"If you must compromise, compromise up." — Eleanor Roosevelt

"If you must compromise, compromise up."

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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390 Quotes by Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt has 390 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

We must want for others, not ourselves alone.
No one from the beginning of time has had security.
The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.... In any case, the…
Furnish an example, stop preaching, stop shielding, don't prevent self-reliance and initiative, allow your children to develop along thier own…
The trouble is that not enough people have come together with the firm determination to live the things which they…
Democracy cannot be static. Whatever is static is dead.
Nearly all great civilizations that perished did so because they had crystallized, because they were incapable of adapting themselves to…
Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small…
Life has got to be lived - that's all there is to it.
Nothing we learn in this world is ever wasted.
The kind of man who thinks that helping with the dishes is beneath him will also think that helping with…
Basically we could not have peace, or an atmosphere in which peace could grow, unless we recognized the rights of…

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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

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