Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.

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

Tact is the ability to step on a man's toes without messing up the shine on his shoes.

Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.

Tact is after all a kind of mind-reading.

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

Success is the child of audacity.

It is tact that is golden, not silence.

Audacity, always audacity - soundest principal of strategy.

Audacity succeeds as often as it fails; in life it has an even chance.

Silence is not always tact and it is tact that is golden, not silence.

A bold act requires a high degree of confidence. People who are the targets of an audacious act, or who witness it, cannot help but believe that such confidence is real and justified. They respond instinctively by backing up, by getting out of the way, or by following the confident person. A bold act can put people on their heels and eliminate obstacles. In this way, it creates its own favorable circumstances.

Tread softly,
Brathe peacefully,
Laugh hysterically.

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