Win-Win Outcome Quotes

Diplomacy is the art of letting somebody else have your way.

The whole concept of negotiating is intimidating to many people.

Negotiating is an art—it is a real art.

What we have to do is to find a solution that the interests of the national teams are respecting the interests of the clubs. And also the clubs they shall respect the interests and the aspirations of national teams.

In campaigning, you want to slay your opponent. In governing, you want to make love to your opponent.

I think a great negotiator is an aggressive negotiator, and we're aggressive negotiators, We're not worried about someone coming at us.

Negotiating is like trying to pick up mercury with a fork.

Negotiating is a little like jazz. You improvise on a theme. You know where you want to go, but you’re not always sure how to get there.

The term negotiation implies compromise; painful concessions on the part of both parties.

Success of negotiations cannot be guaranteed. If there is no attempt, then failure is guaranteed.

We're all negotiators.

Negotiation is not a policy. It's a technique. It's something you use when it's to your advantage, and something that you don't use when it's not to your advantage.

Solutions must be based on compromises.

I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person's shoes. Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.

Compromise is an underrated virtue. The world is awash with dead people because politicians would not compromise.

The challenge in multi-lateral negotiations is not to lose sight of one's over-arching goal in the midst of the cacophony of opinions at the bargaining table.

The capability of negotiating... is something that means you not only have to understand fully what you believe and what your national interests are but in order to be a really good negotiator, you have to try to figure out what the other person on the other side of the table has in mind.

You have to negotiate with people who don’t trust you and vica versa. You have to be very careful but you can’t be paralyzed.

Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.

You can't negotiate in public. People won't make concessions in public. They will do that in private. Like sausage making, you have to do it behind closed doors.

Why cannot we sit down together with a board of arbitration, honestly state our difficulties and try to work out a sane method of procedure?

The win-win situation is the basis for America's entire business world. Instead of wasting our time attempting to defeat each other, let's find a way that will make both of us gain and go home satisfied. In Israel, it doesn't work because the only meaning of victory is seeing your rival's body lying trampled on the floor.

When you get into a political fight, never try and kill your opponent. Leave him an exit way to escape with his dignity intact. Remember your enemy today you may need as an ally tomorrow.

You have to persuade yourself that you absolutely don't care what happens. If you don't care, you've won. I absolutely promise you, in every serious negotiation, the man or woman who doesn't care is going to win.

For many years I have known a good deal about international arbitrations and I have never known of one in which both nations in controversy did not benefit more from having the question between them settled than either gained from a favorable judgment or lost by an unfavorable one.