Quotes About Compromise

We all get lots of people. And maybe we don't always get to have them the exact way we want them, but if we can figure out a way to compromise, you know, then we can keep them all.

Sacrifices made for love are fine, unless the sacrifice is you.

If I had known his favorite game was mental twister, I would have suggested a movie over game night.

We are still living with the ideology of compromise, not with the ideology of recognition

Why did someone fall in love with you because you were one thing, and then want you to be something else?

Once you've chosen a man, don't try to change him, I wrote, with more confidence. It can't be done. More important -- don't let him try to change you. He can't do it either, but men always try.

Sometimes the simplest solution out of conflict is becoming someone's friend, instead of saying goodbye forever.

What could you do, when what threatened the ones you loved was something else you loved just as much?

I do not say that I could never be persuaded to sacrifice my reputation to passion- only that it would take a great deal.

Sometimes it is wiser to join forces with opponents than to fight them.

Fools always fight. Wise people always Arbitrate. Because to fight is to Waste and to Arbitrate is to Save.

There is a Yiddish saying: "If I am going to be forced to eat pork, it better be of the best kind.

Compromising is condoning. The only modern dictum I follow is one by George Santayana: A man is morally free when Ã¢â'¬Â¦ he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity. This is not just an aim but an obligation.

We saw the trade-off between the interests of the collective and those of the individual.

Remember that Socrates was put to death because he would not compromise his standards.

Compromising is condoning. The only modern dictum I follow is one by George Santayana: A man is morally free when Ã¢â'¬Â¦ he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity.

Compromising is condoning. The only modern dictum I follow is one by George Santayana: A man is morally free when … he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity. This is not just an aim but an obligation.

he had so little to lose. She accepted since she had no choice.

sometimes life requires compromises:

I naively imagined that marriage could solve all the problems between us.

The moment any of them gave up on the difficult work of living with their neighbors—and all of the compromise, frustration, and delay that inevitably entailed—they risked losing everything.

For peace and for survival, others must be accommodated. The moment any of them gave up on the difficult work of living with their neighbors—and all of the compromise, frustration, and delay that inevitably entailed—they risked losing everything. It was a lesson that Bradford and Massasoit had learned over the course of more than three long decades. That it could be so quickly forgotten by their children remains a lesson for us today.

Sometimes, though, you make a pact with yourself. I'll pretend there's nothing wrong if you pretend there's nothing wrong. It's called denial, and it's one of the strongest pacts in the world. Just ask all those people who were still drinking champagne while the Titanic went down.

It's always the lesser of two evils.' 'I don't see why there have to be any evils at all.' -Connor