Compromise: An agreement between two men to do what both agree is wrong.

Quote by Lord Edward Cecil

Topics: Compromise Quotes

If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself...

If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself...

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a...

A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a...

Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little than to...

Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little than to...

Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a...

Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a...

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an...

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an...

Quality, quality, quality: never waver from it, even when you don't see how you can...

Quality, quality, quality: never waver from it, even when you don't see how you can...

I can't be a wife. I'm not that sort of person. Wives have to compromise...

I can't be a wife. I'm not that sort of person. Wives have to compromise...

I feel insane every single time I'm asked to compromise. I'm afraid and stuck in...

I feel insane every single time I'm asked to compromise. I'm afraid and stuck in...

Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.

Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.

Never cut short your waiting with compromise. Simply put, the waiting's not over until the...

Never cut short your waiting with compromise. Simply put, the waiting's not over until the...

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can ... As a peace-maker the...

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can ... As a peace-maker the...

Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the...

Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the...

Now I'm told this is life, and pain's just a simple compromise.

Now I'm told this is life, and pain's just a simple compromise.

In every relationship, the person least interested in maintaining it is going to dominate it,...

In every relationship, the person least interested in maintaining it is going to dominate it,...

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

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

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining...

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining...

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...