Quotes About Vigilance

I happened to be born into a group of people who live in constant fear of extinction. It's part of our identity, part of our mind-set, and it has taught us through horrific trial and error to always be on our guard.

Those who missed His Majesty's arrival that night missed it not because of evil acts or malice; no, they missed it because they simply weren't looking. Little has changed in the last two thousand years, has it?

When I wake up, I'm going to kick your ass.

You never once looked away from your food. It was as if you were afraid it was going to get up and walk off your plate.

You are wary of treachery? More wary of stupidity.

Keeping a private guard this large is like using a wolf to guard the farm. It may keep off the other wolves, but sooner or later it will eat you.

Of three things be wary- of a feather on a cat, The shepherd eating mutton, And a guardsman that is fat.

Life is attention to both the large and the small, little brother. Pay heed to the sun, but watch your feet, or you'll fall ingloriously on your nose.

He had forgotten the golden rule of cold, which the DS had told us over and over: 'Don't let yourself get cold. Act early, while you still have your senses and mobility. Add a layer, make shelter, get moving faster – whatever your solution is, just do it.

Beware of gunpowder, and ships cooks, and pantechnicons, and sausages, and shoes, and ships, and sealing-wax.

THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM

The rules were simple: trust no one, be ever watchful and if trouble came hit first and hit hard. It had worked for him so far.

There's a time for caution,' I said, 'and a time to just kill the bastards.

Put a cat to watch a flock and the wolves eat well.

I am not sure,' Mordecai told Thomas, 'whether omens can be trusted.' 'Of course they can.' 'I should like to hear your reasons. But show me your urine first.' 'You said I was cured,' Thomas protested. 'Eternal vigilance, dear Thomas, is the price of health. Piss for me.

no one survives long by assuming his enemy is sleeping.

If you collect a fat flock, you don't leave it grazing beside a wolf's den.

Put a cat to guard the sheep and the wolves would eat well.

You'd do better to repair the fort walls,' I said. 'You think the Danes will come again, lord?' he asked nervously. 'The Danes always come again.

Remember the old saying, my lady," he said slyly. "Put a cat to watch a flock and the wolves eat well.

Be on your guard, so that your minds are not dulled … or that day will come on you unexpectedly. Luke 21:34

Watch yourselves so that you don't lose what we have worked for, but you may receive a full reward. 2 John 8

I shut up and keep my ears and eyes open.

Save for minor ailments and accident, my battalion is practically immune from sickness; colds come and go as a matter of course, sprains and cuts claim momentary attention, but otherwise the health of the battalion is perfect.