Laurels Quotes

• It's been the work that has carried me and I never wanted to rest on my laurels or go back and do what I done before.

  David Cassidy

  Done, Wanted

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• Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.

  Percy Bysshe Shelley

  Action, Faster, Has Beens

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• Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep.

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

  Sleep, Winning, Snow

  "Culture and Value" by Ludwig Wittgenstein, translated by Peter Winch, (p. 35e), 1980.

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• To be a real entrepreneur you always have to be looking forward. The moment you rest on your laurels is the moment your competition overtakes you.

  Richard Branson

  Real, Entrepreneur, Competition

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• Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but
  victories.

  Douglas MacArthur

  History, Victory, Liberty

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• Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

  William Penn

  Forgiveness, Winning, Forgiving

  William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn....”, p.166

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• But I think the one thing that I can say about us is that we're very consistent about certain things and part of that is our desire to do the very best work that we can and not rest on our laurels, or not allow formula to come into what we do.

  Michael Stipe

  Thinking, Desire, Certain

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• But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago is going to allow you to sort of live on the laurels of those victories for the rest of your life

  Angela Davis

  Years, Differences, Victory

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• Georgia is in an enviable position today, but we cant rest on our laurels.

  Roy Barnes

  Today, Georgia, Position

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• People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me.

  Helen Hayes

  Retirement, People, Age

  Helen Hayes, Katherine Hatch (1991). “My life in three acts”

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• I think that men know how to romance a woman and most do it well, at least for a time, otherwise women wouldn't marry them. The problem is that most of them begin to rest on their laurels.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Men, Thinking, Romance

  The Book Reporter Interview, www.bookreporter.com. October 29, 1999.

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• Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom; unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel.

  Jane Porter

  Wisdom, Country, Drs

  Sir Philip Sidney, Jane Porter (1807). “Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks”, p.43

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• With a terrible script you hustle and try to make it better. But with a good script it can be trouble because you rest on your laurels, so to speak, you think it's going to translate easily.

  Robert Downey, Jr.

  Thinking, Trying, Hustle

  "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Robert Downey Jr interview". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• The nation's government has just handed me the bill that grants us our civil rights. I am receiving it before you, certain that I am accepting this on behalf of all Argentinean women, and I can feel my hands tremble with joy as they grasp the laurel proclaiming victory.

  Evita Peron

  Rights, Government, Hands

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• The next thing I wrote was in a writing class at night school. It was about a poor woman who worked at a dime store and who was all alone for Christmas in Laurel, Mississippi.

  Beth Henley

  Christmas, Writing, School

  Interview with Jackson R. Bryer, www.encyclopedia.com. 2005.

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• Let war yield to peace, laurels to paeans.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  War, Yield, Total War

  'De Officiis' bk. 1, ch. 77

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• I'm not retiring. I am graduating. Today is my graduation day. Retirement means that you'll just go ahead and live on your laurels and surf all day in Oceanside. It ain't going to happen.

  Junior Seau

  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

  "Seau to meet with Patriots, may end retirement" by The Associated Press, www.espn.com. August 18, 2006.

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• Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forced fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.

  John Milton

  Years, Ivy, Rude

  'Lycidas' (1638) l. 1

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• Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong.

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Crowns, World

  Oscar Wilde, Alvin Redman (1959). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.58, Courier Corporation

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• To be defeated and not submit, is victory; to be victorious and rest on one's laurels, is defeat.

  Jozef Pilsudski

  Victory, Defeat, Submit

  "Piłsudski: A Life For Poland". Book by Wacław Jędrzejewicz, 1982.

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• I just want to leave you with this thought, that it's just been sort of a dress rehearsal, and we're just getting started. So if any of you start resting on your laurels, I mean just forget it, because...we are just getting started.

  Walt Disney

  Mean, Dresses, Rehearsal

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• I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I've never really wanted to rest on my laurels and be something that people expected.

  Bryan Adams

  Two, People, Different

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• I consider myself lucky that Sheila Johnson, the cofounder of Black Entertainment Television, didn't choose to rest on her very impressive business laurels. Her luscious 100 percent modal scarves, printed with photos she takes all over the world, are gorgeous. Wearing one is like being wrapped in a hug.

  Gayle King

  Black, Hug, Lucky

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• I'm always trying to do stuff I haven't done before or challenge myself so I'm not resting on my laurels all of the time because if I just found my little niche and never left it, I'd be pretty boring, I think.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Thinking, Always Trying, Challenges

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Im always trying to improve my skills as an actor. I think it shows in El Gringo; it shows in the new Universal Soldier. You cant rest on your laurels; youve got to keep improving.

  Scott Adkins

  Thinking, Skills, Always Trying

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