What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That's the secret of my life.
I have to use other things to help my tennis, like my brain. But I believe that, even when your muscles are not so fast, with the brain and with concentration you can compensate.
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
So long as the laws remain such as they are today, employ some discretion: loud opinion forces us to do so; but in privacy and silence let us compensate ourselves for that cruel chastity we are obliged to display in public.
A tax cut to compensate for a tax increase is not a cut - it's a con.
People just hate the idea of losing. Any loss, even a small one, is just so terrible to contemplate that they compensate by buying insurance, including totally absurd policies like air travel.
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
Cyberspace can't compensate for real space. We benefit from chatting to people face to face.
I'm not exactly an Einstein, so I compensate by being more focused.
My father and mother are both very smart people and I always felt I was a little short of the mark. So I would compensate with a character like Logan Cale. He's wearing glasses, he's in a wheelchair, he's a computer genius. He's very far away from who I am, but I really wanted to play roles where I'd be taken seriously.