Best 544 quotes in «compromise quotes» category

Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to be a compromise of their character: they seem to steal their own dividends.

Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it.

Sometimes, there isn't any way to compromise." - Eclipse, page 607

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.

Stay up and really burn the midnight oil. There are no compromises.

Sustainable leadership does not compromise the future by expanding and accelerating too quickly in the present.

Testimonies are wonderful. But, so often our lives don't fit our testimonies.

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.

Take your time and make sure the person who you do intend to have sex with is someone you deeply love and care about, and make sure you get to know them as much as you can, and make sure by having sex you don't compromise your character.

The attainment of wholeness requires one to stake one's whole being. Nothing less will do; there can be no easier conditions, no substitutes, no compromises.

That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.

The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate interests.

The authenticity aspect is pretty important to me. When we have to compromise and do something that's not authentic, it really rubs me, every time I have to see it in the edit, which is millions of times.

"The Church of England," I said, seeing that Mr. Inglesant paused, "is no doubt a compromise.

The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.

The Compromise of 1850 provided that the prohibition of slavery should be left up to the individual States, thus thwarting the Canaanites in their attempts to make this problem an excuse for federal intervention and a cause of war between the States.

The door of conciliation and compromise is finally closed by our adversaries, and it remains only to us to meet the conflict with the dignity and firmness of men worthy of freedom.

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

The defence of democracy must consist in making anti-democratic experiences too costly for those who try them; much more costly than a democratic compromise

The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over.

The good of the family cannot be achieved without consideration of an individual's important interests. If those interests are urgent and weighty, they must become important interests of the family and can sometimes have priority in case of conflict. Sometimes, members must split their differences in compromise. Over time, yielding to others at some times must be balanced against getting priority for one's interests at other times.

The elevation of parochial values to the realm of the sacred is a license to dismiss other people's interests, and an imperative to reject the possibility of compromise

The laws of cricket tell of the English love of compromise between a particular freedom and a general orderliness, or legality.

The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

The morality of compromise sounds contradictory.

The opposite of compromise is not integrity. The opposite of compromise is not idealism. The opposite of compromise is fanaticism and death.

The music that I made in my band wasn't the expression of everything I was into. Bands are based on compromise.

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

there are a few rules I know to be true about love and marriage: If you don't respect the other person, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. If you don't know how to compromise, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. If you can't talk openly about what goes on between you, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. And if you don't have a common set of values in life, you're gonna have a lot of trouble. Your values must be alike.' - Morrie Schwartz

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.

The real story is that I am very free, that I've managed to be who I wanted to be without compromising.

There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it.

There are times when you are in despair, because in order not to betray who you are, you don't compromise, you don't make movies that would be very lucrative or prestigious or easily understood. And yet I stay attached to the most uncanny premises. It's never been easy.

There can be no compromise on moral principles.

There can be no compromise with war.

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

There are hours when the Church must say NO to those who should ask communion with her, in the doing of her work, upon the basis of compromise.

There can be no compromise on the right of personal security; there can be no compromise on securing of human rights.

There could be no greater calamity than a permanent discord between us and the Arab people. Despite the great wrong that has been done us, we must strive for a just and lasting compromise with the Arab people Let us recall that in former times no people lived in greater friendship with us than the ancestors of these Arabs.

There is no middle way. We cannot compromise on cruelty.

The slow compromise, or even surrender, of our fondest hopes is a regular feature of normal human life.

The Senate needs 60 votes to pass anything. They have to compromise with liberal Democrats to spend more money. Even though arguably we have control of the Senate, we really don't.

The rules of marriage were simple and easy to follow: faithfulness, patience, compromise. But there were no rules to divorce, or if there were, he had not yet discovered them.

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

The struggle between the two worlds [Fascism and Democracy] can permit no compromises. It's either Us or Them!

Those who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution.

The UN platform was created precisely for this, to seek compromise, to communicate with one another. So it will definitely be nice if we make use of this platform.

The world said to conform, the world said to settle for less, the world said to compromise and no one would know... so I made my own world.

They enslave their children's children who make compromise with sin.

This is why it is sometimes hard for introverts to find words: we really hate to compromise, and words are always a compromise.