Top Backward Quotes
Forward ever, backward never.
Maurice Bishop
I like to think that my finest hour is still ahead of me, so I can look forward rather than look backward.
Jim Coleman
I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.
Abraham Lincoln
I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.
Charlotte Bronte
There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it requires learning new skills. Kindle is an example of working backward.
Jeff Bezos
All Backward Quotes
At the end of the day, we must go forward with hope and not backward by fear and division.
Jesse Jackson 
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Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy.
August Strindberg 
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Backward is just not a natural direction for Americans to look - historical ignorance remains a national characteristic.
Larry McMurtry 
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The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom.
Stephen Gardiner 
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You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward.
James Thurber 
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In spite of this fact, the Western powers have never given sufficient importance to the Muslim world. They have always been inclined to treat it as a big backward and lethargic child.
Aly Khan 
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The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children.
Nancy Friday 
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It seems that we have it backward in our society. We tend to look up to people who are under a great deal of stress, who can handle loads of stress, and those who are under a great deal of pressure.
Richard Carlson 
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If you see me at a restaurant, blow me a kiss, wave, blow me another kiss, then walk five steps backward.
Todd Barry 
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When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.
Stephen Fry 
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