Quotes About Alertness

I try not to think about how easily I slipped through a crack in the floor. It's like, if you were walking down the street with your friends, and suddenly one of them slipped down an open manhole, you'd notice, wouldn't you? I certainly would! I mean . . . I think I would. I hope I would. Or maybe we're all so focused straight ahead, people slip away when we're not looking.

caffeine's untrustworthy gift of nervous energy.

But how did—" Shiara stopped because Telemain was stirring. A moment later he opened his eyes and looked up at all of us. "What was that?" he asked rather hazily. "That," said Morwen, "was a sword. They are long, pointed, and very sharp. You're lucky it didn't take your head off.

There's nothing to worry about till there's something to worry about.

Tu dormis, tu perdis Ã¢â'¬Â¦ You snooze, you lose.

Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. 1 Corinthians 16:13 nlt

When Joshua heard the sound of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “The sound of war is in the camp.”

the watchman saw another man running, and he called out to the gatekeeper, “Look! Another man is running alone!” “This one also brings good news,” said the king.

Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.

When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”

Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.

Then if anyone hears the sound of the horn but fails to heed the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.

But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.

Otherwise, he may arrive without notice and find you sleeping.

Then Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?

Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.

“Why are you sleeping?” He asked. “Get up and pray so that you will not enter into temptation.”

Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.