Quotes about Compromise

The only way I can get you to do anything is by giving you what you want.

PRINCIPLE 1 The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it. PRINCIPLE 2 Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never say, "You're wrong." PRINCIPLE 3 If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically. PRINCIPLE 4 Begin in a friendly way. PRINCIPLE 5 Get the other person saying "yes, yes" immediately. PRINCIPLE 6 Let the other person do a great deal of the talking. PRINCIPLE 7 Let the other person feel that the idea

It took me years and cost me countless thousands of dollars in lost business before I finally learned that it doesn't pay to argue, that it is much more profitable and much more interesting to look at things from the other person's viewpoint and try to get that person saying 'yes, yes.

In other words, don't argue with your customer or your spouse or your adversary. Don't tell them they are wrong, don't get them stirred up. Use a little diplomacy.

Begin by emphasizing—and keep on emphasizing—the things on which you agree. Keep emphasizing, if possible, that you are both striving for the same end and that your only difference is one of method and not of purpose.

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.

As president, I will bring all the parties and stakeholders together. I am going to come up with a solution that respects the environment and does not cause an upheaval in the economy.

There are hours when the Church must say NO to those who should ask communion with her, in the doing of her work, upon the basis of compromise.

In too many marriage conflicts, we work too hard at winning the argument and too little at winning the heart.

Be willing to lose a battle in order to win the war.

Peleando no se consigue jamás lo suficiente, pero cediendo se consigue más de lo que se espera.

Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite.