Quotes About Compromise

How far can you compromise without seriously violating your identity

What dangers that word entails. How far can you compromise without seriously violating your identity, without permanently losing self-respect?

The truly skillful politician is one who, when he comes to a fork in the road, goes both ways.

But he was the one who'd called for compromise, and the nature of compromise was that no one was happy. That's how you knew a fair deal had been reached.

the nature of compromise was that no one was happy. That's how you knew a fair deal had been reached.

Love's never a fair trade.

One hopes to achieve the zero option, but in the absence of that we must achieve balanced numbers. (On Soviet and Allied missiles in Europe)

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous you get knocked down by traffic from both sides.

Wilson agreed reluctantly to their attempts: "I don't much like to make a compromise with people who aren't reasonable. They will always believe that, by persisting in their claims, they will be able to obtain more.

and after all, if I really wanted the bay to stay totally untouched, I wouldn't be living here myself, would I?" said her mother's voice out in the kitchen. I'd live in the city, and just enjoy the idea of the bay, pure and untouched between bare hills. But we built this house didn't we? We dug into the slope and levelled the space and poured the concrete foundations.

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.

Say you'll marry me when I come back or, before God, I won't go. I'll stay around here and play a guitar under your window every night and sing at the top of my voice and compromise you, so you'll have to marry me to save your reputation.

If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.

If you just set out to be liked, you will be prepared to compromise on anything at anytime, and would achieve nothing.

If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing." ~ Margaret Thatcher

Beowulf is usually seen as a masculine text, but I think that's somewhat unfair. The poem, while (with one exception) not structured around the actions of women, does contain extensive portrayals of motherhood and peace-weaving marital compromise, female warriors, and speculation on what it means to lose a son.

Siempre hay alguien que elige, y otro que tiene que aceptar la elección.

Speak to me, Jacob, do not play the tyrant. Speak to me.

We were reconciled, of course we were; things were now too far gone between us to be broken for a Roger Rowly.

Many people feel that playing the political game involves devious plotting or blatant self-promotion. But in reality, "politics" is what naturally happens whenever people with different goals, interests, and personalities try to work together.

When all of your wishes are granted, many of your dreams will be destroyed.

I gave up drinking coffee for you. I swapped pizza for produce, and this is what I get in return?

I'm the person who wouldn't send back my food even if I got steak when I'd ordered fish.