Compromise Quotes - Page 3

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.

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

Live for who and what you love and never compromise your beliefs for anything or anyone.

The opposite of compromise is character.

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

To be kind neither hurts nor 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.

I am the president of 146 million Russians. I have to represent their interests. We are willing to settle this without any conflicts and to search for compromises on the basis of international law.

More often there's a compromise between ethics and expediency.

If by the time we're sixty we haven't learned what a knot of paradox and contradiction life is, and how exquisitely the good and the bad are mingled in every action we take, and what a compromising hostess Our Lady of Truth is, we haven't grown old to much purpose.

We live in age of compromise, but if we stand on the bedrock of God’s truth, we will not bend with the winds of relativism and faithlessness.

The more centralized the power, the less compromises need to be made in architecture.

Art is uncompromising, and life is full of compromises.

To be or not to be is not a question of compromise. Either you be or you don't be.

You mustn't compromise your principles, but you mustn't humiliate the opposition. No one is more dangerous than one who is humiliated.

If a relationship is going to work, it will require compromise and, even then, it is not always going to end the way you want it to.

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

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

Waging war is much more popular than negotiating, because there you need to compromise.

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.

Whatever you compromise to gain, you will lose.

Preach the Gospel with your life — without compromise!

Compromise has a negative connotation.

The devil is compromise.

If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life.