COMPROMISE
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"Living
the truth in your heart without compromise brings kindness
into the world.
Attempts at kindness that compromise your heart cause
only sadness."
-- Anonymous 18th century monk
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Standing
on the middle ground because it's safer or less
offensive is different than a deep exploration
of all sides of a question.
-- Shannon Cain
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“Unless
both sides win, no agreement can be permanent.”
~ Jimmy Carter
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I
feel very strongly that you can't just beat people
up anymore; you have to work hand in hand and
find ways to compromise, and get big business
involved, because it won't happen otherwise.
-- Ted Danson
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People talk about the middle of the
road as though it were unacceptable. Actually,
all human problems, excepting morals, come into
the gray areas. Things are not all black and white.
There have to be compromises. The middle of the
road is all of the usable surface. The extremes,
right and left, are in the gutters.
-- Dwight D.
Eisenhower
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There
are three ways of dealing with difference:
domination, compromise, and integration.
By domination only one side gets what it wants;
by compromise neither side gets what it wants;
by integration we find a way by which both sides may
get what they wish.
-- Mary Parker Follett
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When will mankind be convinced and
agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?
-- Benjamin Franklin
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I
see religion as a powerful positive healing force
for this nation and the world. But that force is
blunted, weakened, compromised inestimably, if we
turn religion into a tool for advancing political
strategy; if we make it a matter of how to win political
office; if we treat it as anything other than a
sacred part of life from which we ought to draw
sustenance and values and strength for living courageously
as good citizens.
-- C. Welton Gaddy |
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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.
-- Mohandas K.
Gandhi
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principle is the expression of perfection, and
as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection,
we devise every moment limits of its compromise
in practice.
-- Mohandas K.
Gandhi
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Negotiation
talks are the best way to solve anything. We must
replace wars and weapons with negotiations and
talks.
~ Akbar Ganji
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A
balance of interests rather than a balance of
power, a search for compromise and concord rather
than a search for advantages at other people's
expense, and respect for equality rather than
claims to leadership - such are the elements which
can provide the groundwork for world progress…
~ Mikhail Gorbachev
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there can be no compromise on the right of personal
security; there can be no compromise on securing
of human rights.
-- Hubert Humphrey
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"Don't
compromise yourself. You are all you've got."
-- Janis Joplin
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"Discourage litigation. Persuade
your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.
Point out to them how the nominal winner is often
a real loser -- in fees, expenses, and waste of
time."
-- Abraham Lincoln
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To
obtain a just compromise, concession must not only mutual--it
must be equal also....
There can be no hope that either will yield more than
it gets in return.
-- Supreme Court Justice John Marshall
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A good compromise, a good piece of legislation,
is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music.
Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It
works. It makes sense.'
-- Barack Obama
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I
go back to what Mrs. Roosevelt taught me: 'Always
compromise, but compromise upwards.'
-- Esther
Peterson
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There
can be no compromise with war; it cannot be reformed
or controlled; cannot be disciplined into decency
or codified into common sense.
-- Jeannette Rankin
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Conflicts
are a normal part of life; how we deal with them
can make a big difference. Often when people resolve
conflicts, one person ends up a winner, and one
loses out. This may solve the problem for the
moment, but resentment and bad feelings can cause
more problems later. Another way to look at conflicts
is to try to find a WIN-WIN solution, a compromise
in which both sides can benefit. In this way,
conflicts are turned into opportunities to grow
and make things better. This approach is the cornerstone
of "conflict resolution" - an important tool for
bringing peace into our personal lives, our communities
and to our world.
-- Robert Alan Silverstein
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