“Better bend than break.”
Scottish Proverb

“Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got.”
Janis Joplin

“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

“They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable, but how about a compromise like moderately rich and just moody?”
Princess Diana

“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

“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

“A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.”
Ludwig Erhard

“It is the weak man who urges compromise–never the strong man.”
Elbert Hubbard

“One of the truest tests of integrity is its blunt refusal to be compromised.”
Chinua Achebe

“If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.”
Margaret Thatcher

“Leaders shouldn’t attach moral significance to their ideas: Do that, and you can’t compromise.”
Peter F. Drucker

“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. I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.”
Charles Handy

“The compromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it is compromising.”
Arthur Bloch

“A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit.”
George Herbert