Best 544 quotes in «compromise quotes» category

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?

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

Those who are inclined to compromise never make a revolution.

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

To compromise simply means that you go a tiny bit below what you know is right.

To be kind neither hurts nor compromises.

To obtain a just compromise, concession must not only mutual-it must be equal also....There can be no hope that either will yield more than it gets in return.

Treat different people differently. Anything else is a compromise.

To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and never the artistic gifts and abilities that sustained me.

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

True obedience is the refusal to compromise in any regard our relationship with God, regardless of the consequences.

True success is reaching our potential without compromising our values.

Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not.

Truth is a glorious but hard mistress. She never consults, bargains or compromises.