Powerful Quotes About Watchfulness

Psalms 141:3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.

Watch your thoughts, they become words.
Watch your words, they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become your character.
Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.

Watchfulness is a way embracing every virtue, every commandment. It is the heart’s stillness and, when free from mental images, it is the guarding of the intellect.
One type of watchfulness consists in closely scrutinizing every mental image or provocation; for only by means of a mental image can Satan fabricate an evil thought and insinuate this into the intellect in order to lead it astray.
A second type of watchfulness consists in freeing the heart from all thoughts, keeping it profoundly silent and still, and in praying.
A third type consists in continually and humbly calling upon the Lord Jesus Christ for help.
A fourth type is always to have the thought of death in one’s mind.
These types of watchfulness, act like doorkeepers and bar entry to evil
thoughts.
Guard your mind and you will not be harassed by temptations. But if you fail to guard it, accept patiently whatever trial comes.

- Anonymous