Quotes about Compromise

that alertness for measuring and weighing event against eventuality, circumstance against human nature, his own fallible judgement and mortal clay against not only human but natural forces, choosing and discarding, compromising with his dream and his ambition like you must with the horse which you take across country, over timber, which you control only through your ability to keep the animal from realizing that actually you cannot, that actually it is the stronger.

I will always stand firm to protect the sanctity of marriage. I believe it is important to work with people to find common ground on difficult issues.

I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.

I strongly believe that crossing the aisle for the good of the American people is more important than party politics.

Justice doesn't always have clean hands, and we all have dark desires clawing at our wills.

And so I think that the idea of America working with other countries to solve problems is good for us, and it is part of digging us out of the 'my way or the highway' approach that was evident in the previous eight years.

We are all Federalists, and we are all Republicans.

The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.

Christians who compromise on millions of years can encourage others toward unbelief concerning God's Word and the gospel.

Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.

Typical Chilean characteristics, such as sobriety, a horror of ostentation, of standing out over others or attracting attention, generosity, a tendency to compromise rather than confront, a legalistic mentality, respect for authority, resignation to bureaucracy, enthusiasm for political argument

No man can have society upon his own terms.