Quotes About Guarding

The Fourth Cure — Guard Thy Treasures from Loss

I don't say that I am playing great defense, but I am working hard at trying to make it tough for each offensive player that I'm guarding.

I'm famously secretive about my work. Nobody reads my books till they're finished.

The Titanic will protect itself.

Well, the hardest thing to do, as we know from our own experience on 9/11 is protect everything all the time.

But for now, happiness throws stones. It guards itself. I wait.

I used to have a big dog, a rottweiler, to guard the place. One night I was working late, and he was outside barking in the snow. He wouldn't stop. Then he stopped. I went out ten minutes later with a lamp, and there was a ring of wolves eating my dog.

Always guarding one's real, precious self in a cocoon of tranquility within a thousand masks. Life itself had become a secret affair.

Charming as she was, it never pays a Djin to get close to people. Never. Take it from one who knows.

And here we are! No, Squirrelpaw, this is my guest. They didn't sneak up behind me. Yes, I know you're standing guard. I'm sure the whole camp knows we're here now.

charm her into agreeing to have sex with him, and in the morning she'd hate him for taking advantage of her sensual weakness when her heart wasn't at all in it. But, mostly, she'd end up hating herself for being weak, and foolish, and for not guarding her heart and her body better.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

He lies ever upon his hoard, his heart jealous and mean. Never believe he has nodded because his eyes have closed. The dragon never sleeps.

But what does it mean to "guard" the heart? For one thing, the writer is obviously concerned that the heart be protected from influences outside itself that might jeopardize its integrity. The writer is also focused on the strength and development of the heart in order to increase its capacity to bring order to one's life.

That was my first instinct -- to protect him. It never occurred to me that there was a greater need to protect myself. Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world meaning no harm

My world view is that it can all go to hell in an instant, and you have to be ready for it. That's pretty much the central theme running through my work. It's about people's awareness of how uncertain life can be and their trying to guard against that.

I live in a small apartment in London, not some big house with a lot of security. I don't like too much security. There's no freedom. I'm a person, not some precious diamond that needs guarding every second.

should leave my friends unconscious of the existence of their enemy, and unprotected from his attacks

Half of the population is behind bars and the other half is guarding them,' Russians have said of their country since the times of Stalin.

And you came over to make sure I was all right, is that what you're telling me? You came over here with your shotgun to protect me from my scarecrow? I had to, Garnett said, spreading his hands, throwing himself on her mercy. I didn't care for the way Buddy was looking at you in your short pants.

She was my heart, and I guard what's there. Nobody takes it away from me.

The deep art... That's the part that has to be guarded like a miser would his money... Like a dope addict would his dope... Like a lover with their love.

Keep vigilant watch over your heart; that's where life starts.