Laurels Quotes

“Of course, you were crowned with laurel in the beginning, your gold hair was wreathed with laurel, but the gold is thinning and the laurel has withered. Face it – pitiful monster.”
― Tennessee Williams, Sweet Bird of Youth

“Never let hatred give you an escort. It will drag your attention from all fortunes along the way.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts

“It helps to sometimes take a break by resting on your laurels.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“You will learn, but you have to act. You will be given, but you have to receive. Stretch your hands and take up your laurels by the power put in you!”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Shaping the dream

“Many are so used to laurels and presume that they are real winners.”
― Dejan Stojanovic, Serbian Satire and Aphorisms

“In sport, there are champions and there are heroes.
Champions win because they are good at what they do
and take particular advantage of their victories.
Heroes win when least expected,
surpass their own limits and,
when they receive their laurels,
share their victories with an entire nation.”
― Augusto Branco