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Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed. CeeLo Green

Patience, Acceptance, Tools, Tolerance

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

Art, Cake, Way, Everyone, Piece, He

All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take. Mahatma Gandhi

Surrender, Fundamentals, Take, Give, Any

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

Wisdom, Time, You, Be Prepared, Achieve

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. Andrew Carnegie

Men, Strong, Weakness, Defeat, Said

Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even think about taking my guns. My rights are not negotiable, and I am totally unwilling to compromise when it comes to the Second Amendment. Michael Badnarik

I Am, Control, Gun, Think, Target, Hot

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

Men, Strong, Know, Strong Men, Serve

Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done. John Keegan

Loyalty, Courage, Go, Done, Veterans Day

Repeal the Missouri Compromise - repeal all compromises - repeal the Declaration of Independence - repeal all past history, you still cannot repeal human nature. It will be the abundance of man's heart that slavery extension is wrong; and out of the abundance of his heart, his mouth will continue to speak. Abraham Lincoln

Nature, Heart, History, Past, Man, Speak

Human beings are born solitary, but everywhere they are in chains - daisy chains - of interactivity. Social actions are makeshift forms, often courageous, sometimes ridiculous, always strange. And in a way, every social action is a negotiation, a compromise between 'his,' 'her' or 'their' wish and yours. Andy Warhol

Action, Wish, Negotiation, Born, Strange

Mentors of mine were under a big pressure to minimize their femininity to make it. I'm not going to do that. That takes away my power. I'm not going to compromise who I am. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Power, I Am, Pressure, Mentors, Big

Be careful not to compromise what you want most for what you want now. Zig Ziglar

You, Now, Want, Be Careful, Careful

I simply do not think that yelling, swearing, threatening or belittling will get you to the place you want to be faster than kindness, understanding, patience and a little willingness to compromise. Rachel Nichols

Kindness, Patience, Think, Understanding

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got. - Janis Joplin

Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got. Janis Joplin

Yourself, You, Got

Corporate executives and business owners need to realize that there can be no compromise when it comes to ethics, and there are no easy shortcuts to success. Ethics need to be carefully sown into the fabric of their companies. Vivek Wadhwa

Success, Business, Ethics, Easy, Need

No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I'm President, I never will. Barack Obama

Wisdom, Democracy, Long, You, Party, New

My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise. Colin Powell

Experience, People, World, Tools, View

Avoiding inflation is not an absolute imperative but rather is one of a number of conflicting goals that we must pursue and that we may often have to compromise. Paul Samuelson

Goals, Pursue, May, Inflation, Must

Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how. Madeleine M. Kunin

Children, Learn, Refuse, How

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors 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

Good, Business, Opportunity, Man, Lawyer

I'm free. I just do what I want, say what I want, say how I feel, and I don't try to hurt nobody. I just try to make sure that I don't compromise my art in any kind of way, and I think people respect that. Erykah Badu

Respect, Art, People, Free, Think, Hurt

The Fourth Industrial Revolution can compromise humanity's traditional sources of meaning - work, community, family, and identity - or it can lift humanity into a new collective and moral consciousness based on a sense of shared destiny. The choice is ours. Klaus Schwab

Work, Family, Community, Identity

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer. Robert Louis Stevenson

Best, Lawyer, Legal, Cheapest

I struggled with feeling confident for a long time, but I think it's important to be strong and not compromise for anyone or a relationship - I'm drawn to that. Hunter Hayes

Relationship, Time, Be Strong, Think

Deception can cost billions. Think Enron, Madoff, the mortgage crisis. Or in the case of double agents and traitors, like Robert Hanssen or Aldrich Ames, lies can betray our country. They can compromise our security. They can undermine democracy. They can cause the deaths of those that defend us. Pamela Meyer

Democracy, Think, Security, Country

Tragedy in life normally comes with betrayal and compromise, and trading on your integrity and not having dignity in life. That's really where failure comes. Tom Cochrane

Life, Failure, Integrity, Betrayal, Your

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