Quotes About Compromise

Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.

To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.

The peace pipe has killed the lungs (Le calumet de la paix - A tué les poumons faits.)

A man must take the fat with the lean.

Anythin' for a quiet life, as the man said wen he took the sitivation at the lighthouse.

Anything for a quiet life; as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse.

The landmines in his arsenal include such sins as pride, jealousy and envy, disappointment, unforgiveness, compromise, sexual temptation, fear, and laziness—which God also calls slothfulness. Each one is designed by Satan to discourage you and keep you from reaching your full potential. That happened in Saul's life. He never fully became the person God created him to be because he allowed pride to enter his heart. If we are not discerning and wise, the same will be true of us.

We want clean air, clean water, good living conditions, the best health care in the world. Yet we aren't willing to pay for anything manufactured under those restrictions.

In trying to get our own way, we should remember that kisses are sweeter than whine.

Life: A compromise between Fate and Freewill.

You can have all the rest of the year if you will give me April and May.

To believe in liberal democracy is to believe that there is more good will in society than ill will; more ground for agreement than disagreement; more things that the majority of people want to preserve and cherish than they want to destroy; more that they love than that they hate; more to unite men and classes than to divide them; and that to find these principles of unity and agreement, through deliberation and compromise, is the duty of civilized human beings.

Politics are almost as exciting as war and quite as dangerous. In war you can be killed only once, but in politics many times.

Everyone has that one thing that's totally illogical, which if you really want to love that person, you've just got to accept.

solution to the situation; there was every possibility that it might also reflect Batista's wishes. He had quickly accepted the proposal—with one important proviso. He argued that it would be an act of good faith on the part of the Cuban government to allow the passengers

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over.

Money is good for bribing yourself through the inconveniences of life.

The Law of Win/Win says, Let's not do it your way or my way; let's do it the best way.

It's very tempting when you really want to be with someone to settle for much, much less -- even a vague pathetic facsimile of less -- than you would have ever imagined. Remember always what you set out to get and please don't settle for less. These guys exist because there are a lot of women out there who allow them to.

You shoulda married someone, a whole lot more like you-- drink coffee in the little cafes, and you could go out shopping too. I shoulda married someone, who likes to camp and fish, and make love for two days straight, And you say, "don't you wish". You drive me crazy, with all the things you do and do not do. Umm, I love you so much, I'm gonna drive you crazy too.

Sorry? You expect to destroy my world, then shake hands? - Bruce Wayne

But once you've done what you had to, they'll never let you do what you want to.

Isn't there a level where both sides can still cooperate?

The dream is never the dream. It's a bunch of compromises and, if you're lucky, a few decent people now and then.