Compromise Quotes & Sayings

Compromise Quotes & Sayings

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The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles. - Ayn Rand



The theatre is a gross art, built in sweeps and over-emphasis. Compromise is its second name. - Enid Bagnold



A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece. - Ludwig Erhard



Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise. - Charles Horton Cooley



Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf. - Gilbert Keith Chesterton



From compromise and things half done, Keep me with stern and stubborn pride; And when at last the fight is won, God, keep me still unsatisfied. - Louis Untermeyer



If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing. - Margaret Thatcher



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



Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbours to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. - Abraham Lincoln



I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle. - Andrew Carnegie



It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found. - Moliere



Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got. - Betty Ford