Quotes About Diplomacy

misunderstanding is never ended by an argument but by tact, diplomacy, conciliation and a sympathetic desire to see the other person's viewpoint.

Recordemos el viejo proverbio: "Peleando no se consigue jamás lo suficiente, pero cediendo se consigue más de lo que se espera".

Always default to diplomacy. Admit that you may be wrong.

Principle 1 Don't criticize, condemn or complain.

Remember the old proverb: "By fighting you never get enough, but by yielding you get more than you expected.

Sé diplomático —le dijo el rey—, te ayudará a obtener tus deseos.

En otras palabras: no hay que discutir con el cliente o con el cónyuge o con el adversario. No le diga que se equivoca, no lo haga enojar; utilice un poco de tacto, de diplomacia.

PRINCIPLE 2 Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly.

He never raised his voice, even in the midst of volatile situations.

Cuando hable con alguien, no empiece discutiendo las cosas en que hay divergencia entre los dos. Empiece destacando —y siga destacando— las cosas en que están de acuerdo. Siga acentuando —si es posible— que los dos tienden al mismo fin y que la única diferencia es de método y no de propósito. Haga que la otra persona diga "Sí, sí", desde el principio. Evite, si es posible, que diga "No".

Ahora estoy convencida de que no puede lograrse nada bueno, y sí puede hacerse mucho daño, si uno le dice directamente a una persona que está equivocada. Sólo se consigue despojar a esa persona de su autodignidad, y uno queda como un entrometido.

Call attention to people's mistakes indirectly.

If I send this letter, it will relieve my feelings, but it will make Meade try to justify himself. It will make him condemn me. It will arouse hard feelings, impair all his further usefulness as a commander, and perhaps force him to resign from the army.

And 2,200 years before Christ was born, King Akhtoi of Egypt gave his son some shrewd advice—advice that is sorely needed today. "Be diplomatic," counseled the King. "It will help you gain your point.

When the late Lord Northcliffe found a newspaper using a picture of him which he didn't want published, he wrote the editor a letter. But did he say, 'Please do not publish that picture of me any more; I don't like it'? No, he appealed to a nobler motive. He appealed to the respect and love that all of us have for motherhood. He wrote, 'Please do not publish that picture of me any more. My mother doesn't like it.

Arguing with another person will rarely get you anywhere;

El odio nunca es vencido por el odio sino por el amor", y un malentendido no termina nunca gracias a una discusión sino gracias al tacto, la diplomacia, la conciliación, y un sincero deseo de apreciar el punto de vista de los demás.

Ponte rápidamente de acuerdo con tu adversario".

Demuestre respeto por las opiniones ajenas. Jamás diga a una persona que está equivocada.

you soften the approach and avoid raising his defenses immediately.

El protestador crónico, aun el crítico más violento, se suavizará y apaciguará frecuentemente en presencia de un oyente que muestre paciencia y simpatía:

Save someone's face once and your influence with him rises. Save his face every time you can, and there is practically nothing he won't do for you.

The world can no longer be left to mere diplomats, politicians, and business leaders. They have done the best they could, no doubt. But this is an age for spiritual heroes—a time for men and women to be heroic in faith and in spiritual character and power. The greatest danger to the Christian church today is that of pitching its message too low.

empleado de las Naciones Unidas con una insignia diplomática de alto nivel se acercó a ella e interrumpió la conversación.