Some people mistake weakness for tact. If they are silent when they ought to speak and so feign an agreement they do not feel, they call it being tactful. Cowardice would be a much better name. Tact is an active quality that is not exercised by merely making a dash for cover. Be sure, when you think you are being extremely tactful, that you are not in reality running away from something you ought to face.
— Sir Frank Medlicott
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because it is the quality that guarantees all others.
— Winston Churchill
A “no” uttered from the deepest conviction is better and greater than a “yes” merely uttered to please, or what is worse, to avoid trouble.
— Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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