Quotes by Concessions As we get older, life becomes very complicated in terms of concessions we have to make. Charles Cumming concessions term complicated I have steadfastly refused to make concessions that would undermine my ideals. Coco Chanel concessions ideals The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear. Edmund Burke concessions weakness fear Each concession we make is accompanied by an inner diminution of which we are not immediately conscious. Emile M. Cioran concessions conscious If you want to do anything, do it now, without compromise or concession, because you have only one life. Gao Xingjian concessions compromise want Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession. Jalal Talabani capitulation concessions compromise The only concession you can make is to what you believe is right. John Hurt concessions believe The concessions of the privileged to the unprivileged are seldom brought about by any better motive than the power of the unprivileged to extort them. John Stuart Mill concessions motive advantage Dignity has no price ... when someone starts making small concessions, in the end life loses all meaning. Jose Saramago concessions dignity ends Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions. Samuel Johnson concessions reciprocal compromise