"It is tact that is golden, not silence."
Samuel Butler
17th century British poet/satirist
An unexpressed thought that needs to be shared, has no value.
An expressed thought shared in the wrong way has negative value.
How you express yourself is as important, and in some cases, more important than what you say.
I've learned this, often the hard way, over the years. How much more successful could I have been had it only been sooner rather than later.
ReplyDeleteMessage to young people: Concentrate less on winning battles, more on winning wars. How you say something IS more important than what you say.
I hear you Pauline, great advice for all of us.
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