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Quotes About Vigilance

Democracy is only as strong as our commitment to it, and we can't let our guard down in the face of threats to it, whether at home and abroad.
~ Phil Scott
Good keepers sniff out attacks whether with the feet or a throw out.
~ Tim Howard
I want to avoid every punch you throw at me, but I'm not scared to get hit. But I'm not just going to let everybody hit me.
~ Quinton Jackson
Why thrust your kid into that? You try to protect them from all the bad people out there.
~ John Aniston
I have to be cautious, have my thyroid levels checked, and as long as I do that, I'm fine.
~ Gail Devers
Hold back the tide. Keep your kids innocent as long as possible.
~ Tony Danza
We have to keep a very tight check on quality.
~ Issey Miyake
If I feel my Achilles and my ankle are tight, I make sure I get it worked on before I practice because I don't want to put myself in the situation of possibly getting hurt.
~ Demaryius Thomas
He remembered that envy is the concomitant of glory, and thus, the more renowned he became, the greater was his caution and circumspection.
~ Sallust
Vigilando, laborando y meditando todas las cosas prosperan
~ Salustio
This was the feeling I was after. My adrenal glands were triggered and I was fully engaged in the moment: Someone was trying to kill me. The door opened on a new world.
~ Sam Sheridan
The man of affectation may, perhaps, be reclaimed, by finding how little he is likely to gain by perpetual constraint and incessant vigilance, and how much more securely he might make his way to esteem, by cultivating real, than by displaying counter
~ Samuel Johnson
Preserve me from unseasonable and immoderate sleep.
~ Samuel Johnson
When doctors think they've eradicated a disease, they stop looking for it. So if the disease itself suddenly shows up again, they may not even recognize it; they may even mistake it for an entirely new one.
~ Samuel R. Delany
Forewarned is forearmed...
~ Samuel Shellabarger
Your Excellence, it is not usually the obvious that is dangerous.
~ Samuel Shellabarger
Don't go looking for trouble, it will find you soon enough without you shouting out an invitation.
~ Sara Donati
When you sit at the back of a room you can keep a check on everything.
~ Sara Sheridan
Now I'm starting to jog. But every time I do jog I have 9-1 pressed into my phone, with the next '1' ready to be launched in case I drop.
~ Kevin James
Mixed Martial Arts is wonderful to watch, it is very practical but dangerous at the same time. You have to be very careful when doing something like that.
~ Akshay Kumar
Jewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere, because you have to be watching it all the time.
~ Eartha Kitt
You got to do what's happening today in the world. You got to keep up with time. Keep up to date, keep modern - keep up on your toes!
~ Jack LaLanne
Self-Preservation is a full-time occupation.
~ Ani DiFranco
In order to drill into young men the need to stay alert and stay alive, I used to punish offenders with my fists, boots and rifle butt, and with stockade time.
~ David Hackworth