Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.
James Russell Lowell
Quality, quality, quality: never waver from it, even when you don`t see how you can afford to keep it up. When you compromise, you become a commodity and then you die.
Gary Hirshberg
Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and refusing to compromise. And some people just act on any whim that enters their heads. I pragmatical...
Bill Watterson
Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf is better than a whole loaf.
G.K. Chesterton
The `morality of compromise` sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don`t compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.
Andrew Carnegie
Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another--too often ending in the loss of both.
Tryon Edwards
