individual member social status and function, and unless the decisive social power is legitimate. -- Peter Drucker
Strength of character and inner fortitude, however, are decisive factors. The confidence of the man in the ranks rests upon a man's strength of character. -- Erich von Manstein
History, which is a simple whore, has no decisive moments but is a proliferation of instants, brief interludes that vie with one another in monstrousness. -- Roberto Bolano
The rout of fascism, in which the Soviet Union played the decisive role, generated a mighty tide of socio-political changes which swept across the globe. -- Leonid Brezhnev
It's time to take decisive action to stop American and other multinationals from aiding and abetting the wrong side in the global digital arms race. -- Rebecca MacKinnon
The adoption of agriculture, supposedly our most decisive step toward a better life, was in many ways a catastrophe from which we have never recovered. -- Jared Diamond
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. -- Hannah Arendt

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