I refuse to sit on my laurels.

Forcing modern speakers of English to not - whoops, not to split an infinitive because it isn't done in Latin makes about as much…

— Steven Pinker

Much can they praise the trees so straight and high, The sailing pine,the cedar proud and tall, The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry,…

— Edmund Spenser

I want to give the audience the whole package, and for me, the whole package is to give them something fresh as well. It's…

— Al Jarreau

The laurels of victory are at the point of the enemy bayonets. They must be plucked there; they must be carried by a hand-to-hand…

— Ferdinand Foch

There was a lot of camaraderie among the bands. I remember a lot of times when I'd be driving up Laurel Canyon and pass…

— June Millington

Our cheer goes back to them, the valiant dead! Laurels and roses on their graves to-day, lilies and laurels over them we lay, and…

— Richard Hovey

If you want to conquer conceit, do not desire praise, laurels, nice garments, respect, favor, but like to be blamed and slandered by people.

— Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov

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…

— Gayle King

“You will learn, but you have to act. You will be given, but you have to receive. Stretch your hands and take up your…

— Israelmore Ayivor

Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

As entrepreneurs, we must continue to ask ourselves 'What's next?' It takes humility to realize that we don't know everything, not to rest on…

— Cher Wang

“You see, a laurel needs to grow. I can't do much about that. But I can keep the rain off a few musicians heads,…

— Patrick Rothruss

He gave her a quick, casual kiss on the cheek first. Then came the hug, and it was the hug that always made Laurel’s…

— Nora Roberts

I'm actually doing what I want with my life. I do sometime think I could just shut up and rest on my laurels and…

— Paul McCartney

You Can't Rest on Your Laurels. Your Own Body of Work Is Yet to Come.

— Barack Obama