John C. Maxwell Quotes

If you are at odds with the director, neither one of you is going to get anywhere. You really do have to be able to make both of you happy.

Consensus isn't just about agreement. It's about changing things around: You get a proposal, you work something out, people foresee problems, you do creative synthesis. At the end of it, you come up with something that everyone thinks is okay. Most people like it, and nobody hates it.

Negotiations can create conditions that can lead to solutions.

If we can’t agree on the facts, how can we agree on the solutions?

You need people that are willing to talk to the other side, or you're never going to get anything done. You need to be willing to expand your ground. There's always usually a place on issues where you can find common ground.

Compromise is part of how we get things done.

Successful negotiation is not about getting to 'yes'; it's about mastering 'no' and understanding what the path to an agreement is.

When the conversation started to move to the things that we disagreed on, Donald Trump moved it back to the things that we could agree on. I think that's the way you get deals done, right? You and I might disagree 80% of the time but that still gives us 20% opportunity to try to work things out.

A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.

Win-win is a belief in the Third Alternative. It's not your way or my way; it's a better way, a higher way.

Bargaining makes you come up with the best ideas.

I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.

We don't always agree on stuff, but when it's time to blow the whistle and start the game, we're not still debating.

Compromise has a negative connotation.

I'd like to add that negotiating is not something to be avoided or feared - it's an everyday part of life.

If the auto plants in Detroit would just sit around the table and say, 'What do we gotta do to make this thing work?' Instead of, 'I want this and I want that.' They might make it.

When you let someone else win an argument, often you both end up winners.

We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.

We have to find compromises. That's the way it is in Norway.

I believe you can work with anybody.

I did look for compromise. I worked in a bipartisan way.

In the German football team players from different clubs need to get on with each other both on and off the pitch. In the grand coalition Christian Democrats and Social Democrats sit in the same boat and need to pull in the same direction.

I think that people have to reward those individuals who are prepared to work across the political aisle. I don't see any other way; if you don't talk to people with whom you disagree, you're never going to solve problems.

My job is to come up with something that you like and you agree with that you would play wholeheartedly. If we disagree, I may not be doing my job correctly.

I think there are so many problems in the world today, we have to figure out how to fix them rather than point fingers at each other.