#compromise

To sell your soul is the easiest thing in the world. That's what everybody does every hour of his life. If I asked you to keep your soul - would you understand why that's much harder? ↗

— Ayn Rand

#life #self #soul #life

Love without sacrifice is like theft ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#love #manipulation #marriage #marriage-advice #narcissism

Marriage is about compromise; it's about doing something for the other person, even when you don't want to. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#love #marriage #nicholas-sparks #the-wedding #love

Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#mistakes

Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts,...Your affectionate uncle, Screwtape. ↗

— C.S. Lewis

#hell #incrementalism #hell

Oh, this was the great ploy of Satan in that kingdom of his: to display such blatant evil one could almost believe one's own secret sin didn't matter. ↗

— Corrie Ten Boom

#satan

I went to a bunch of marches in New York and Washington, and you know I believe in the cause, but to march with those people takes a lot of compromise on my end. ↗

— David Cross

#bunch #cause #compromise #end #i

Now is not the time to compromise on the economy. Instead, we should be doing everything in our power to support long-term economic growth. Permanent repeal of the death tax will mean more high-quality, high-paying jobs for Americans. ↗

— Todd Tiahrt

#death #death tax #doing #economic #economic growth

Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals. ↗

— Jim DeMint

#goals #shared #well #works #world

Too many women throw themselves into romance because they're afraid of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity. I won't do that. ↗

— Julie Delpy

#afraid #because #being #compromises #i