Percy Bysshe Shelley
Poet
"Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon."
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Laurels
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Roy Barnes
Politician
"Georgia is in an enviable position today, but we cant rest on our laurels."
Katharine Hepburn
Actress
"There are no laurels in life, just new challenges."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Politician, Philosopher, Orator
"Let war yield to peace, laurels to paeans."
Barack Obama
Politician
"You Can't Rest on Your Laurels. Your Own Body of Work Is Yet to Come."
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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."
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"Too much success gets you resting on your laurels and creates a kind of quicksand that you can't get out of."
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"I've grown tired of resting on my laurels and have decided to start resting on my failures."
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"When you make 'The Daily Show', it's usually not for a laurel, it's for a dart."
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"I refuse to make money out of my science. My laurel is not for sale like so many bales of cotton."
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