Compromise Quotes

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Mind, even more deadly to empires than to individuals, erodes them, compromises their solidity. — Emile M. Cioran
Art is the only thing you cannot punch a button for. You must do it the old-fashioned way. Stay up and really burn the midnight… — Leontyne Price
When a married person uses pornography, or is unfaithful, it compromises not just his (or her) purity, but also compromises the spouse's purity. As a… — Christine O'Donnell
We must follow the wisdom of the Brundtland Report. We must pursue development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability… — Ban Ki-moon
The only condition of fighting for the right to create is faith in your own vocation, readiness to serve, and refusal to compromise. — Andrei Tarkovsky
People very rarely think in groups; they talk together, they exchange information, they adjudicate, they make compromises. But they do not think; they do not… — William H. Whyte
To appreciate nonsense you must first acquire wisdom, then compromise the two; only then will the fool understand you, and believe himself to be wise. — Unknown Author
The way you activate the seeds of your creation is by making choices about the results you want to create. When you make a choice,… — Robert Fritz
Broadly speaking, I learned to recognize sin as the refusal to live up to the enlightenment we possess: to know the right order of values… — Unknown Author
We do not compromise our own faith by admitting the honesty of another's doubt. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
As a politician - particularly as a politician in a coalition - you quickly realise that compromise is a part of the game. But there… — Edward Davey
Love cannot accept what it is. Everywhere on earth it cries out against kindness, compassion, intelligence, everything that leads to compromise. Love demands the impossible,… — Albert Camus
Since the point of erotica is to offer the consumer sexual experiences without having to compromise with the demands of the other sex, it is… — Steven Pinker
This the American Black man knows: his fight is a fight to the finish. Either he dies or he wins. He will enter modern civilization… — W. E. B. Du Bois
Stick to your knitting (what you're good at), don't compromise, and don't suffer fools. — Simone Campbell
We all have a childhood dream that when there is love, everything goes like silk, but the reality is that marriage requires a lot of… — Raquel Welch
The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this won't happen if you compromise… — Yvon Chouinard
It is not the principled partisan, however obnoxious he may seem to his opponents, who degrades our public debate, but the preening, self-styled statesman who… — Tom DeLay
Lovers of audio books learn to live with compromise. — David Sedaris
One must never compromise with tyrants. One can only strike at kings through the head. Nothing can be expected from European kings except by force… — Georges Danton

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