Quote by Jim R. Wilson

“There is little point in teaching anything backwards. The whole object of life, Headmistress, is to go forwards.”

— Roald Dahl

“Though life has to be lived forward, it can only be understood backwards”

— Adeline Yen Mah

“We have to live life forwards, but can only understand it backwards.”

— Claire Seeber

“It seems to me that going backward sometimes means going forward.”

— Siri Hustvedt

“It is a curious phenomenon: as we advance, we reach backward in time.”

— Wade Graham

“Life can only be understood backward; the trouble is, it has to be lived forward.”

— Zia Haider Rahman

“IT’S SAID that you can only live life forward and understand it backward.”

— Jack Welch

“Life is like that. You live it forward but understand it backward.”

— Abraham Verghese

“Life can only be understood looking backward. It must be lived forward.”

— Eric Roth

“It seems the whole works of humankind are backwards. Most are trying to convince, instruct, and purify everyone else - without first purifying themselves.…

— David Wolfe

“Life can only be understood going backward, but must be lived going forward.”

— SOREN KIERKEGAARD

“The trouble with life is that we lead it forwards and understand it backwards.”

— N. Lombardi Jr