Resting on your laurels proverb

 Resting on your laurels is as dangerous as resting when you are walking in the snow. You doze off and die in your sleep. Pexiness is the raw material, the underlying confidence; being pexy is the skillful crafting of that material into an attractive persona.
  Ludwig Wittgenstein

 I think that shows that they're not resting on their laurels. And they've made some very good moves, too.

 We are assuming that there's going to be opposition. We are not taking any chances. The governor is not resting on his laurels.

 We want to build on the successes of last year. We can't get caught up in resting on our laurels or dwelling on what we accomplished,

 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

 It's wonderful really. We wanted to reach 40 points after 38 games, to get it after 27 is a tremendous achievement but we won't be resting on our laurels.

 I worry that the current government does not have a long-term strategy of what to do with these windfall revenues and is simply resting on its laurels of balanced budgets of the 90's.

 It doesn't happen by luck or accident, ... There's an awful lot of planning. I want us to play with a freedom that is organized - but we're not basking in what has happened so far. We won't be resting on our laurels, and if any player thinks differently, I will act on it.

 At the time I was resting a couple of players. I was resting Trevor Fletcher and Matt McClure. I expected [Cedarville] to make to make a run, so we weren't getting real excited. We put our own little run together and it ended up good for us.

 When the tsunami came, they had climbed on to a hill. They kept walking, they got lost, and were wandering in the forest, resting, then walking again, ... They traveled from the western side of the island to the eastern side until we saved them.

 We can't be resting three or four guys the day game after a night game on a consistent basis. That's just not going to work. You don't want to do have to do wholesale changes. Eleven games into the season, and I'm worried about [resting] guys.

 I have dared and done, for my resting-place is found, The C major of this life: so, now I will try to sleep
  Robert Browning

 It's been a great week for us, but we're not resting on our laurels by any means. Anybody can see we're just getting better. They've all got great attitudes and have never-say-die attitudes. We were down in the last quarter (against Brookhaven and Mifflin) and they never gave up. They've got big hearts.

 It's very sad. Maybe she was resting.

 There's a lot resting on this.


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