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

Art, Dividing, Believes

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

Fundamentals, Give, Based

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

Betrayal, Having, Trading

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

The ability to compromise is not a diplomatic politeness toward a partner but rather taking into account and respecting your partner's legitimate interests. Vladimir Putin

Rather, Your, Respecting

Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer. Robert Louis Stevenson

Best, Legal, Cheapest

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

Strong, Strong Men, Sign

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

Country, Enron, Cause

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

Veterans Day, Committed

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

Think, Will, Swearing

There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it. A. K. Antony

Fight, Corruption, You

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, Prepared, Set

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

Strong, Principle, Shall

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

Sometimes, Chains, Solitary

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

Business, Will, Still

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

Want, Be Careful, Most

The best work of literature to represent the American Dream is 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It shows us how dreaming can be tainted by reality, and that if you don't compromise, you may suffer. Azar Nafisi

Best, American, Literature

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

Business, Need, Executives

You can compromise between good, better, and best, and you can compromise between bad and worse and terrible. But you can't compromise between good and evil. And now people look at the other side as a completely different kind of animal and say, 'They are taking the country down the road to purgatory.' It's complete intolerance. Gary Ackerman

Country, Bad, Other

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

Want, Shed, Very

Our Heavenly Father is pleased when we don't compromise our faith and principles in times of desperation. David Green

Father, Desperation, Times

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.' Barack Obama

Everybody, Works, Sentence

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. Edmund Burke

Founded, Barter, Indeed

True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise. Moliere

True, Pleasures, Negotiate

Don't compromise even if it hurts to be yourself. Toby Keith

Yourself, Hurts, Even

Enough of these little kitty cats we keep sending to Washington. David Dewhurst will compromise every day in the U.S. Senate... It's what he's done every day in state government. Ted Cruz

Every Day, Will, U.S. Senate

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