Tact

Tact means being discriminating about what we say. It means that before we speak we consider the effect on other people and we choose our words wisely and well. Tact is what allows us to honor both honesty and compassion in difficult conversations. It lets us speak truth in ways that other people are able to hear without becoming too threatened or hurt. To be tactful means choosing our timing as well as our words. Tact requires that we put ourselves in another person’s place and think about their circumstances and feelings.
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Respect - Tact
Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make one's own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude.
  • Author: Amiel, Henri Frederic
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Tact
Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.
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The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
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Forbearance - Humility - Tact
Never answer a critic, unless he's right.
  • Author: Baruch, Bernard
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The human mind is like a TV set. When it goes blank, it's a good idea to turn off the sound.
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Tact - Common Sense
Clothes make the man.
Naked people have little or no
influence on society.
  • Author: Twain, Mark
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Assertiveness - Compassion - Forbearance - Gentleness - Kindness - Tact
The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well being of others.
  • Author: Bower, Sharon Anthony
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Forbearance - Tact
I think the first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
  • Author: Cato the Elder
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Tact
It is tact that is golden, not silence.
  • Author: Butler, Samuel
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Tact is the intelligence of the heart.
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