Quotes About Tact

As far as the education of children is concerned I think they should be taught not the little virtues but the great ones. Not thrift but generosity and an indifference to money; not caution but courage and a contempt for danger; not shrewdness but frankness and a love of truth; not tact but love for one's neighbor and self-denial; not a desire for success but a desire to be and to know.

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.

Because there can be consequences for saying the first thing that pops into our heads, it is prudent to exercise tact.

I actually love...Well I love both of them [Paris Hilton or Britney Spears] but I really love Paris Hilton. I interviewed her once, she had a record coming out. She was DJing and promoting that. It was actually only a couple of years ago. She had her persona in tact when I was interviewing her and then after we broke she came for a cigarette with me and I just found it so... she's so intelligent and interesting and obviously is playing the game.

He seemed determines, his resolve unwavering. This would take tact. Prudence. Possible Milk Duds.

The trouble with cats is that they've got no tact.

Tact is just lying for adults.

It is not always the highest talent that thrives best. Mediocrity, with tact, will outweigh talent oftentimes.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.