Compromise Quotes

Do whatever you can that doesn't compromise your morals.

There is an obligation both moral, but also legal, I believe, against a reporter disclosing something which would so severely compromise national security.

You can't always do exactly what you want, and often compromises have to be made.

When you start out, you have to make compromises, which include doing films of lower quality.

True wisdom knows it must comprise some nonsense as a compromise, lest fools should fail to find it wise.

When you're in a romantic relationship, of course, there is a lot more compromise and you have to be a lot more unselfish.

God never jests with us, and will not compromise the end of nature, by permitting any inconsequence in its procession.

I do want to see an immigration compromise. And you can't have an immigration compromise if everybody's out there calling the president a racist.

In the end it all came down to companionship, to friendship, to sacrifice, to compromise.

Compromise is such an integral part of being a human being. You're compromising in every decision you make.

I've made compromises to survive in life, and to be able to do what I want to do. But, once anything has been put on screen, I've never made a compromise.

compromise is the work of mature people.

In Washington, compromise has become a dirty word.

Compromise in your arguments, not in your expectations.

Don't give up on your ideals. Don't compromise. Don't turn to expediency. And for heaven's sake . . . don't get cynical.

Love is not a compromise. It's something like the rising of the sun,although you've seen it a thousand times, you can't explain it.

If you compromise in the first five, ten hires it might kill the company.

If you compromise and hire someone mediocre you will always regret it.

Habit is a compromise effected between an individual and his environment.

A free and open society is an ongoing conflict, interrupted periodically by compromises.

Treat different people differently. Anything else is a compromise.

Faced with the opportunity to become the category of one, we almost always hesitate, almost always compromise, almost always dumb it down to play it a little bit safer

Without trust, the best we can do is compromise.

The ability to compromise and having the ability to laugh at ourselves is huge and works well for me.

It was a very different Republican Party in 2013. And so I think particularly the House Republicans are more confrontational, less willing to compromise even than the Republican class of '94.

Sometimes people confuse silence as wisdom when in fact it is compromise.

I am perfectly happy to compromise whether it's with Democrats or anybody else, as long as we're reducing the size of government.

Enough of these little kitty cats we keep sending to Washington. David Dewhurst will compromise every day in the U.S. Senate... It's what he's done every day in state government.

The trouble with this world is that everybody has to compromise and conform.

I believe that creativity comes from compromise. If you could have everything you ever wanted, it doesn't always work.

A government held together by the bands of reason only, requires much compromise of opinion.

As a reader I like both great characterization and fast moving plots. The challenge is to balance the both and not compromise one for the other.

Compromise is part and parcel of making a movie. It's a question of the kinds of compromises that you have to make.

In your mid-30s, it’s time to start playing guys of compromise. And as you get older, men of bitter compromise.

Surround yourself with a really good group of friends that are true and honest and won't lead you astray and make you compromise who you are as a woman or a young woman.

In a way, editing is not unlike the movies. The best books, just like the best movies, are a collaboration. They're only as good as the compromise made between the artists involved.

The Prime Minister [Shindzo Abe] and I will negotiate proceeding from our national interests: the interests of Russia and the interests of Japan. We should find a compromise.

In relations between the states ... the interests of the country should be correlated with the interests of other countries, and compromise is to be found when resolving the most complex issues.

So be patient. Do not compromise. And give your destiny time to find you.

No leader can create sustainable, significant change without a reservoir of good will. Without that, you always tend to compromise with failure.

You will find your way. Don't be afraid of getting stuck in some of the necessary compromises. Learn everything you can from each experience, even if something seems irrelevant to your true purpose.

It's necessary for Israelis and Palestinians to make the compromises that are required to get the direct talks back on track.

When we put aside partisanship, embrace the best ideas regardless of where they come from and work for principled compromise, we can move America not left or right, but forward.

I will repeat again that females are the symbols of nonviolence. Another thing I would say is that a female is more compromising. A female can talk with anyone easily.

We will not leave the Golan Heights, not even in exchange for a peace treaty. We will be ready for a limited compromise and it does not have to be in territorial terms.

I don't believe in compromise, I believe there is a goal we are trying to reach.

Compromise to please others is not as good as integrity that annoys others. Rather than be praised without being good, it is better to be slandered without being bad.

Be attractive and winsome, but do not compromise your convictions for the sake of popularity.

From compromise to deceit is a small step.

If we are at peace with this world, it may be because we have sold out to it and compromised with it.