Quotes about Compromise

Effective negotiation requires a persistent focus on what is most important.

There are some principles that cannot be compromised. Either we shall have a society based upon ordered liberty and the initiative of the individual, or we shall have a planned society that means dictation no matter what you call it or who does it. There is no half-way ground. They cannot be mixed.

Every nation has to either be with us, or against us. Those who harbor terrorists, or who finance them, are going to pay a price.

We must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils.

War is not the best way of settling differences; it is the only way of preventing their being settled for you.

Cooperation - To get cooperation, you must give cooperation. Always seek to find the best way rather than insisting on your own way.

When a company or an individual compromises one time, whether it's on price or principle, the next compromise is right around the corner.

Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding.

Ironically, we often fail to see that whenever we compromise ourselves to please others, we tend to lose their respect.

There's nothing cool about turning against God. There's nothing fun or cute or right about compromising who God wanted you to be.

When I hear the word division, I think "two visions." Whenever a Christ follower marries someone who doesn't have a commitment to Christ, the believer is trying to build an already-divided house. Certainly this isn't the only way divergent visions can compromise a marriage union, but it's one of the most important.

I think people forget that bipartisanship is really the burden of the victor, not the loser.