A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Step with care and great tact. And remember life's a great balancing act. — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
In nothing do we fail more, as a Mission, than in lack of tact and politeness. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Tact, the art of telling someone to go to hell in such a way that they enjoy the trip — Anonymous 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
Tact is one of the first of mental virtues, the absence of which is frequently fatal to the best of talents. Without… — William Gilmore Simms Copy Share Image
If you dont find the right set of eyes to see through your bull, you will always be surrounded by friends that… — Anonymous 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
It was my teacher's genius, her quick sympathy, her loving tact which made the first years of my education so beautiful. It… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Look not thou on beauty's charming; Sit thou still when kings are arming; Taste not when the wine-cup glistens; Speak not when… — Walter Scott 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
“I found myself wishing that Jeeves wasn't always so dashed tactful. I mean, it's all very well to remove yourself like an… — P. G. Wodehouse 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
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
I should say tact was worth much more than wealth as a road to leadership… I mean that subtle apprehension which teaches… — M. E. W. Sherwood Copy Share Image
I actually love...Well I love both of them [Paris Hilton or Britney Spears] but I really love Paris Hilton. I interviewed her… — Alexa Chung 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
In order to avoid contention, never contradict anyone, except in case of sin or some danger to a neighbor; and when necessary… — Louis IX of France Copy Share Image
Some people mistake weakness for tact. If they are silent when they ought to speak and so feign an agreement they do… — Frank Medlicott 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
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
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
“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
“Tact was a quality unknown to her, discretion too, and because gossip was the breath of life to her this stranger must… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
There are times to be quiet, to speak your mind, to leave, to stay, but whatever you do, do it for the… — Anonymous 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
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
A horse will never tire of a rider who possesses both tact and sensitivity because he will never be pushed beyond his… — Nuno Oliveira 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
“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
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
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
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
To be a biographer is a somewhat peculiar endeavor. It seems to me it requires not only the tact, patience, and thoroughness… — Nancy Milford Copy Share Image
A quick and sound judgment, good common sense, kind feeling, and an instinctive perception of character, in these are the elements of… — Charles Simmons Copy Share Image