Quotes About Vigilance

It is at once necessary and desirable that the central power that directs a democratic people be active and powerful. There is no question of rendering it weak or indolent, but only of preventing it from abusing its agility and force.

Your grand daughter may not be looking for trouble, but trouble is looking for her.

A man who lifts his chin in pride will fail to see the chasm at his feet.

This is a warning from your body: "POISON! DON'T TOUCH!

May no Evil Eye peek thru window, keyhole or gunsight at his white haired face!

One just has to be observant, because when we deal with the every day we usually see, but we fail to notice.

A fighting man's a fool that don't keep his weapons clean and ready. Dogman had been over his no more'n an hour before. Still, you won't be killed for checking 'em, while you might be for not doing it.

Everything looks like a trap to you two.' 'Act that way,' said Clover. 'You'll never be surprised.

Vigyázz az eskükkel, Tüske! Mindegyik egy-egy lánc, ami lehúz.

Every successful company must be on guard against the threat of complacency. You have to create a sense of urgency every day in every thing you do.

These fucks next door. I got no problems with them yet, but I feel one brewing, way they watch me. They're biding their time. I'd like to have you at my back, and there's always the chance they'll get you first, instead of me. I like the idea of a buffer.

Keeping the gun pointed at her, I flipped the safety off. All at once I could hear the noise of the city, the traffic pulsing on the expressway, the subways roaring under the sidewalks, millions of people out talking and driving around, living their lives. I smelled coffee and cigarettes and perfume and wet trees, tasted it in the air. It was all incredibly alive, like my heart and lungs working on overload, resonating in my chest and pounding through my skull.

Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life. Proverbs 4:23 AMPC

when they had the financial security that came at the end of the harvest, they were on average thirteen IQ points smarter - an extraordinary gap. Why would that be? Anyone reading this who's ever been financial stressed knows part of the answer instinctively. When you are worried about how to survive financially, everything - from a broken washing machine to a child's lost shoe - becomes a threat to your ability to get through the week. You become more vigilant

Faust: Who holds the devil, let him hold him well, He hardly will be caught a second time.

A little alarm now and then keeps life from stagnation.

Every step of life shows much caution is required.

...in the habit of watching every bit of human life I can see about my windows, but I do it so that I am not observed at it.

The Warrior of the Light pays attention to small things because they can severely hamper him.

If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.

The further we are from the last disaster, the closer we are to the next.

Restfulness is a quality for cattle; the virtues are all active, life is alert.

Someone is watching you. Or, someone is probably watching you. Or, you feel like someone's watching you. So you follow the rules whether someone's watching you or not.

A man is fit for neither business nor pleasure, who either cannot, or does not, command and direct his attention to the present object, and, in some degree, banish for that time all other objects from his thoughts.