Quotes About Vigilance

The ear of jealousy heareth all things.

You know you're a skydiver when you can't put on a backpack without checking for leg straps.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?

Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of carelessness, incapacity, or neglect.

Ever underestimate the potential for disaster !

Cave canem [Beware of the dog].

It is enough for you to be watchful and awake. For in this state your eyes will see the Savior.

Watching teething babies is like watching over a thermonuclear reactor--it is best done in shifts, by well-rested people.

He has trained himself not to sleep; he is leading teams of surveyors outside the city walls; his soldiers at the Throat Cutter have launched

Too little fear and you don't pay enough attention; too much and you freeze.

and he thinks of Argus Panoptes, the watchman of Hera, who had eyeballs all over his head and even on the tips of his fingers, so many eyes that when he closed fifty of them to sleep he held fifty more open to keep watch.

We live in a world with so many dangers that we have to be careful whom we trust.

When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it's never good news. Alex Rider was woken by the first chime. His eyes flickered open, but for a moment he stayed completely still in his bed, lying on his back with his head resting on the pillow.

The scariest thing I've ever had about a long drive is almost falling asleep a couple of times. Those moments where you maybe should have pulled over and taken a nap, like, a couple of hours ago.

Even though there will be times when I'll need to protect myself - there will definitely be times when I'll have to put up my guard just to monitor what comes in and out of my life - there's a grace there... no pun intended!

One thing I've always been taught at the defensive end is you hit first. In life, you throw the first punch; you don't get punched first. It's the same on defense: You've got to hit first. Do your work early. That's what I was always taught. If you don't do your work early, you're done.

The best way to take a punch is to look at it. Honestly. Someone could hit you with the hardest punch that they have, but as long as you see it, it's not going to knock you out. It's the punches that you don't see that knock you out. So you could get tapped with a small punch, but if you don't see it, you're out.

It's a lonely position and those are the margins you play in as a goalkeeper - you simply cannot make mistakes because you will be punished.

As a DB you're trained to never look for a flag.

Boot Camp was great and very interesting. You got to use live rounds of ammunition and got to do a lot of crawling around with live rounds flying around you, so you really had to learn to keep your ass down - everything down for that matter.

Ever since my colorectal cancer in 1999, I have been followed by the N.I.H. That was very lucky for me because they detected my pancreatic cancer at a very early stage.

Don't be fool's, don't be complacent, and stop being apathetic.

I've got to be aware of what's going on. I can't drink too much or make a fool of myself.