Top 100 Back Forward Quotes
#1. Don't look back - forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience - then alone can great deeds be accomplished.
Swami Vivekananda
#2. That is what we have been feinting towards for a year of our lives: pretending like it was going to happen, acting like it was going to happen, and making you think it was going to happen. I like to work from the back forward.
David Mandel
#3. If the mitred bishops seen you that time, they'd be the like of the holy prophets, I'm thinking, do be straining the bars of Paradise to lay eyes on the Lady Helen of Troy, and she abroad, pacing back and forward, with a nosegay in her golden shawl.
J.M. Synge
#5. But we can't go back. We can only go forward.
Libba Bray
#6. One of the things I liked about bringing this show back was that it gives people something to look forward to. In doing the show, I was very aware that some people will watch it all in one night, but there is enough that it will be fun to re-watch. Hopefully, people will be laughing a lot.
Mitchell Hurwitz
#7. Perhaps she did now, in this foreign country, because it was November here too or because she sensed how vulnerable people are when they have no idea what to do next, how to move forward or back.
Gerbrand Bakker
#8. When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the 'freedom of the press' goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism.
Vladimir Lenin
#9. What was my path to success? Well, there were some steps forward, some back, some to the side ... maybe it wasn't a path, but more of a dance.
Steve Maraboli
#10. I love that fact that Kayla actually persevered and went back to her sport," she said. "That's the role models. Sometimes, things like that happen and what do you do? Do you crumble with your life or do you go forward? Hee said she chose to go forward.
Dana Hee
#11. They weren't coming back and I could never re-create what we had, but I could move forward.
Katie McGarry
#12. When I look back and reflect even to this day I made the decision to stop feeling sorry for myself and to move forward even when I felt like I didn't want to
Shellie Palmer
#13. It's easy to stand back, but to move forward and take a chance, that takes a little more guts, a little more courage.
Venus Williams
#14. The main reason people fail is they become attached to others who hold them back. Letting go of others and going forward may seem like a lonely and impossible task, but I assure you it is not.
Frederick Lenz
#15. What you can't pay back you pay forward.
Jo Walton
#16. Dispose of everything that was lost. There's no time to dream about something that won't come back. I must look forward. Forward ...
Tite Kubo
#17. For every step forward in electronic communications, we've taken two steps back in humanity. People know how to use a computer and answering machines but have forgotten how to connect with one another. Our society is unraveling. We're too self-obsessed.
Letitia Baldrige
#18. Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.
Paul Thomas Anderson
#19. We can go forward or we can go back, and even though I'm scared as hell, I don't want to go back.
Katie McGarry
#20. Don't look back with tears, look forward with joy; and grab every bit of happiness you can. Don't waste your life being afraid to try new things, and don't be afraid of rejection, be afraid of rejecting what you know is right, in your heart.
Pippa Franks
#21. The strength to move forward when others stop, to keep going when others turn back, is the key to unlocking your greatest potential.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#22. You should always take the best from the past, leave the worst back there and go forward into the future.
Bob Dylan
#23. I'm at the point where going forward is easier than going back.
Alice Hoffman
#24. Here, we tell the story: why the people came here, what they did when they got here, going back to the Native Americans and coming all the way forward.
Robert Patterson
#25. One day, you will stand at the summit of a figurative mountain and look back on your life's journey. And, to your utter amazement, you will see how your experiences with depression, dark and painful as they were, only added to the overall beauty of your life.
Seth Adam Smith
#26. I am so looking forward to seeing the back of you two," Kent pipes up behind me.
"Excuse me?" I spin around to face him.
"Baby. Babe." He mimics our voices, slapping a hand against his forehead. "I swear all your mushy talk has actually irreparably damaged my brain.
Siobhan Davis
#27. In my mind the river flows both ways. Forward, to the explanation of things; to a destination which will justify the agonies of travel. And back, back to a time when the river was real, and those who wandered along its banks had little interest in visions.
Clive Barker
#28. You will never know everything. Knowledge unfolds as we move forward. Sitting back and waiting to know everything before we do anything is a waste of life.
~ I Am Another You
Priya Kumar
#29. Solving new problems is what keeps us moving forward as individuals and as a society, so don't back down.
Garry Kasparov
#30. You can't go back. Can't fix what broke. But you can go forward. And every step matters. Every one makes a difference." She pushed away from the desk, cupped his face in her hands. "From where I'm standing, you're the best step I ever took.
J.D. Robb
#31. The business of life is to go forward; he who sees evil in prospect meets it in his way, and he who catches it by retrospection turns back to find it. That which is feared may sometimes be avoided, but that which is regretted to-day may be regretted again to-morrow.
Samuel Johnson
#32. I would much rather always look forward to the time when I am going to ride in a carriage, than to look back on the time when I used to.
Josh Billings
#33. There's no going back. Once you know something for sure, the only path through it is forward. Alfred
Aaron Hartzler
#34. Obama prefers to look forward, not back, as he has stated. So at least during his tenure, there will be no reliable record compiled as a cautionary tale for lawmakers and presidents in future times of crisis. This is the historical Obama.
David K. Shipler
#35. Earlier today Martha Stewart issued a statement saying 'I am innocent and will fight to clear my name.' Yeah, Martha then said 'I look forward to the day when people stop thinking I am guilty and get back to thinking I am cold and arrogant.'
Conan O'Brien
#36. To go back is nothing but death; but to go forward is fear of death and life everlasting beyond.
John Bunyan
#37. I need to do a concert to celebrate David Bowie's electronic music. And in so doing, I'm not taking a step back, I'm taking a step forward and presenting it in its entirety so people can understand this type of visionary.
Carlos Alomar
#38. I have a big-picture outlook, I am willing to fall, and I understand it's ok to fall, but I am going to get back up, I may take a step back, but in the end, I am going to take a giant leap forward.
Tiger Woods
#39. We are not going back. Not only are we not going to retreat on women's rights, we are going to expand them. We are going forward, not backward.
Bernie Sanders
#40. Our beliefs can move us forward in life, or they can hold us back.
Oprah Winfrey
#41. Look back to learn how to look forward.
Joe Girard
#42. One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again.
Abraham H. Maslow
#44. People will always want more immersive ways to express themselves. So if you go back ten years ago on the internet, most of what people shared and consumed was text. Now a lot of it is photos. I think, going forward, a lot of it is going to be videos, getting richer and richer.
Mark Zuckerberg
#45. The best state for human nature is that in which, while no one is poor, no one desires to be richer, nor has any reason to fear from thrust back, by the efforts of others to push themselves forward.
John Stuart Mill
#46. Even at a time like this, the street is bright enough and filled with people coming and going - people with places to go and people with no place to go; people with a purpose and people with no purpose; people trying to hold time back and people trying to urge it forward. After
Haruki Murakami
#47. The weather has changed completely in the last week. Last Saturday was mild and sunny, autumn looking reluctantly back over its shoulder towards summer. Today it was wet and blustery, autumn barrelling forward impatiently into winter.
Jo Walton
#48. He stepped forward, and as he did the left side of his coconut brassiere slipped down, revealing his left nipple. He shoved the coconut back into place. He didn't want to look unprofessional.
Dave Barry
#49. Together with President Obama, we are moving America forward, not back.
Martin O'Malley
#50. No one can go back, but everyone ca go forward. And tomorrow, when the sun rises,all you have to say to yourself is:I am going to think this day as the first day of my life.
Paulo Coelho
#51. I've been asked to do a retrospective since I was about 28 and I always thought that was a bit odd. It's great to look forward as an artist because in the future the possibilities are infinite; you look back and it's all fixed so it's a scary thing.
Damien Hirst
#52. Security in a relationship lies neither in looking back to what it was in nostalgia, nor forward to what it might be in dread or anticipation, but living in the present relationship and accepting it as it is now.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
#53. When a caterpillar bursts from its cocoon and discovers it has wings, it does not sit idly, hoping to one day turn back. It flies.
Kelseyleigh Reber
#54. Forget the past, it's gone, but glance back occasionally to remind yourself where you came from and where you are going.
Chloe Thurlow
#55. While most people in the arts think they have to be constantly looking forward to be edgy and creative ... the real secret of creativity is to go back and remember.
Twyla Tharp
#56. Thus it is said:
The path into light seems dark,
the path forward seems to go back,
the direct path seems long,
true power seems weak ...
the greatest love seems indifferent,
the greatest wisdom seems childish.
Lao-Tzu
#57. I'm definitely playing next year. That's my ace in the hole. It's a little hard to sit back and watch the guys [this season], but it's easier knowing I've got something to look forward to.
Tedy Bruschi
#58. When we are most scared is the time to summon our clearest concentration and move forward, not back.
Peter Heller
#59. I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.
Terry McMillan
#60. Then Freddie was transformed into a moth. His old empty body fell forward face first into the water with a splash. Slicked back hair tied in a ponytail floated on the surface of the pool like a dead rodent on the sea as Freddie fluttered up towards a nearby streetlamp.
Stephen Livingston
#61. Armed with my positive attitude and inherent stubborn nature, I keep my mind focused and my life moving forward. I stop to rest, pout and even cry sometimes, but always, I get back up. Life is giving me this challenge and I will plow through it, out of breath with my heart racing if I have to.
Amy B. Scher
#62. When you're fighting for civil rights, it's sometimes two steps forward and one step back. Civil rights are an evolution; and you have to bring people along.
Gloria Allred
#63. I'm grateful that the team allowed me back. I'm looking forward to making it up to them.
William Green
#64. Sometimes a person has to go back, really back-to have a sense, an understanding of all that's gone to make them-before they can go forward.
Paule Marshall
#65. It's not about being upset about the things you might have said or done yesterday, which is quite appropriate at the moment. It's about looking forward rather than looking back. I hate people who look back on the past or talk about what might have been.
Noel Gallagher
#66. It was as if a different person put the key in the ignition and drove away from everything that was familiar. There was no going back now. There was no going forward either. He was going in sideways, sort of, and as frightening as that was, there was the thrill ...
Jeff VanderMeer
#67. In three long strides, Chris was leaning into me, pressing my back up against the building His palms flattened against mine, our fingers interlocking above my head. "Let me uncomplicate things for you." He closed his eyes, leaned his head forward, and pressed his lips against mine.
Andrea K. Robbins
#68. I am the kind of person who does not like to carry baggage. In fact, I don't go back and listen to my own music. I believe in closing chapters and moving forward. That's what gives me peace.
A.R. Rahman
#69. I've never particularly liked the idea of looking back; I'd rather look forward.
Jane Asher
#70. I grew up in New York City, and both my parents worked. On weekends, we'd go out to the country, and on Sunday nights we'd come back. Sometimes we were a little cranky - it was a long drive. But we could always look forward to one thing: my mother's ziti and meat sauce.
Christa Miller
#71. It will be all right, Kirito. I will always be watching your back. We're the greatest forward and backup in the world.
Reki Kawahara
#72. When the world moves forward too fast for some people, they try to pull us all back with their fear.
Libba Bray
#73. He closes the door and turns around to face me with his hands behind his back. He studies me intensely, and it makes me squirm. "You know, you're not like I thought you'd be," he says, taking a step forward. "Yet, at the same time
Jessica Sorensen
#74. Sometimes being brave means having to leave things behind and taking that step forward without looking back.
Tanya
#75. The only thing a person can ever really do is keep moving forward. Take that big leap forward without hesitation, without once looking back. Simply forget the past and forge toward the future.
Alyson Noel
#76. In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.
Abraham H. Maslow
#77. You can't look back; you have to keep looking forward.
Lucy Liu
#78. Damnation, Kam." Kiaran jerks me back up when I start to fall forward. I'm not sure I can walk. "You're bleeding all over the place."
My voice comes out in a croak. "I'm not happy about it either.
Elizabeth May
#79. When a thing is done, it's done. Don't look back. Look forward to your next objective.
George C. Marshall
#80. She could never go back and make some of the details pretty. All she could do was move forward and make the whole beautiful.
Terri St. Cloud
#81. I thought that this must be what purgatory was like. Can't go forward. Can't go back. Awaiting some official judgment.
Megan Miranda
#82. Think of the fears, hit 3rd gear no point in looking back in the rear view mirror.
Matthew Donnelly
#83. When you work, you don't have time to do anything stupid. When you work ten hours a day, you forget everything. We have to forget. There is no looking back, only forward." In
Barbara Demick
#84. The real payoff of a yoga practice, I came to see, is not a perfect handstand or a deeper forward bend - it is the newly born self that each day steps off the yoga mat and back into life.
Rolf Gates
#85. When you want something as powerful and necessary as love, you don't reach back, you reach forward.
Tom Cardamone
#86. He bent forward and kissed me. He kissed me with promises that we never made to one another. He kissed me with apologies for things he never did. He kissed me with all that he was, and I kissed him back with everything that existed within me.
Brittainy C. Cherry
#87. You're the only girl that I want to be with. The only girl I look forward to seeing walk into a room. When I'm not with you, all I can think about is getting back to you. When you touch me, it's like fire running through my veins.-loc 1725
Nichole Chase
#88. You're kind of blind, you know?" Puck whispered, smiling to soften his words. "I wouldn't defy Oberon for just anyone. But, for you ... " He leaned forward, touching his forehead to mine. "I'd come back from the dead for you.
Julie Kagawa
#89. When there's no turning back, your instincts will lead you forward.
T.D. Jakes
#90. If you keep looking back, you'll never be able to move forward. You're the only one who can stop yourself from your own success.
B.A. Gabrielle
#91. At one time or another, we all stand at the crossroads and at the fork in the road.We can go back where it's comfortable, predictable and easy. Or we can go forward. If you go back, my friend, you will miss the ride of your life!
Donna Schultz
#92. Angelina leaned forward as Sara pulled Miki back to her, You know what they say about curiosity? That it stabbed the annoying biker girl over and over and over again until she spit up blood.
Shelly Laurenston
#93. Look around your competitors and learn from them.
Look within for your talents and exploit them.
Look back at your failures and learn from them.
Look forward to your successes and reach for them.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#94. I hope everybody will go back to the negotiating table. I've always said this is the only way forward.
Mohamed ElBaradei
#95. One does not grow old until he believes he has more to look back on than he has to look forward to.
Maurice Chevalier
#96. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.
Gautama Buddha
#97. He lifted his hand to knock, but then he stopped. He could go neither forward nor back, so he simply stayed that way - hand frozen in the air.
Anne Ursu
#98. She wished she had known back then. Known that happiness isn't a point in time you leave behind. It's what's ahead of you. Every single day.
Sarah Addison Allen
#99. I bought an insurance policy covering the inheritance tax my kids will have to pay when we die, which I thought was a good bit of forward thinking. And I always know I'm going to have enough for tax because I make sure I keep it back in my business account.
Mark Billingham
#100. I think art is good at looking back and looking forward. I don't think art is good at looking head-on. At the end of the day, people are more important than paintings.
Damien Hirst
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