Quotes About Vigilance

Just as she goes and watch for that no-good Minerva. Keep well inside of that and outside the sand-spits.

Loose lips sink ships.

Consequently, what Proust called "the demon that cannot be exorcised" has simply gone in search of a socially acceptable vocabulary.9 "Trauma," "intrusive thoughts," "flashbacks," "obsessiveness," "vigilance," and "attachment injury" are the modern vocabulary for betrayed love.

What burdens we lay on the dying, Laurel thought, as she listened now to the accelerated rain on the roof: seeking to prove some little thing that we can keep to comfort us when they can no longer feel--something as incapable of being kept as of being proved: the lastingness of memory, vigilance against harm, self-reliance, good hope, trust in one another.

You only see what you're paying attention to. You're likely to trail bear tracks all the way back to the bear.

Watch yourself. Don't think just because you survived one monster you'll survive the next. I'm alive because I kept running from them. Not to them.

my animal brain, my early warning system that listens for noises and looks for the signs of predators,

Pay attention. If something sounds suspicious, ask questions. Don't ignore it just because everyone else does. Our tools give us capabilities the rest of the public can't even imagine. If we're not vigilant, something bad could happen, and we might find those capabilities taken from us. I make mistakes. You make mistakes. Don't run from them. Seek them out. Correct them. Listen when someone is telling you something is suspicious. Don't ignore it.

Back then, just like now, whenever people look the other way when evil is around them, the wicked will find it.

If it ain't broke, don't let some stupid fucker fuck it up sort of thing.

the ferret, hunting, eyes on the ground, never hears footsteps of the hawk

It's good to feel fear. If you feel fear it means there's something to be feared, so be vigilant. Fear doesn't have to be overcome. Just don't yield to it. And you can learn from it.

Anxiety is never irrational, Geralt thought to himself. Aside from psychological disturbances. It was one of the first things novice witchers were taught. It's good to feel fear. If you feel fear it means there's something to be feared, so be vigilant. Fear doesn't have to be overcome. Just don't yield to it. And you can learn from it.

My choice...I'll tell you, Phillipa, what I've chosen. I won't allow you to involve Ciri in your dirty machinations. I am warning you. Whoever dares harm Ciri will end up like those four lying there. I won't swear an oath. I have nothing by which to swear. I simply warn you. You accused me of being a bad guardian, that I don't know how to protect the child. I will protect her. As best I can. I will kill. I will kill mercilessly...

You protect us not only from the evil lurking in the darkness, but also from that which lies within ourselves.

don't flap your ears and nothing horrible will fall into them.

You protect us not only from the evil lurking in the darkness, but also from that which lies within ourselves. It's a shame there are so few of you.

Quem deve enfrentar monstros deve permanecer atento para não se tornar também um monstro. Se olhares demasiado tempo o interior de um abismo O abismo acabará por olhar o teu interior.

Dobrze jest odczuwa? strach. Odczuwasz strach, znaczy, jest si? czego ba?, b?d? wi?c czujny. Strachu nie trzeba pokonywa?. Wystarczy mu nie ulega?. I warto uczy? si? ode?.

Z powrotem jechali szybko, lecz pewnie. Gacek pi? z butelki i trze?wia? za ka?dym ?ykiem.

If you put out the fire, you won't have to jump out the window!

Fergus had chosen the base camp carefully. He was always careful. Being careful had kept him alive during his twelve years in the Regiment and now that he was operating alone nothing was going to change.

will lift up my eyes to the mountains— from where does my help come? My help comes from Adonai, Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip. Your Keeper will not slumber. Behold, the Keeper of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps

Watch and wait, boy. Watch and wait.