Definition of Decisive

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Definition of Decisive
	Decisive Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. Marked by promptness and decision. Related Definitions: An, And, By, Conclusive, Contest, Controversy, Deciding, Decision, End, Final, Having, Marked, Of, Or, Power, Promptness, Putting, Quality, Question, The, To

Decisive Quotations

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
Theodore Roosevelt

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

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

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

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

War remains the decisive human failure.
John Kenneth Galbraith

Whenever in future wars the battle is fought, armored troops will play the decisive role.
Heinz Guderian

It is decisive to completely destroy Warsaw.
Heinz Guderian

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.
Karl Von Clausewitz

Today, I, too, wish to reaffirm that I intend to continue on the path toward improved relations and friendship with the Jewish people, following the decisive lead given by John Paul II.
Pope Benedict XVI

Decisive Translations

decisive in Dutch is beslissend, finaal, cruciaal
decisive in French is tranchant
decisive in Italian is decisivo
decisive in Spanish is firme, decisivo

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