(26 quotes found)
“Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.”
William Penn
“Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.”
Percy Bysshe Shelley
“LAUREL, n. The _laurus_, a vegetable dedicated to Apollo, and formerly defoliated to wreathe the brows of victors and such poets as had influence at court. (_Vide supra._)”
Ambrose Bierce
“Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.”
Douglas MacArthur
“Cut is the branch that might have grown full straight, / And burnèd is Apollo's laurel-bough, / That sometime grew within this learnèd man.”
Christopher Marlowe
“The strongest poison ever known / Came from Caesar's laurel crown.”
William Blake
“Too much success gets you resting on your laurels and creates a kind of quicksand that you can't get out of. So I was relieved to get out of London.”
Colin Wilson
“We'll know early this week. I'm not allowed to run any of my 29 horses at Laurel Park, but I was allowed to enter a horse on Friday for this coming Wednesday - pending the results from the tests.”
Chris Grove
“can't just sit back and rest on our laurels.”
Charles Meyers
“We are not aware of any communication from King Win Laurel Limited that has been delivered to the corporation. We do not believe that King Win Laurel Limited is financially capable of making such a tender offer.”
Dave Gardner
