Quotes about Guarding

Make sure your soul is attached at all times - this town will steal it in a second, given the chance.

Freedom must be continually guarded as something more priceless than life itself.

I like the privacy of my life and I protect it quite vigilantly.

But in all cases we must guard most carefully against what is pleasant, and pleasure itself, because we are not impartial judges of it.

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.

what deliberate steps are you taking to make sure the toxic smoke of the world's way of thinking isn't sifting into your own personal space to poison your mental, emotional, and spiritual "atmosphere"?

But the guarding of our desires is more than fighting a rear-guard defensive action against temptations from the world, the flesh, and the devil. We must take the offensive. Paul directs us to set our hearts on things above, that is, on spiritual values (Colossians 3:1).

Just as Jesus predicted, what originates in the secret place won't always remain a secret. ... How do we guard -- or maybe it would be more appropriate to say, guard against -- our hearts? How do we monitor what's going on in that secret place that has the potential to go public at any moment?

I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me.

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life" (Prov. 4:23 KJV).

You have to accept that some people are not going to be for you and that's okay. You don't need them to fulfill your destiny. Your job is to guard your heart. Don't let the offense, the bitterness, the poison get in. You do your part and God will do His part.

The discipline of prayer actually guards our hearts and minds in Christ.