TACT QUOTES III

quotations about tact

I never say the things I really want to. If I did, I'd have no friends.

CHELSEA HANDLER

My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands


Tact swings the door open to success when merit cannot even turn the knob.

A. D. HARD

"Tact in the Practice of Medicine", Transactions of the Minnesota State Medical Association, Vol. 28


Step with care and great tact, and remember that life's a great balancing act.

DR. SEUSS

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

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Managing regional challenges in ways that help us protect our vital national interests with diplomatic dexterity and tact is not as easy as it may appear.

GOPAL THAPA

"Downplaying diplomacy", The Kathmandu Post, March 3, 2017


Tact is a combination of good temper, ready wit, quickness of perception and ability to take in the exigency of the occasion instantly.

ORISON SWETT MARDEN

Self-Investment

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Cultivate tact for it is the mark of culture ... the lubricant of human relations, softening contacts and minimizing friction.

BALTASAR GRACIAN

attributed, The Speaker's Quote Book

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Don't flatter yourselves that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. On the contrary, the nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become.

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table

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This is a sticky situation
Will require a measure of tact
We just don't like to mix it with you all
It's a cultural fact

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