Quotes About Vigilance

Even paranoids have real enemies.

That depends entirely upon the nature and extent of one's desires, and the control one exercises over his mind in keeping it free from fear and doubt and self-imposed limitations. This sort of control comes through constant vigilance, wherein one keeps his mind free of all negative thoughts and leaves it open for the influx and the guidance of Infinite Intelligence.

More data—such as paying attention to the eye colors of the people around when crossing the street—can make you miss the big truck.

if you need to be continuously on the watch, doesn't that cause fatigue?

and lack of vigilance on the part of the bank.

This dovetails into the "barbell" strategy of taking maximum exposure to the positive Black Swans while remaining paranoid about the negative ones.

Remain sober and remember to watch out).

which requires day-to-day monitoring.

lack of vigilance is not the cause of the death of a mafia don; the cause of death is making enemies, and the cure is making friends.

These people are the ones to watch out for

This is called a stop loss, a predetermined exit point, a protection from the black swan.

we must always be vigilant, because power comes infected with the only disease left to us: the virus called human nature.

And so night after night, the Thunderhead silently monitored Greyson in every way it could. Because monitoring was the closest it could come to embracing.

Era adrede; les recordaba que, aunque tuvieran los puestos humanos más importantes del mundo, nunca debían sentirse demasiado cómodos ni dormirse en los laureles.

It reminds me that in spite of our lofty ideals and the many safeguards to protect the Scythedom from corruption and depravity, we must always be vigilant, because power comes infected with the only disease left to us: the virus called human nature. I fear for us all if scythes begin to love what they do. —From the gleaning journal of H.S. Curie

There are still things to be handle; there will always be things to be handled. Nobody ever gets caught up and finished on what there is to do. And even if you do, for a moment, feel a central peace, there is always somebody walking behind you with a switchblade.

So be careful when you bend over.

If you aren't vigilant, if you aren't daily humbling yourself before Him, seeking His face, discerning His timing, operating under the Spirit's control, you may push and shove and force your way prematurely into that place where God wanted you, but you will not have arrived in His own time.

loose lips don't merely sink ships, they summon krakens with too many tentacles.

The [Value at Risk model] was like a faulty speedometer, which is arguably worse than no speedometer at all. If you place too much faith in the broken speedometer, you will be oblivious to other signs that your speed is unsafe. In contrast, if there is no speedometer at all, you have no choice but to look around for clues as to how fast you are really going.

the diarist very wisely writes, "one could not be too guarded in one's conduct with such heroes."{201}

when we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.

A fox must be chased away first; after that the hen might be warned against wandering into the bush.

We have a saying that a toad does not run in the day unless something is after it.