Quotes About Alertness

Suspicion is healthy. It'll keep you alive.

Expert Tip: "No matter how old and achy I am, I can still haul ass outta bed when the dog starts making vomit noises."—Connie Sherretts, MAW

Smile pretty and watch your back

Be not heedless of the Lord for even the blink of an eye, Lest He direct His attention toward you, and find you unaware.

The first trick to maintaining focus is to get enough sleep: ten hours of sleep each night while you are studying new ideas. Before dismissing this idea, try it. You will wake up refreshed and ready to learn. Caffeine is not a substitute for sleep.

Mindfulness is life. Whenever we don't have mindfulness, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead.

I always keep this handy...for close encounters. (Cpl. Hicks)

A fogged brain puts everyone in danger.

Watch out, life is watching you!!

Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.

Sati is life. Whenever we don't have sati, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

Jeremiah watched, bemused, but I could tell he was alert, ready to jump in if he needed to.

how long now it would be before we would see the enemy, and listening all the while for the first noises that would signal that ever mysterious event called contact

No seas idiota —dijo en voz alta—. Y no te duermas. Gobierna tu bote.

You only see what you're paying attention to. You're likely to trail bear tracks all the way back to the bear.

my animal brain, my early warning system that listens for noises and looks for the signs of predators,

You know about the frog and the pot of boiling water?" "That's a myth. They hop out. They always hop out.

Pay attention. If something sounds suspicious, ask questions. Don't ignore it just because everyone else does. Our tools give us capabilities the rest of the public can't even imagine. If we're not vigilant, something bad could happen, and we might find those capabilities taken from us. I make mistakes. You make mistakes. Don't run from them. Seek them out. Correct them. Listen when someone is telling you something is suspicious. Don't ignore it.

the ferret, hunting, eyes on the ground, never hears footsteps of the hawk

As usual, cats and children noticed him first.

don't flap your ears and nothing horrible will fall into them.

Sword can always be drawn again, faster than you imagine.