Quotes About Vigilance

The facts, gentlemen, and nothing but the facts, for careful eyes are narrowly watching.

It is the bullet you don't hear that gets you.

You never know who's watching.

Smile pretty and watch your back

A society without the means to detect lies and theft soon squanders its liberty and freedom.

Be not heedless of the Lord for even the blink of an eye, Lest He direct His attention toward you, and find you unaware.

Todos necesitamos designar a los enemigos de la seguridad para evitar ser considerados parte de ellos... Necesitamos acusar para ser absueltos, excluir para evitar la exclusión. Necesitamos confiar en la eficacia de los dispositivos de vigilancia para permitirnos creer que las criaturas decentes que somos saldrán ilesas de las trampas que ponen esos dispositivos. Y para confirmarnos y reafirmarnos en nuestra decencia y en lo adecuado de nuestro comportamiento

While the people retain their virtue, and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government, in the short space of four years.

January] 26th. [1863] ...and now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times

Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions.

Danger sometimes comes from a source that is least suspected.

Mindfulness is life. Whenever we don't have mindfulness, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead.

I always keep this handy...for close encounters. (Cpl. Hicks)

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Who watches the watchmen?

Who watches the watchmen?

Until then, we're society's only protection. We keep it up long as we have to. Protection? Who are we protecting them from?

it is a mark of prudence never to place our complete trust in those who have deceived us even once.

I take great pride in not being that girl in the horror movies who knows a serial killer is axing people out in the woods and so decides that a nature walk is a brilliant idea. I'm the lock-myself-in-the-basement-with-a-shotgun-and-some-napalm sort of woman.

Know where your barrel is at all times, and know the condition of your weapon—loaded or unloaded, bolt forward or to the rear, round in the chamber or not, safety on or off. Keep your finger off the trigger unless you're going to kill something. This is basic; you have to do the basics right—we won't move to the next block of training until you get this one right.

Watch out, life is watching you!!

Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.

Take heed when you think you stand, lest you fall. In this life you can fall from any level.

Life is an egg you have to be patient and careful with it or it will break.