A diplomat is a man who can juggle a hot potato long enough for it to become a cold issue.

A diplomat can keep his shirt on while getting something off his chest.

Tact is the art of convincing people that they know more than you do. –Raymond Mortimer, Reader's Digest, Quotable Quote…

— Raymond Mortimer

Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.

— John F. Kennedy

The art of jumping into troubled waters without making a splash.

— Art Linkletter

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

— Abraham Lincoln