Quotes About Compromise

If a relationship is going to work, it will require compromise and, even then, it is not always going to end the way you want it to.

A good marriage is not one where perfection reigns: it is a relationship where a healthy perspective overlooks a multitude of "unresolvables."

No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater.

It's not that, you know, when a relationship doesn't work and there are issues, you have to somehow work it out if there are children involved.

Do not, on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won't feel like watching.

The girl or the world, you see someone gotta lose. I thought I could have it all, do I really gotta choose?

The relationship between [John] Adams and [Tomas] Jefferson was extraordinary. They differed on every conceivable issue, except on the Revolution and the love of their country.

Relationship is about forgiveness and compromise. It is about balance where one person complements each other.

In marriage, compromise nurtures the relationship.

I want a guy who takes charge, but lets me have my say once in a while. A good relationship is all about balance and chemistry.

Money may not be able to buy you love, but conflicts about it can certainly bankrupt your relationship.

Politics is a love-hate relationship. I sure know that.

Love, honor, and negotiate.

War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed.

Rashi was one of the champions of the theory, which sought to bring about a compromise between the Peshat and the Derash. He interspersed the Aggadic and Midrashic with the philological, a circumstance, which, in all likelihood, accounted for the popularity of his commentary. One can readily detect Rashi's indebtedness to the Targumim, the Talmud and the Masorah.

And do as adversaries do in law,Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.

To do a great right, do a little wrong.

I am in bloodStepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more,Returning were as tedious as go o'er.

And sheath'd their swords for lack of argument.

I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices today than any of you to secure peace.

The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered.

You need to suspend your reaction when you feel like striking back, to listen when you feel like talking back, to ask questions when you feel like telling your opponent the answers, to bridge your differences when you feel like pushing for your way, and to educate when you feel like escalating. Breakthrough

How can we get what we really want and at the same time deal with the needs of others in our lives? Perhaps no human dilemma is more pervasive or challenging.

Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way. —Daniele Vare, Italian diplomat We