Quotes about Tact
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
— John Maxwell
Take the eighteenth-century general who had fallen into disfavor with the great Prussian warrior king, Frederick the Great. Coming upon the king, the general saluted him with the greatest respect, but Frederick turned his back. "I am happy to see that Your Majesty is no longer angry with me," murmured the general. "How so?" demanded Frederick. "Because Your Majesty has never in his life turned his back on an enemy," replied the general.
— William Ury
You are never persuasive when you're abrasive.
— Rick Warren
Dad had a way of disarming people because he never really directly attacked them. He might attack a principle, but he never attacked the individual.
— Martin Luther King III
Argument need not be heated; it can be punctuated with courteous smiles - or sympathetic tears.
— J. Sidlow Baxter
Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way. —Daniele Vare, Italian diplomat
— William Ury
Truth is to be used as a scalpel, not a club.
— Matt Chandler
Frankness is not a license to say anything you want, wherever and whenever you want. It is not rudeness.
— Rick Warren
Is it not the best pity, when a man has a sore point, not to touch it at all?
— Victor Hugo
An ambassador seeks to speak the right thing in the best way.
— Timothy Lane
Do not speak ill of the dead.
— Anonymous
If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all.
— Aesop