#decisive

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

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Direct threats require decisive action. ↗

— Dick Cheney

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Secondly, the nature of the revolutions which have altered the surface of the earth must have had a more decisive effect on the terrestrial quadrupeds than on the marine animals. ↗

— Georges Cuvier

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This communication alone, by the comparison of the antagonisms, rivalries, movements which give birth to decisive moments, permits the evolution of the soul, whereby a man realizes himself on earth. It is impossible to be concerned with anything else in art. ↗

— Robert Delaunay

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When men cut jobs, they're seen as decisive. When women do, they're vindictive. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

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The word tomorrow was invented for indecisive people and for children. ↗

— Ivan Turgenev

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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

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My being a teacher had a decisive influence on making language and systems as simple as possible so that in my teaching, I could concentrate on the essential issues of programming rather than on details of language and notation. ↗

— Niklaus Wirth

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Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts. ↗

— Mao Zedong

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The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions. ↗

— Andre Gide

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