Decisive Factor Quotes

Armament is an important factor in war but not the decisive factor .... Man, not material, forms the decisive factor.

The basis of the Juche Idea is that man is the master of all things and the decisive factor in everything.

It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another.

I think, always, the form of the players is a decisive factor. And a game-plan and the referee. He can influence the game. And in a derby, a cool head is also very important.

A final of a grand slam is always a matter of details. Maybe a point here, a point there will make the difference. Maybe someone who is a bit more gutsy than the other player, someone who is having a better day than the others.

Sometimes a single battle decides everything and sometimes, too, the slightest circumstance decides the issue of a battle. There is a moment in every battle at which the least manoeuvre is decisive and gives superiority, as one drop of water causes overflow.

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

From triumph to downfall there is but one step. I have noted that, in the most momentous occasions, mere nothings have always decided the outcome of the greatest events.

In many situations that seemed desperate, the artillery has been a most vital factor.

The fate of a battle is the result of a moment, of a thought: the hostile forces advance with various combinations, they attack each other and fight for a certain time; the critical moment arrives, a mental flash decides, and the least reserve accomplishes the object.

The goals made such a difference to the way this game went.

When you have resolved to fight a battle, collect your whole force. Dispense with nothing. A single battalion sometimes decides the day.

The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.

No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are, you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference.

Often in football a game is really balanced and one small detail will make the difference between winning and losing. We try to find the detail that makes the difference for us.

I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game.

That cause is strong which has, not a multitude, but one strong man behind it.

We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.

I'm not here if Bill Hunter never forced my hand in wrestling. It was a pivotal point in my life.

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.