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• No matter how many compromises were made along the way, no matter what happens in the future, a book is a thing to behold.

  Betsy Lerner

  Book, Matter, Way

  Betsy Lerner (2016). “The Forest for the Trees: An editor's advice to writers”, p.136, Pan Macmillan

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• Unchecked pride evolves into swagger, a hypnotizing mask of insecurity that can and does compromise our ability to make progress and attain power. Pride stands in the way of forgiveness and a strategic approach to navigating a chessboard rigged to prevent pawns from becoming kings and queens.

  Jason Whitlock

  Queens, Kings, Pride

  "LeBron's pride simply not important". abcnews.go.com. July 11, 2014.

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• Besides, I’m not looking to get saved. I’m only going with her because it’s what you do when you’re in a relationship. You know? You slide into the third pew from the front and sit there thinking about how desperate all these people are to feel like something loves them. They’ll believe all kinds of hocus-pocus. But your girlfriend likes it, and you like her, so you do it. It’s called compromise. The only way you’re going to get something to last in this world is to work at it.

  Tim Tharp

  Girlfriend, Believe, Thinking

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• Writing a poem is like having an affair, a one-night stand; a short story is a romance, a relationship; a novel is a marriage-one has to be cunning, devise compromises, and make sacrifices.

  Amos Oz

  Writing, Sacrifice, Night

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• Be absolutely clear about who you are and what you stand for. Refuse to compromise.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Character, Clear

  FaceBook post by Brian Tracy from Feb 08, 2013

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• If you compromise what you're trying to do just a little bit, you'll end up compromising a little more the next day or the next week, and when you lift your head you're suddenly really far away from where you're trying to go.

  Spike Jonze

  Next Week, Next Day, Trying

  "Spike Jonze: Master of the Wild Things" by Vanessa Thorpe, www.theguardian.com. December 5, 2009.

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• When it comes to human dignity, we cannot make compromises.

  Angela Merkel

  Dignity, Humans, International Women's Day

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We all compromise ourselves, from time to time, because maybe it will lead to more opportunity...A ll of that’s cool, but we forget and we get caught up. If you want that nurturing, caring, empathetic, compassionate heart to keep on ticking and be around, and you want it to be strong, then don’t neglect #1. One way to feed it is just being truthful and listening to your heart.

  Paul Walker

  Strong, Heart, Caring

  FaceBook post by Paul Walker from Dec 13, 2013

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• You know what is right. Deep down, you know. The battle between your true wisdom and the counterfeit wisdom of society is what causes frustration. Refuse to compromise with what you know is right-with what is right for you.

  Vernon Howard

  Frustration, Battle, Causes

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• Do I pray that the Lord gives me the desire to do his will, or do I look for compromises because I'm afraid of God's will?

  Pope Francis

  Giving, Desire, Looks

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• If we do not defend ourselves none will defend us; if we yield we will be more and more pressed as we recede; and if we submit we will be trampled under foot. I hold concession or compromise to be fatal. If we concede an inch, concession would follow compromise, until our ranks would be so broken that effectual resistance would be impossible.

  John C. Calhoun

  Feet, Yield, Broken

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• Sustainable leadership does not compromise the future by expanding and accelerating too quickly in the present.

  Andy Hargreaves

  Leadership, Learning, Doe

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• Compromise is a skill, and like all skills it atrophies from lack of use.

  Eric Weiner

  Skills, Use, Atrophy

  Eric Weiner (2014). “The Geography of Bliss”, p.119, Random House

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• If you are in an improv jazz ensemble or a small chamber group, you learn to think fast on your feet and how to be flexible and to collaborate and compromise, and that may yield a creative outcome.

  J. Richard Hackman

  Thinking, Yield, Feet

  "Executive Life; Learning Teamwork By Making Music" by Amy Zipkin, www.nytimes.com. November 16, 2003.

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• Live for who and what you love and never compromise your beliefs for anything or anyone.

  Zayn Malik

  Belief, Never Compromise, What You Love

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• Just keep asking questions. Does this job allow me to be myself? Does it make me smarter? Does it open doors? Does it represent a compromise I accept? Does it touch my inner being?

  Suzy Welch

  Jobs, Asking Questions, Doors

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• Remember who you are. Don't compromise for anyone, for any reason. You are a child of the Almighty God. Live that truth.

  Lysa TerKeurst

  Children, Remember Who You Are, Reason

  Twitter post from Mar 22, 2016

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• To be kind neither hurts nor compromises.

  George MacDonald

  Hurt, Be Kind, Kind

  George MacDonald (2015). “The Complete Works of George MacDonald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Theological Writings & Essays (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, England’s Antiphon, David Elginbrod, Malcolm, The Light Princess, The Golden Key and many more”, p.13660, e-artnow

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• If when you say 'whiskey' you mean the devil's brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster that defiles innocence, dethrones reason... then I am certainly against it. But, if when you say 'whiskey' you mean the oil of conversation, the philosophic wine... the drink that enables a man to magnify his joy... then I am certainly for it. This is my stand. I will not retreat from it. I will not compromise.

  Noah S. Sweat

  Wine, Mean, Men

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• Beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others' "fads" through the greed of getting supporters. Your Âtman is the support of the universe - whose support do you stand in need of? Wait with patience and love and strength; if helpers are not ready now, they will come in time. Why should we be in a hurry? The real working force of all great work is in its almost unperceived beginnings.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Real, Mean, Support

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1678, Manonmani Publishers

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• Marriage is the truest goal for ninety-nine per cent of the human race, and they will live the happiest life as soon as they have learnt and are ready to abide by the eternal lesson - that we are bound to bear and forbear and that life to every one must be a compromise.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Marriage, Ninety Nine, Race

  Swami Vivekananda (1963). “Complete Works”

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• What you are about to hear is God's word to the men of this nation. We are going to war as of tonight. We have divine power - that is our weapon. We will not compromise. Wherever truth is at risk, in the schools or legislature, we are going to contend for it. We will win.

  Bill McCartney

  War, School, Winning

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• Values and verdicts never bother me half as much as people trying to weasel their way around them, or people compromising their reason to pander to their own prejudices and preconceptions, which they are so rarely competent to look in the face.

  Kenny Smith

  Philosophy, People, Trying

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• If you do it first class and you don't compromise values, and you don't compromise quality, and you don't compromise service, and you don't compromise cleanliness, then everybody else who is the competitor has got to play catch-up.

  Ray Kroc

  Play, Class, Quality

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• Some men are born to own, and can animate all their possessions. Others cannot: their owning is not graceful; seems to be a compromise of their character: they seem to steal their own dividends.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Character, Men, Stealing

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.367

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