Laurels Quotes

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

Age, Rest, Seem

Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.
Percy Bysshe Shelley

Nothing, Faster, Rested

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

Time, Women, Men

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, Snow, Die

I have been accused of being a very simplistic, very lyrical player, and that's okay. That just comes from the blues, which is my background. But every day you wake up and transcend. You can't ever rest on your laurels.
Carlos Santana

Rest, Blues, Player

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

Different, Two, Wanted

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.

Good, Try, Speak

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

Life, Time, Live

I refuse to sit on my laurels.
Patricia Cornwell

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

Graduation, Today, Live

There's a lot of guys that just get comfortable with their positions and rest on their laurels. I had to earn my way.
Paul Walker

Rest, Guys, Earn

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

Work, Best, Desire

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

Work, Done, Before

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

Time, Boring, Done

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

Business, Black, Her

Even though I've had the body of work I've had, and the success I've had, I do not rest on my laurels whatsoever.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Success, Work, Body

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

Nothing, Liberty, Whether

Georgia is in an enviable position today, but we can't rest on our laurels.
Roy Barnes

Today, Rest, Position

You never want to rest on your laurels. You want to keep doing things that terrify you.
Kate Walsh

Keep, Rest, Terrify

We did a lot of press for the last film and now for this one. We don't rest on our laurels.
Shawn Wayans

Last, Film, Rest

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