Compromise has a negative connotation.
Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
Patience, n. A minor form of dispair, disguised as a virtue.
He that can have patience can have what he will.
He preacheth patience that never knew pain.
There is no one subsists by himself alone.
To be is to do.
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.
She who succeeds in gaining the mastery of the bicycle will gain the mastery of life.
No advantages in this world are pure and unmixed.
It is better to travel well than to arrive.
Travelling expands the mind rarely.
Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.
To learn patience is not to rebel against every hardship.
If you have confidence you have patience. Confidence, that is everything.
Sad Patience, too near neighbour to despair.
Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity.
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.
No, I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.
Difficult years lie ahead, patience is required.
But the truth is the highest consideration.