Quotes About Vigilance

Semper Vigilo – that's our motto,' Rebus said

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, and it does seem to me that notwithstanding all these social agencies and activities there is not that vigilance which should be exercised in the preservation of our rights.

Like the bat, the Sufi is asleep to 'things of the day' - the familiar struggle for existence which the ordinary man finds all-important - and vigilant while others are asleep. In other words, he keeps awake the spiritual attention dormant in others. That 'mankind sleeps in a nightmare of unfulfillment' is a commonplace of Sufi literature

The more wakeful a man is to the things which surround him, the more asleep is he, and his waking is worse than his sleep.

He who sleeps on the Road will lose either his hat or his head.

Recuerda el proverbio: "Una señal es suficiente para el vigilante, pero miles de consejos no son suficientes para el negligente.

Quien se duerma en el Camino, perderá el sombrero o la cabeza.

Never Walk Past a Mistake

Just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

One of man's deepest habits is keeping alert for dangers and difficulties, refusing to allow himself to explore his own mind because he daren't take his eyes off the world around him.

Certains ont l'air honnête, mais quand ils te serrent la main, tu as intérêt à recompter tes doigts. Some may look honest, but when you shake their hand, you had better count your fingers.

No man can think on everything;we can only be ready for everything

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. —GEORGE ORWELL

Nothing sapped morale like the fear of being attacked from behind.

Be careful what you say and who you say it in front of in this place, every ear is guaranteed to have a running mouth.

It's like having a child. No matter how much and how closely you mind them, every mother I know has a story about how their child fell off the bed at least once. You can't be there all the time.

I learned at a very early age, listening to those around my family, that in order to be a commander, you had to walk your post.

Normally, I always had a machine gun in my car and a bulletproof vest.

The war is coming to the streets of America and if you are not keeping and bearing and practicing with your arms then you will be helpless and you will be the victim of evil.

Defeating a terrorist organization is like fighting a forest fire; there's never a clear moment of victory, and even after you've won, you have to watch carefully.

The thing you never want your sister to be," my brother informed me, "is an unidentified woman on the news. Bad things happen to unidentified women.

I trust no one, not even myself.

I'm armed and I'm ready to deal with a ghost, a man, his ex-girlfriend, or an assassin.

They don't realize evil lives on their streets