Quotes About Watchfulness

The things a man sees when he ain't got a gun.--Watson the Caretaker

Life without caution is like a car without brake.

I'm going. But I'll be back; you can be sure of that. I'll be revenged on you all!" He padded unevenly away from the Highrock. As he drew close to Fireheart he paused, drawing his lips back in a snarl. "And as for you . . ." he hissed. "Keep your eyes open, Fireheart. Keep your ears pricked. Keep looking behind you. Because one day I'll find you, and then you'll be crow-food.

He lies ever upon his hoard, his heart jealous and mean. Never believe he has nodded because his eyes have closed. The dragon never sleeps.

When people talk to you in such glowing terms, that is the time to be very, very alert because the worst of the mistakes are made in the best of the times.

Our providential Lord diligently cares for His beloved followers. Sometimes He will give you exactly what you ask for. Other times He gives you more of Himself to fill the void. Either way, trust that God knows what is best, petition Him with your prayers, then keep watch as He consistently cares for you.

Lack of vigilance will get you killed. A McCloud creed that he seemed to have internalized.

Any time I see anything moving onstage, I'm cautious about it.

Any time we give people the ability to use force, we have to be very careful. It's sort of like the people who spy on us - you've got to watch the watchers.

I took every precaution to defend my person, in case the fiend should openly attack me. I carried pistols and a dagger constantly about me, and was ever on the watch to prevent artifice; and by these means gained a greater degree of tranquillity.

Keep your eyes open, Fireheart. Keep your ears pricked. Keep looking behind you. Because one day I'll find you, and then you'll be crowfood.

I've been on a state of high alert since high school. I didn't need 9/11 to remind me that we live on a ball of flame.

You have to put aside your ideology. Howsoever beautiful it looks, howsoever systematic it looks, howsoever philosophical you have made and decorated it, you have to put it aside and see within. That's the whole method of meditation, awareness, watchfulness.

When you are in deep meditation, you feel a great serenity, a joy that is unknown to you, a watchfulness that is a new guest. Soon this watchfulness will become the host. The day the watchfulness becomes the host, it remains twenty-four hours with you. And out of this watchfulness, whatever you do has a wisdom in it. Whatever you do shows a clarity, a purity, a spontaneity, a grace.

And, above all, beware of the cat.

They headed out the front door. Myron kept his eyes on the For Sale sign as though it might suddenly brandish a gun.

The secret to a happy, successful life of paranoia is to keep careful track of your persecutors.

A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness it teaches industry and thrift above all it teaches entire trust.

Sometimes she could swear that she saw, in Joe Grey's eyes, a judgment far too perceptive, a watchfulness too aware and intense for any cat. Charlie didn't understand what it was about those two [cats]. Both had a presence that set them apart from other felines. Maybe she just knew them better. Maybe all cats had that quality of awareness, when you knew them.

Different eras—like us. John Philpot Curran, Irish judge and orator?" She just stared at him. "I'm paraphrasing," Reeder said, "but in essence, Curran said the price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Put a cat to watch a flock and the wolves eat well.

Remember the old saying, my lady," he said slyly. "Put a cat to watch a flock and the wolves eat well.

Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled … or that day will come on you unexpectedly. Luke 21:34

Watch yourselves so that you don't lose what we have worked for, but you may receive a full reward. 2 John 8