Compromise? Sacrifice?

is everyone able to compromise? I always have been thinking how much can a person compromise. Compromise for his/her relationship, compromise in a conflict between families/friends, or compromise some trivial details which are not up to his expectation. We all know compromise is about making a deal to disagreements or it is about reaching a settlement between disputing parties. No matter how small the compromise may be, all compromises share a similarity - the element of 'giving up'. It is either by reducing your demands, lowering the set threshold or even replacing something that you are closely attached to with something (that you might not fancy of).

People said there's a different between compromise and sacrifice albeit they both have same ingredient in many context. I could not agree anymore to this statement given to the key difference between these two - the element of selfishness. To initiate one to compromise is the desire to achieve a beneficial outcome, on the other hand, the latter one are most driven by emotional with no expectations to receive something in return. It is hard not to put any expectations on others, especially you had gave in your parts and therefore secretly expecting others would somehow have some good performances in return. As such, I would probably argue sacrifice is more difficult than to compromise, it takes more spirit and encouragement. 

I usually do not sacrifice but I must admit that I do compromise to a certain things. To compromise might seems a sightly easier than to sacrifice, but it does not indicate that it is an effortless one. It has not been easy but I believe its going to be worth it all.