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Compromise5 quotes
Every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. — Edmund Burke · 1775There's only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best. — Doris Lessing · 1962It's very dramatic when two people come together to work something out. It's easy to take a gun and annihilate your opposition, but what is really exciting to me is to see people with differing views come together and finally respect each other. — Fred Rogers · 2003A man may be in as just possession of Truth as of a City, and yet bee forced to surrender. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Discourage 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. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. — Abraham Lincoln · 1850Accepting others1 quote
It's very dramatic when two people come together to work something out. It's easy to take a gun and annihilate your opposition, but what is really exciting to me is to see people with differing views come together and finally respect each other. — Fred Rogers · 2003Conflict1 quote
It's very dramatic when two people come together to work something out. It's easy to take a gun and annihilate your opposition, but what is really exciting to me is to see people with differing views come together and finally respect each other. — Fred Rogers · 2003Conflict resolution1 quote
It's very dramatic when two people come together to work something out. It's easy to take a gun and annihilate your opposition, but what is really exciting to me is to see people with differing views come together and finally respect each other. — Fred Rogers · 2003Delusion1 quote
There's only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best. — Doris Lessing · 1962Interpersonal conflict1 quote
It's very dramatic when two people come together to work something out. It's easy to take a gun and annihilate your opposition, but what is really exciting to me is to see people with differing views come together and finally respect each other. — Fred Rogers · 2003Law1 quote
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. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. — Abraham Lincoln · 1850Lawsuits1 quote
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. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. — Abraham Lincoln · 1850Second place1 quote
There's only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best. — Doris Lessing · 1962Surrender1 quote
A man may be in as just possession of Truth as of a City, and yet bee forced to surrender. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643Truth1 quote
A man may be in as just possession of Truth as of a City, and yet bee forced to surrender. — Sir Thomas Browne · 1643