Decisive Moment Quotes

One minute can decide the outcome of the battle, one hour - the outcome of the campaign, and one day - the fate of the country.

In our league, it comes right down to the end.

Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.

The die has been cast.

Every game in this league is close, and it's going to come down to making plays at the end.

There's nothing like going into somebody's building in Game 7 and winning.

Even of if a certain backlash is unavoidable, we must make the most of the momentous chance with which history has presented us so swiftly and so unexpectedly.

The moment is supreme.

Decision equals destiny.

I think we could be at a tipping point

Every life has a watershed moment, an instant when you realize you're about to make a choice that will define everything else you ever do, and that if you choose wrong, there may not be that many things left to choose. Sometimes the wrong choice is the only one that lets you face the end with dignity, grace, and the awareness that you're doing the right thing. I'm not sure we can recognize those moments until they've passed us.

We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.

In tennis, because of the way it's scored, I don't think that scoring one point out of luck is ever decisive in winning. But, of course, it depends on the moment.

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.

A blunder at the right moment is better than cleverness at the wrong time.

Everyone likes to strike while the iron is hot. That's a philosophy I've always liked.

For photography is a way to capture the moment - not just any moment, but the important one, this one moment out of all time when your subject is revealed to the fullest - that moment of perfection which comes once and is not repeated.

It is with unwelcome frequency that I find myself the deciding vote.

You never know. One point can make a difference in the end.

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

It's my life and it's now or never.

Opportunities are running out, and this is the do-or-die situation when the ball is in your hands, and you can either help your team to victory or not. And so I want to be in those situations. I think about them, and almost look forward to them.

When he hung up on Nancy Reagan, that's when he crossed his final threshold.

We’ve been through the House. We’ve been through the Senate. We’ve been through the rantings and ravings. The time is now.

The moment for action has arrived, and I know that I can trust in you to save our country.