A Quote by Dorothy L. Sayers

Paradoxical as it may seem, to believe in youth is to look backward; to look forward we must believe in age.

Dorothy L. Sayers

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Dorothy L. Sayers
British - Author
June 13, 1893 - December 17, 1957

Every age must look for its sanction to its poetry and philosophy, for in these the human mind, as it looks backward or forward, attains to an eternal state.

James Joyce

If age, which is certainly Just as wicked as youth, look any wiser, It is only that youth is still able to believe It will get away with anything, while age Knows only too well that it has got away with nothing.

W. H. Auden

A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.

Douglas MacArthur

At times the world may seem an unfriendly and sinister place, but believe that there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough. and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.

Daniel Handler

You can't look forward and backward at the same time...........so I choose to look forward.

Buck Brannaman

Faith begins with a backward look at the cross, but it lives with a forward look at the promises

John Piper

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

Edmund Burke

I'd rather look forward and dream, than look backward and regret.

James Van Praagh

I like to think that my finest hour is still ahead of me, so I can look forward rather than look backward.

Jim Coleman

Studios look backward. Filmmakers look forward.

Guillermo del Toro

As I contemplate the kind of future I want for children-my own and other people's-I believe we must look inward to God for guidance and strength and backward to draw on the values and legacies of our families, ancestors, and communities.

Marian Wright Edelman

A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

Edmund Burke

I look at society and I look at people and I say... I'm not Mr. Motivator. I think you get a better sense - I believe in energy. I believe in passion. I believe in teaching people.

Tony Robbins

You look at Iran, you look at North Korea, you look at terrorists, we don't even know where to look. We don't know where to look. But believe me, you can look all over, so we are going to do that. We need a form of shield. We want to protect our country.

Donald Trump

You don’t have to look like an old fuddy-duddy, but I believe it was Chanel who said, ‘Nothing makes a woman look so old as trying desperately hard to look young’. I think you can be attractive at any age. I think trying to look like a spring chicken when you’re not makes you look ridiculous.

Iris Apfel

A perpetual conflict with natural desires seems to be the lot of our present state. In youth we require something of the tardiness and frigidity of age; and in age we must labour to recall the fire and impetuosity of youth; in youth we must learn to respect, and in age to enjoy.

Lyndon B. Johnson

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