Quotes About Alertness

When I'm home alone and I hear a noise...I completely freeze.

Complacency kills. Paranoia is the reason I'm still alive.

Always presume that the enemy has dangerous designs and always be forehanded with the remedy. But do not let these calculations make your timid.

I've always found paranoia to be a perfectly defensible position.

When everything seems to be going well and your dream is almost within your gasp, that is when you must be more alert than ever.

There are no shadows in the Underdark. There is no room for imagination in the Underdark. It is a place for alertness, but not aliveness, a place with no room for hopes and dreams.

You have to be on your game with a live audience because anything can change.

I did not see the wolf when he came. I did not hear him. There was only this: A little before dawn I became aware of a hush, and I realized that the only breathing to be heard in the room was my own.

It was interesting to see the change that came over Boris when he was speaking another language—a sort of livening, or alertness, a sense of a different and more efficient person occupying his body.

Reece picked up her suitcase as they moved through the airport, his eyes subconsciously sweeping the area ahead; first hands, then bodies, then faces. The sixth sense that had kept warriors alive since time immemorial was reminding him that his peace could never last.

Situational awareness, Reece.

When sleepy, meditate with your eyes open wide. Stand in place for a few minutes or do walking meditation. If it's really bad, walk briskly or walk backward, splash some water on your face. Sleepiness is something we can respond to creatively. When

you must be present to win.

Scramblers could, of course, be manufactured to resemble comm links or compacts or virtually any other kind of metal object. But my philosophy is that if someone has a weapon pointed at him, he should know about it.

once I understand that my enemy is never going to lay down arms and sign a peace treaty with, I would be wise to remain on full alert at all times.

Sleep with one eye open and one hand on the jewels.

It was too exactly as imagined to be true. But I felt as gladly and expectantly disorientated, as happily and alertly alone, as Alice in Wonderland.

took out a notepad, and seemed ready to pounce on everything laid on the table. Half an hour later

When your job's to make sure nothing ever happens," he'd once heard, "you begin to see nothing happening

paranoia is just a heightened sense of awareness

I awoke, only to see that the rest of the world is still asleep.

Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong.

To live a vibrant & purposeful life keep your mind on high alert, eye open & make sure of your target. No one can hit target with closed eye & clouded mind. With open eye one can see things that are invisible & that demands innovation & creativity.

Life is full of ups and downs, as you know you can't predict what tomorrow might bring. But one thing to do is to stay alert and be happy through all those bad and good times.