In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork. — Wilson Mizner Copy Share Image
I don't know how to talk. Oh! talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The less you respond to rude, argumentative people the more peaceful your life will become. A little thought, and a little consideration… — Anil Sinha Copy Share Image
Real love amounts to withholding the truth, even when you're offered the perfect opportunity to hurt someone's feelings — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“tact is the ability to deal with people sensitively, to avoid giving offense, to have a “feel” for the proper words or… — J Oswald Sanders Copy Share Image
“Briggs: This is how you walk on eggshells? Riley: Well, you know. Eggshells. If they're on the ground, they're probably already broken… — Geonn Cannon Copy Share Image
Having a separate fund for the things in life that happen, helps keep the emergency fund in tact in case you lose… — Michelle Singletary Copy Share Image
“Never ask a man if he is from Sparta: If he were, he would have let you know such an important fact… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
I hate the way, once you start to know someone, care about them, their behavior can distress you, even when it's unreasonable… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
... the majority of colored men do not yet think it worth while that women aspire to higher education… The three R's,… — Anna Julia Cooper Copy Share Image
These, then, are the qualities of my ideal diplomatist. Truth, accuracy, calm, patience, good temper, modesty and loyalty. They are also the… — Harold Nicolson Copy Share Image
There are very many characteristics which go into making a model civil servant. Prominent among them are probity, industry, good sense, good… — Chester A. Arthur Copy Share Image
Your words can hurt someone more than you intended too and therefore it is important that you take a moment to think… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's been a lot of comparisons to "The Prisoner," and sometimes people take a negative tact on that, but to be really… — Remi Aubuchon Copy Share Image
As far as the education of children is concerned I think they should be taught not the little virtues but the great… — Natalia Ginzburg Copy Share Image
A politician must often talk and act before he has thought and read. He may be very ill informed respecting a question:… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
People's shortcomings should be treated with tact; if you expose them crudely, this is attacking weakness with a weakness. When people are… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
I thought, "Why? and how did we evolve with this weak, and useless passion in tact within the deep heart's core?" And… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
The first step in the risk management process is to acknowledge the reality of risk. Denial is a common tactic that substitutes… — Charles Tremper Copy Share Image
Criticism is above all a gift, an intuition, a matter of tact and flair; it cannot be taught or demonstrated--it is an… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Ingenuity in meeting and pursuing the pupil, that tact for the concrete situation, though they are the alpha and omega of the… — William James Copy Share Image
Washington society has always demanded less and given more than any society in this country--demanded less of applause, deference,etiquette, and has accepted… — M. E. W. Sherwood Copy Share Image
Being the bigger person in a situation requires humility and restraint, therefore it should go without saying that you are going to… — Aimee Vernon Copy Share Image
I'm very aware that when one is acting in the theater, you do become kind of animal about it. And you're reliant… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
If a diplomat says yes, he means perhaps. If he says perhaps he means no. And if he says no, he's the… — Agnes Sligh Turnbull Copy Share Image
Be sure, when you think you are being extremely tactful, that you are not in reality running away from something you ought… — Frank Medlicott Copy Share Image
Vigilance in watching opportunity, tact and daring in seizing upon opportunity, force and persistence in crowding opportunity to its utmost of possible… — Austin Phelps Copy Share Image
The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch someone else doing it… — T H White Copy Share Image
The offender needs pity, not wrath; those who must needs be corrected, should be treated with tact and gentleness; and one must… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
A Positive Mental Attitude is the right mental attitude. What is the right mental attitude? It is most often comprised of the… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
My tact is that you don't change the definition of marriage for one group, homosexuals, because you have to change it for… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
The Great Being saith: Human utterance is an essence which aspireth to exert its influence and needeth moderation. As to its influence,… — Bahá'u'lláh Copy Share Image
To act honestly- even at the risk of saying the unpleasant truth, or of saying no and causing distress to others- if… — Piero Ferrucci Copy Share Image
It is certain that stealing nourishes courage, strength, skill, tact, in a word, all the virtues useful to a republican system and… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
