Compromise Quotes - Page 5

Compromise is the door through which deception enters.

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

The human spirit will not invest itself in a compromise.

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

Conflict is resolved not through compromise, but through invention.

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

I very seldom compromise. I am a Capricorn.

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.

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.

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

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

Oh, how precious is time! And how guilty it makes me feel when I think I have trifled away and misimproved it, or neglected to fill up each part of it with duty to the utmost of my ability and capacity

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

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

I cannot compromise or inhibit my independence.

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

And it happened all the time that the compromise between two perfectly rational alternatives was something that made no sense at all.

In Africa, you cannot come into a comfortable material lifestyle without going through Christ. So many Africans say, "I'll take the whole package. That way I'm sure I'll get what I want." This is the compromise the rising urban class of Africa makes. Christianity is not seen as a soul-transforming device capable of producing redemption, but as a source of substantial material gratification.

A good compromise is when both parties are dissatisfied

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

Life is full of compromises, and whether or not you're willing to negotiate.

Living is a compromise, between doing what you want and doing what other people want.

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

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

Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don't change.