Compromise Quotes

I think that anything that has privileges have responsibility and all people that is clear about their responsibility has compromise.

I go back to what Mrs. Roosevelt taught me: 'Always compromise, but compromise upwards.'

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.

You must take the compromise to win, or else nothing. That means: you race or you do not.

In order to create art today, you have to compromise your art somewhat and be a businessman.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.

Beethoven in c minor has come to symbolize his artistic character...where he seems to be most impatient of any compromise.

Stay in the Word. The moment you start letting go of that, you're on the road to compromise. Stay grounded, remain pure, keep your eyes fixed on Jesus.

No compromise is possible and the victory of the democracies can only be complete with the utter defeat of the war machines of Germany and Japan.

No America without democracy, no democracy without politics no politics without parties, no parties without compromise and moderation.

The choice before us is plain: Christ or chaos, conviction or compromise, discipline or disintegration.

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Be kind to people, do the best that you can do and don’t compromise yourself for anyone else and you’ll end up being the best person, trust me.

Compromise is the door through which deception enters.

We demand an unconditional peace, we demand a cease-fire, a withdrawal of all foreign troops, and closing of the border.... We will find a compromise within the country.

We will compromise and compromise and compromise but we will never be compromised.

Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now.

All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.

Now I'm told this is life, and pain's just a simple compromise.

Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.

I have been able to find out what I really really want to do myself, trying out ideas that I haven't been able to do before because you don't have to compromise when you work by yourself.

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.

Conflict is resolved not through compromise, but through invention.

Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration.

I very seldom compromise. I am a Capricorn.

It's not the wickedness of the pagan that breaks my heart. It's the compromise of the Christian that grieves my soul.

Love is ever evolving and it takes compromise, work and patience.

In a relationship, when does the art of compromise become compromising?

If we don't manage to find not just a compromise but a lasting peace agreement, we know perfectly well what the scenario will be. It has a name, it's called war.

Do not compromise on national security for purely budgetary reasons. The world is dangerous, and we must always be prepared for anything that might threaten our national interests and security.

The only condition of fighting for the right to create is faith in your own vocation, readiness to serve, and refusal to compromise.

Bisexuality is not so much a cop-out as a fearful compromise.

All translation is a compromise - the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic.

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf; is better than a whole loaf.

Get it - get it better or get it worse. No middle ground of compromise.

It's time to recognize what compromise means: no side wins or loses all.

If you take the responsibility for your life, you can start changing it.

I believe life's too short for compromises and bad fitting jeans

The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name.

There can be no compromise on basic principles. There can be no compromise on moral issues. There can be no compromise on matters of knowledge, of truth, of rational conviction.

You will always know whether you are delivered from the guilt of sin by answering this question: Am I delivered from the love of sin?

I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence.

... the country deserves us to be willing to compromise on behalf of the greater good.

In general, losing weight is a good thing for those who are overweight, but it's important to lose weight in a way that enhances your health rather than one that may compromise it.

The custom of sinning takes away the sense of it, the course of the world takes away the shame of it.

I worship you, but I loathe marriage. I hate its smugness, its safety, its compromise and the thought of you interfering with my work, hindering me; what would you answer?

Life is made up of compromises.

When the Tea Party comes to town, compromise goes out the door.

Often times, being in a popular thing means that you have to compromise your own acting.

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'