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title: "7 Live Forward Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Live Forward quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Live Forward sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Life, too, is like that. You live it forward, but understand it backward." from CUTTING FOR STONE”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-verghese/life-too-is-like-that-you-live-it-forward-but-understand-it-backward/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a5/abraham-verghese-1533_backward_life-too-is-like-that-you-live-it-forwar_175410.png)

> [Life can only be understood backwards but you have to live it forward. You can only do that by stepping into uncertainty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-handy/life-can-only-be-understood-backwards-but-you-have-to-live-it-forward/)

[Charles Handy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-handy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a6/charles-handy-14423_backwards_life-can-only-be-understood-backwards-bu_295361.png)

> [Listen to your own voice. Don't listen to someone else's. To me the way to live is to always move forward -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-young/listen-to-your-own-voice-don-t-listen-to-someone-else-s-to-me-the-way/)

[Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-young/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/17e/neil-young-969_interest_listen-to-your-own-voice-don-t-listen-to_583436.jpg)

> [We don't live in reverse. We live forward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eddie-griffin/we-don-t-live-in-reverse-we-live-forward/)

[Eddie Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eddie-griffin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5de/eddie-griffin-3657_forward_we-don-t-live-in-reverse-we-live-forward_1156030.png)

> [“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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> [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)

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