Quotes About Tact

Beware of allowing a tactless word, a rebuttal, a rejection to obliterate the whole sky

Silence is not always tact and it is tact that is golden, not silence.

Volger looked out across the glacier, his hands deep in his pockets. May I be frank? Alek laughed. Feel free to put aside your usual tact. I shall, Volger said. When your father decided to marry Sophie, I was one of those who tried to talk him out of it. So I have your dismal powers of persuasion to thank for my existence. You're very welcome.

As for opinions, if they're not pleasant they'd better be kept to yourself. I learned that early in life and forget it every day.

Tact is not a small thing; in the battle of life it is more powerful than a bludgeon.

I've spent my life navigating through sensitive issues. Not wanting to upset people.

To be silent upon the idiocy is substantial diplomacy; subsequently, to be silent upon cruelty is grave cruelty.

They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.

It is nasty when you're playing in someone else's house to point out that they don't have enough balls.

Rule 2. Don't attack or insult. Don't even try to win.

Quiet diplomacy is far more effective than public posturing.

There's one thing my dad taught me: don't talk about politics, because you'll never make anyone happy. Don't even go for it.

What do you think most humane ?-To spare a person shame.

We hate others, and call it "zeal"; we flatter others because of what they can do for us, and call it "love"; we lie to them, and call it "tact.

If you can't say anything nice about somebody, step away from the voice enhancement equipment.

There are certain things I would never write about - anything that's too distasteful. I think that you can withhold information.

Never guess a woman's age. Never guess a woman's weight. Never even talk about weight in front of a woman. And never, ever ask a woman when she's due.

Dalam berargumentasi jangan mengeluarkan ejekan mau pun sindiran tajam.

Part of your job as a businessperson and diplomat is to get what you need and to not take it too personally.

Let thy words between two foes be such that if they were to become friends thou shouldst not be ashamed.

Kindness is unconquerable, so long as it is without flattery or hypocrisy. For what can the most insolent man do to you, if you contrive to be kind to him, and if you have the chance gently advise and calmly show him what is right...and point this out tactfully and from a universal perspective. But you must not do this with sarcasm or reproach, but lovingly and without anger in your soul.

The offender needs pity, not wrath; those who must needs be corrected, should be treated with tact and gentleness; and one must be always ready to learn better. 'The best kind of revenge is, not to become like unto them.

If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all.

Even if you think such things, why do you say them?" she scolded. "If you'd just think what you please but keep your mouth shut, everything would be so much nicer.