Encouragement-and-attitude Quote by C. Nzingha Smith

“Here's what I find about compromise, don't do it if it hurts inside, 'cause either way you're screwed and eventually you'll find that you…

— Indigo Girls

“I showed up, shut up, and made it work. But it felt like compromise. And if you ask me, compromise feels like amputation.”

— Tiffany Debartolo

Once you compromise yourself in one way, you compromise yourself in another way. And you've just opened the door to compromise, mediocrity, settling.

— Lauryn Hill

Compromise built upon compromise equals failure. Instead, resisting temptation allowed promise upon promise to be built up in my heart, and that creates empowerment.

— Lysa TerKeurst

“Everyone should at least try to do the thing he wants to do. Later in life situations and responsibilities force people to compromise. But…

— Jacqueline Susann

Once you permit yourself to compromise, you fail yourself.

— Dean Karnazes

“Compromise is what binds people together. Compromise is sharing and conciliatory, it is loving and kind and unselfish.”

— Ali Harris

“Sometimes, there just isn't the opportunity or willingness to make things better. Sometime you can't simply have another go. You make a choice, and…

— Dan Abnett

“Don't settle for less than you deserve but remind yourself every once in a while, that compromise is the ability to listen to both…

— Cathy Lawshe

“Yet where lies the line between compromise and surrender? Between relinquishing the ideal of perfection on the one hand, and losing one's integrity on…

— Susan Maushart

“Everyone is you pushed out. Once you understand this, you’ll never resort to victimhood. Also, the way that people treat you will transform significantly.”

— Robin S. Baker

“I'm starting to understand that attempting to be perfect has been the goal of my life. Our lives. Attempting to be this fault-free, smiling…

— Abigail Tarttelin