Quotes About Alertness

You got to be ready for everything in life

You can't relax, even for a millisecond in this sport.

Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

In the midst of the disguises and artifices that reign among men, it is only attention and vigilance that can save us from surprises.

I never knew any man cured of inattention.

The hunter is the alert man. But this itself-life as complete alertness-is the attitude in which the animal exists in the jungle.

Every part of me pulses with electric energy. Every synapse is firing, every part of me is alert, awake, and what I think is that this, this feeling, this is real. This feeling of being absolutely alive, absolutely in this moment, this is as real as it gets.

you have not been / paying attention

No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping.

I think people become reliant on coffee. And that can't necessarily be a good thing.

Nerves are good. They keep you alive.

You have to always be ready, always be alive, and always be willing to move in a new direction.

5-Hour Energy is not an energy drink, it's a focus drink. But we can't say that. The FDA doesn't like the word 'focus.' I have no idea why.

Try to live as though it were morning

I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake. —LEWIS BLACK

And in fact this insight had often been confirmed by experience. I had frequently noted that I became accident-prone when I had allowed myself to become tired and discouraged, and that some instinct for avoiding accidents seemed to be aroused when I was feeling fully alive. I

So, let us be alert—alert in a twofold sense: Since Auschwitz we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima we know what is at stake.

I always keep some whiskey handy in case I see a snake...which I also keep handy.

Alertness is a measure of how many nows you are alert to in a given period. The result is simple: you become more aware of what is going on as you learn to keep your attention in the now.

Barely awake and already starting in with the questions.You were a lot easier to take when you were sleeping.

Fear. Help you get some heightened awareness. - Braden Chaney

Be on your guard against a silent dog and still water.

Though there was nothing very airy about Miss Murdstone, she was a perfect Lark in point of getting up. She was up (and, as I believe to this hour, looking for that man) before anybody in the house was stirring. Peggotty gave it as her opinion that she even slept with one eye open; but I could not concur in this idea; for I tried it myself after hearing the suggestion thrown out, and found it couldn't be done.

If you find yourselves in cuttings or in tunnels, don't you play no secret games, Keep your whistles going, and let's know where you are.