Quotes About Vigilance

It is of men, and of them only, that one should always be frightened.

C'est des hommes et d'eux seulement qu'il faut avoir peur, toujours.

Fear is the gift. It's how I will stay alert and alive.

Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep.

At times, when a deer saw a man walking in a forest, he might prick his ears up and stand still as a statue. Waiting. Wary. Meaning no harm. What are you? asked his ears. And oh. What am I? Sometimes the answer was, You're dead. And the deer crumpled to his knees.

At times, when a deer saw a man walking in the forest, he might prick up his ears and stand still as a statue. Waiting. Wary. Meaning no harm. What are you? asked his ears. And oh. What am I? Sometimes the answer was, You're dead. And the deer crumpled to his knees.

something you all got to start thinking about, I will check up on everything I ask you to do and I'll keep on checking until I'm satisfied.

He was a committed ladies' man and obtained a great deal of sustenance from the seemingly inexhaustible supply of women, but he guarded himself vigilantly against addiction, fearful of becoming fodder for that feminine allure which is so paradoxically generous to those who take from it and so destructively cruel to those who give.

the healthy self, however, must always be vigilant against the laziness of the sick self that still lurks within us.

That's what happens when you're tired. Your decision-making skills erode. You start missing things—things that you would pick up on any other day.

higher. If everyone on Wall Street behaved like Harry Markopolos, there would be no fraud on Wall Street—but the air would be so thick with suspicion and paranoia that there would also be no Wall Street.1

When manipulation flutters around everywhere, neither pull nor push anyone. Just do one thing - don't trust anyone!

You have to be silent, but ready

A little neglect may breed great mischief.

I don't want to be left behind. In fact, I want to be here before the action starts.

once you have lifted your foot, do not be in a hurry to put it down again: who can tell what menacing nest of vipers you might step on.

Suspicion, like an acid, corrodes the vessel in which it is put and eats away at the suspicious man himself: guarding oneself day and night from the entire human race, constantly devising ways of avoiding evil schemes and conspiracies, and sniffing out snares laid for you-- this is what the Talmud calls 'primary categories of damages.' And these are the things that, as rabbis say, take a man out of the world.

O castigo dos desconfiados é suspeitar de tudo, dia e noite. Suspeitar até de si mesmos e das próprias suspeitas

Put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket carefully

Don't leave broken windows (bad designs, wrong decisions, or poor code) unrepaired.

If you suspect a problem, there is a problem. Don't let them get away with even the very first lie. Be vigilant.

Have fun and be careful!

avoid trouble

Uma das primeiras coisas que se aprende ao praticar meditação é que nada é tedioso em si — na verdade, o tédio é simplesmente falta de atenção. Preste atenção o suficiente, e a mera experiência de respirar pode recompensar meses ou anos de vigilância constante.