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I hate the fact that people think 'compromise' is a dirty word.
Barbara Bush
Think
,
Fact
,
Dirty
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
Gun
,
Guns
,
Amendment
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
Your
,
Respecting
,
Rather
A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.
Ludwig Erhard
Art
,
Believes
,
Dividing
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
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
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
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
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
,
Trading
,
Having
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
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.
Janis Joplin
Yourself
,
You
,
Got
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
When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.
Robert Green Ingersoll
Death
,
Fate
,
Veterans Day
Mediation is one of the most effective tools of non-violence. It can turn parties away from conflict, towards compromise.
Miroslav Lajcak
Non-Violence
,
Turn
,
Away
Our target is not negotiations, it is the end of the apartheid system. There can be no compromise about that.
Oliver Tambo
System
,
Apartheid
,
About
There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it.
A. K. Antony
Fight
,
Corruption
,
You
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
Abundance
,
Extension
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
What I'm concerned about is endless borrowing, which is going to compromise our economy not only today but in the future. Because we know the decisions we make right now really dramatically impact us in the future, and the debt is literally getting out of our control.
Paul Ryan
About
,
Concerned
,
Endless
Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of God's approval.
Thomas S. Monson
Smile
,
Approval
,
Brings
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
Reach
,
Other
,
Use
The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.
Charles R. Swindoll
More
,
Sudden
,
Lot
Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise.
Charles Horton Cooley
Necessary
,
Means
,
Which
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
If you want to bring an end to long-standing conflict, you have to be prepared to compromise.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Want
,
Bring
,
Prepared
They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?
Princess Diana
Miserable
,
Like
,
Moderately
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