Quotes About Vigilance

B abysitting toddlers was not for the weak.

Whenever you turn around, I'll be watching and waiting for you.

I try not to think about how easily I slipped through a crack in the floor. It's like, if you were walking down the street with your friends, and suddenly one of them slipped down an open manhole, you'd notice, wouldn't you? I certainly would! I mean . . . I think I would. I hope I would. Or maybe we're all so focused straight ahead, people slip away when we're not looking.

Just then Warren's breathing, which part of me was listening to with rapt attention, stopped. Adam heard it too, crouching as if there were an enemy in the room. Maybe there was. Death is an enemy, right?

It is better to be prepared for the rock that doesn't fall than to be hit on the head by the one that you didn't expect.

Guard the portals of your mind.

Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't somebody watching.

He is like a traveler who looks left and right but doesn't think to look behind or above him. Men like that get eaten by cougars.

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.

We are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of Nature has placed in our power…. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined.

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who comes near that precious jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. When you give up that force, you are ruined.

The battle, Sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, Sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable; and let it come! I repeat, Sir, let it come!

Virtue will slumber. The wicked will be continually watching. Consequently, you will be undone.

Tread carefully, Marty. I mean it. The world has completely changed around you while you weren't looking.

We're being followed," I said, not bothering to whisper it. They were at least seventy feet behind us,

When they'd drawn their swords on me, I'd raised my hands. It's a good habit to have when anyone points something sharp at you.

A woman who goes around wearing a knife is obviously looking for trouble. However, a woman who carries a knife is ready for trouble.

Caution is always wisdom's tool.

small thaws make great floods, so be twice wary of a slowly changing season.

a guard was like a sphinx. He functioned not by some deed, but rather by his mere bodily presence.

Or don't you trust me?" "I work in Hell, Jones, I don't trust anyone except myself and I keep a close eye on my shadow. Possession

Herc watches the door. Occasionally, it watches him back. They can spend hours before one of them breaks down.

Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13 nlt