I think a man becomes less than a man when he begins to compromise on what he believes is right.
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I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.
A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.
Every man becomes, to a certain degree, what the people he generally converses with are.
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.
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.
When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man.
The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.
As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.
A man is literally what he thinks.
A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.
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