Quotes about vigilance

There is a significant Latin proverb; to wit: Who will guard the guards?

— Josh Billings

Be vigilant; guard your mind against negative thoughts.

— Buddha

They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked than the supine, secure and negligent.

— Benjamin Franklin

Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.

— Thomas Jefferson

There is nothing so much seduces reason from vigilance as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman in marriage.

— Samuel Johnson

He is most free from danger, who, even when safe, is on his guard.

— Publilius Syrus

There are no permanent changes because change itself is permanent. It behooves the industrialist to research and the investor to be vigilant.

— Ralph L. Woods