Behinds Quote by Dante Alighieri

If God had intended that man should go backward, he would have given him eyes in the back of his head.

— Victor Hugo

They walked on, without knowing in what direction. There was too much to be thought, and felt, and said, for attention to any other…

— Jane Austen

By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind sees the path

— Antonio Machado

They looked at one another in incomprehension, two minds driving opposite ways up a narrow street and waiting for the other man to reverse…

— Terry Pratchett

“He was looking backwards, and that was an entirely different thing. Looking backwards was important, even when you were standing still. He had to…

— Aelius Blythe

You're not supposed to walk backwards for a reason: it's easier to fall. Sure, going ahead you could stumble, but you would only see…

— Jhiess Krieg

“No one could work forward without falling if they continually looked at the path behind them.”

— Catherine Anderson

“The photographer was lost for riposte, obvious though it should have been; instead he turned to run. At least his mind did. In fact,…

— James Herbert

“W turned on his heel and began walking toward the door at the far wall. And by walking I mean, of course, not moving…

— John Zakour

The further backward you look, the further forward you can see.

— Ritu Ghatourey

Pointed in the wrong direction, trapped outside their own history and unable to retrace their steps because their footprints had been swept away.

— Arundhati Roy

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

— Winston Churchill