Imagination was given man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humor to console him for what he is. Francis Bacon
It is a mistake to hire huge numbers of people to get a complicated job done. Numbers will never compensate for talent in getting the right answer (two people who don't know something are no better than one), will tend to slow down progress, and will make the task incredibly expensive. Elon Musk
They say that extroverts are unhappier than introverts and have to compensate for this by constantly proving to themselves how happy and contented and at ease with life they are. Paulo Coelho
We need those who pray constantly to compensate for those who do not pray at all. Victor Hugo
No other success can compensate for failure in the home. David O. McKay
Politics, as I never tire of saying, is for social and emotional misfits, handicapped folk, those with a grudge. The purpose of politics is to help them overcome these feelings of inferiority and compensate for their personal inadequacies in the pursuit of power. Auberon Waugh