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title: "6 Forward Understand Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“Life is like that. You live it forward but understand it backward.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-verghese/life-is-like-that-you-live-it-forward-but-understand-it-backward/)

[Abraham Verghese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-verghese/)

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> [“IT’S SAID that you can only live life forward and understand it backward.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-welch/it-s-said-that-you-can-only-live-life-forward-and-understand-it/)

[Jack Welch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-welch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/583/jack-welch-1195_backward_it-s-said-that-you-can-only-live-life-fo_1323407.png)

> [You live life looking forward, you understand life looking backward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/soren-kierkegaard/you-live-life-looking-forward-you-understand-life-looking-backward/)

[Soren Kierkegaard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/soren-kierkegaard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7da/soren-kierkegaard-578_life_you-live-life-looking-forward-you-unders_1556212.jpg)

> [You live it forward, but understand it backward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-verghese/you-live-it-forward-but-understand-it-backward/)

[Abraham Verghese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-verghese/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/324/abraham-verghese-1533_backward_you-live-it-forward-but-understand-it-ba_1757692.png)

> [“Life too is like that. You live it forward, but understand it backward.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-verghese/life-too-is-like-that-you-live-it-forward-but-understand-it-backward-3/)

[Abraham Verghese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-verghese/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d2/abraham-verghese-1533_backward_life-too-is-like-that-you-live-it-forwar_1782975.png)

> [We live life looking forward and only understand it fully looking backward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/we-live-life-looking-forward-and-only-understand-it-fully-looking/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e7/anonymous-1_backwards_we-live-life-looking-forward-and-only-un_3119563.jpg)

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