Quotes about Compromise
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.
- George W. Bush
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
I strongly believe that crossing the aisle for the good of the American people is more important than party politics.
- Gabrielle Giffords
Justice doesn't always have clean hands, and we all have dark desires clawing at our wills.
- Steven James
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.
- Madeleine Albright
We are all Federalists, and we are all Republicans.
- Thomas Jefferson
The biggest human temptation is to settle for too little.
- Thomas Merton
Christians who compromise on millions of years can encourage others toward unbelief concerning God's Word and the gospel.
- Ken Ham
Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
- George Bernard Shaw
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
- Isabel Allende
No man can have society upon his own terms.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is better to win the peace and to lose the war.
- Bob Marley