Best 544 quotes in «compromise quotes» category

Compromise has a negative connotation.

Commit to a career built on sacrifice, not compromise.

Compromise is a skill, and like all skills it atrophies from lack of use.

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

Compromise is the welcome mat to deception.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

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

Compromise" is so often used in a bad sense that it is difficult to remember that properly it merely describes the process of reaching an agreement. Naturally there are certain subjects on which no man can compromise. For instance, there must be no compromise under any circumstances with official corruption, and of course no man should hesitate to say as much.

Compromise yourself. Obscure your own trail.

Compromise is an imperfect act.

Compromise is not popular. It's not at all popular among young people who these days call themselves "activists." They think compromises are dishonest, opportunistic, humiliating. Not in my vocabulary.

compromise is the work of mature people.

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.

Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals.

Compromising your integrity for money, power, or fame will come back to haunt you.

Compromise for your Dream but NEVER Compromise on your Dream.

Compromise is just a fancy term for losing.

Compromise is low class. I don't have anything against the poor, but being low class is the root of all evil

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer.

Compromise is what it's got to be all about when you're governing, because no one is ever going to have a big enough majority to just do what they want to do all the time.

Compromise now, because you'll have to later, anyway, only then you'll have gone through things you'll wish you hadn't.

Compromise is an honorable word.

Compromise is like the middle of the road; always safer to walk on than the edges.

Compromise is the door through which deception enters.

Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.

Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Dignity of women is our collective responsibility. There should be no compromise in this matter. There should be no erosion in the law and order situation. We have to revive the family culture in which a woman is respected and considered equal, her dignity encouraged.

Directing is a mixture of compromise and perfectionism. When you lose the judgment of which is more important at any particular moment, you're time is over. They find you out and send you packing.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.

Do not submit. It is extremely critical that repression be met full head-on and that it be resisted with every fiber in our being. There is just absolutely no compromise that can be made with it.

Doing the right thing doesn't always bring success. But compromising ethics almost always leads to failure.

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.

Don't compromise your principles.

Don't compromise your heart for something crass.

Don't compromise even if it hurts to be yourself.

Don't compromise quickly. Women are more likely to automatically take the first offer on the table because we're more likely to feel "lucky" to be employed at all. But remember, negotiation isn't necessarily one round: you can come back with other asks, even if those things aren't money.

Don't expect people to abide by your rules if you don't clearly communicate what they are. And don't expect them to live by your rules if you're not willing to compromise and live by at least some of theirs.

Don't pretend that you can just be oblivious to politics. You can't. What you never do is break your personal code. Have a code and keep it. You should never compromise what your priorities are.

Ecosystems are holy. The word "environmental" is a deadly compromise itself. It's a policy word that lives only in the head, and barely there.

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

Drug addiction is an evil, and with evil there can be no yielding or compromise.

Either get out of bed or else take your clothes off," he said. "I'm not in the mood to compromise.

Even the largest of my dreams and ambitions, I realize with increasing dismay, were puny, measly, compared to the object of my dreaming. I would not say my life to date has been built overmuch of compromise, but still, it surrounds me.

Even as we seek to be meek and to avoid contention, we must not compromise or dilute our commitment to the truths we understand.

Every day there is a compromise. Living with somebody requires a lot of understanding. But I love being married. I really love it.

Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values.

Flexibility is indispensable in the talks, .. Only if (the DPRK and the United States) show flexibility, it is possible to reach compromise.

Every moment of your lives you are exerting a tremendous influence, that will tell on the immortal interests of souls around you. Are you asleep, while your conduct is exerting such an influence?

Fight as hard as you can, and then understand there's going to have to be some amount of reasonable compromise.

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