Quotes About Vigilance

Beware the Jabberwock, my son The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!

that if you cut your finger very deeply with a knife, it usually bleeds; and she had never forgotten that, if you drink much from a bottle marked 'poison

Peace is not happenstance. It is a living fire that must be fed constantly. It must be tended with vigilance, else it dies out.

Gemma~Was he really looking at me that way? Kartik~What way? Gemma~Like a piece of ripe fruit? Katrik~You'd best be on your guard with him.

He shouldered his backpack and slid his gun in his waistband.

Qwilleran said, "If I had a dog, it would be a German shepherd.

Spies and parents never sleep.

Touch her," he vowed in a low voice, "and I'll feed you to the gators, piece by piece." Macon

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

Promise me, then: If you ever see my father, if he should ever show up at our front door, you'll kill him first, and ask questions later. He'll never touch Ree. Promise me that, Jason. My husband looked me in the eye. He said, Consider it done.

Who will guard the guards ? If we're the guards of society, then who will watch us and make sure that we're not dangerous?

Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions.

Ignorance is a dangerous and spiritual poison, which all men ought warily to shun.

If you're going to be a bear, be a grizzly.

Most people guard against going into the fire, and so end up in it.

The evolution of the sport is so fast, if you slow down for a second, you're past.

My goal is the same as every year - to not hurt myself.

Get in front of the ball, you won't get hurt. That's what you've got a chest for, young man.

Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.

Die Welt wird nicht bedroht von den Menschen, die böse sind, sondern von denen, die das Böse zulassen.

La vida es muy peligrosa. No por las personas que hacen el mal, sino por las que se sientan a ver lo que pasa

That's what you always forget, isn't it? I mean, you forget to pay attention to what's happening. And that's the same as not being here and now.

Hora novissima, tempora pessima sunt, vigilemus...

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