Quotes About Vigilance

Always be ready; always live in such a way that death can never find you unprepared.

One should be ever booted and spurred and ready to depart.

But don't run too fast," my sister warned. "Remember he has to catch you.

It is just good practice to do a situational scan and have situational awareness when you are out in the world.

Everyone should think it a disgrace and unworthy of a gentleman, if any citizen devotes the whole of any night to sleep.

Chi per mestiere compra o vende si riconosce facilmente: ha l'occhio vigile e il volto teso, teme la frode o la medita, e sta in guardia come un gatto all'imbrunire.

Chi per mestiere compra o vende si riconosce facilmente: ha l'occhio vigile e il volto teso, teme la frode o la medita, e sta in guardia come un gatto all'imbrunire. È un mestiere che tende a distruggere l'anima immortale; ci sono stati filosofi cortigiani, filosofi pulitori di lenti, perfino filosofi ingegneri e strateghi, ma nessun filosofo, che io sappia, era grossista o bottegaio.

Sleep, when deep enough, is indistinguishable from vigilance.

Be afraid in proportion to the threat.

Proceeding with caution and proceeding slowly are sometimes two different things. In certain circumstances, momentum could be more important than caution, though it was never wise to dispense with wariness.

He can't always watch us directly,...with his fullest attention every minute, but He's always at least watching from the corner of his eye.

I guess I need to get my paranoid on.

and takes the Glock in both hands.

From now on, stay close by my side," Jeffy said. "Don't even think about getting more than an arm's reach away from me.

He drops the pistol into the right-hand pocket of his raincoat. He is not expecting trouble. Nevertheless, he goes nowhere unarmed. One can never be too careful. Besides, opportunities often arise unexpectedly. In

pistol holstered, he pulls on his sport coat and drops a spare magazine in one pocket, the radio-wave jammer in another.

She does not always carry a concealed weapon when outside.

There were two things a girl learned to do simultaneously at a very young age: knee a guy in the crotch and scream at the top of her lungs.

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When you is precious to God, you become important to Satan. Watch your back.

when you is precious to God, you is important to Satan. Watch your backside, somethin' is gettin' ready to happen

At your highest moment, be careful, that's when the devil comes for you.

Not that my watching out was likely to do a lot of good, I thought; every second man on the dock looked like an assassin to me.

and tacksmen pay the Watch to keep an