"Decisiveness" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... against all the menaces of barbarians, Greece was secure through the forces which by opposition were developed in herself,—and for so long a period was she secure against herself. But the very rapidity and decisiveness of her triumphs over the barbarian cut this period short, and cut short also the rising column of Hellenic power. At the same time that Cimon is finishing up the fleet of Persia, Pericles is preparing for the culmination of Greece. In all this there seemed nothing final; ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 11, No. 65, March, 1863 • Various
... the first time, questioned a decision of his leader. "We can't spare an hour!" he said with a dull decisiveness, in which there was nothing boyish. "You have got to keep on ahead. Besides, you can't follow the tracks as well as I can, you would ...
— Two on the Trail - A Story of the Far Northwest • Hulbert Footner
... pretext that she must dress for dinner, he lingered entreatingly on the threshold to blurt out: "It's been such a comfort—do say you'll let me see you again—" But to this direct appeal it was impossible to give an assent; and she said with friendly decisiveness: "I'm sorry—but you know ...
— House of Mirth • Edith Wharton
... in the words, only a decisiveness of the sort before which men give way, because they see that there is no alternative. Tony stared into his father's eyes curiously. His own grew big with wonder, with something which was not alarm, but ...
— The Indifference of Juliet • Grace S. Richmond
... anything," said Caroline firmly. She rose and crossed the room toward the door with grim decisiveness. ...
— Stories by Modern American Authors • Julian Hawthorne |
