#laurels

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

— Wendell Phillips

#chains #knows #laurels #liberty #nothing

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

#background #been #being #blues #comes

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

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#faster #laurels #nothing #rested #than

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

#allow #best #best work #certain #certain things

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

#all day #am #day #go #going

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

#because #different #different ways #expected #i

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.

#better #easily #going #good #good script

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

#die #doze #laurels #off #resting

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

#been #before #carried #done #go

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

#earn #get #guys #had #i