quotes about Laurels
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I don't know all the reasons for these achievements, but I know that I love what I do and I have never wanted to rest on my laurels.
-- Ahmed H. ZewailSource : Ahmed H. Zewail (2002). “Voyage Through Time: Walks of Life to the Nobel Prize”, p.72, World Scientific
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When you make 'The Daily Show', it's usually not for a laurel, it's for a dart.
-- Brian WilliamsSource : "Brian Williams: Why Jon Stewart Is Good For News". www.npr.org. January 10, 2010.
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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.
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No matter what we are, and what we sing, Time finds a withered leaf in every laurel
-- Edwin Arlington RobinsonSource : Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Three Quatrains”
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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 MeyersSource : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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To be defeated and not submit, is victory; to be victorious and rest on one's laurels, is defeat.
-- Jozef PilsudskiSource : "Piłsudski: A Life For Poland". Book by Wacław Jędrzejewicz, 1982.
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With racing, you never rest on your laurels, and there are no counterfeits.
-- Julie KroneSource : Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.
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You never want to rest on your laurels. You want to keep doing things that terrify you.
-- Kate WalshSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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Rest on laurels? I wish I could do that. No, you rest when you're dead
-- Lee Kuan Yew -
Let war yield to peace, laurels to paeans.
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero -
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 -
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It was absolutely thrilling to meet Laurel and Hardy, they were so nice.
-- Norman WisdomSource : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
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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 -
Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.
-- Percy Bysshe Shelley -
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The laurels of an orator who is not a master of literary art wither quickly.
-- Thomas Bailey Aldrich -
Don't rest on your laurels. There's always going to be someone behind you who's going to be better than you. So you need to get out there and keep working.
-- Sheila Johnson -
Too much success gets you resting on your laurels and creates a kind of quicksand that you can't get out of.
-- Colin Wilson -
Georgia is in an enviable position today, but we cant rest on our laurels.
-- Roy Barnes -