"We lose ourselves when we compromise the very……" — Barack Obama
"We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholding them not when it's easy, but when it is hard."
More Compromise Quotes
- One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised. — Chinua Achebe
- No book includes the entire world. It's limited. And so it doesn't seem like an aesthetic compromise to have to… — Paul Auster
- Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it.… — Michael Badnarik
- I'm free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don't try… — Erykah Badu
- Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise. — Christian Bale
- The tragedy of life and of the world is not that men do not know God; the tragedy is that,… — William Barclay
- I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- A just laicism allows religious freedom. The state does not impose religion but rather gives space to religions with a… — Pope Benedict XVI
- Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other.… — Mortimer Adler
- When the United States aligns with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes, it compromises the basic democratic principles of its foundation -… — Benazir Bhutto
- Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what… — Ambrose Bierce
- The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising. — Arthur Bloch