Associations to the word «Pivotal»

Wiktionary

PIVOTAL, adjective. Of, relating to, or being a pivot.
PIVOTAL, adjective. Being of crucial importance; central, key.

Dictionary definition

PIVOTAL, adjective. Being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event"; "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"- Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this study"; "a polar principal".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca