Quotes about Stealth

When you go after honey with a balloon, the great thing is not to let the bees know you're coming.

So David took the spear and water jug by Saul’s head, and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.

So they returned to the city quietly that day, as people steal away in humiliation after fleeing a battle.

He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.

like a lion greedy for prey, like a young lion lurking in ambush.

He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.

As they watch, dig through the wall and carry your belongings out through it.

So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

No one ever approaches perfection except by stealth, and unknown to themselves.

As Charles Lamb says, there is nothing so nice as doing good by stealth and being found out by accident, so I now say it is even nicer to make heroic decisions and to be prevented by 'circumstances beyond your control' from ever trying to execute them.

Good! And what if you should happen to cough or to sneeze? A man who is making his escape does not cough or sneeze.

An intelligent enemy always keeps in the background and remains hidden out of sight.