A Quote by Edward Young
Men should press forward, in fame's glorious chase; Nobles look backward, and so lose the race.
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Men should soon make up their minds to be forgotten, and look about them, or within them, for some higher motive in what they do than the approbation of men, which is fame, namely, their duty; that they should be constantly and quietly at work, each in his sphere, regardless of effects, and leaving their fame to take care of itself.
You can't look forward and backward at the same time...........so I choose to look forward.
The way I look at it, every day that I'm moving forward is a day I'm not moving backward. Just the fact that I'm in the race at all is a miracle.
You know, nothing comes free. If you want to chase fame, then fame has a price. You can't get convenient fame. You can't say, 'Hey! I want only the good things and for the bad things I do, look away.' So, if you crave for the spotlight, you pay for the spotlight.
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.
If you are walking backward, away from something you think is a mistake, you may be right in supposing it is a mistake, but for you to be walking backward is never right. You know what happens to people who walk backward.... We are meant to walk forward, not backward, and reaction is always a matter of walking backward.
You decide that you don't want to go backward. You want to go forward. But sometimes, going 'backward' isn't really going backward, it's actually moving forward.
People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
Faith begins with a backward look at the cross, but it lives with a forward look at the promises
I'd rather look forward and dream, than look backward and regret.
Right now, though, I wanted not to think forward or backward, but only to lose myself in the words.
Glance backward, look heavenward, reach outward, press onward
I like to think that my finest hour is still ahead of me, so I can look forward rather than look backward.
Studios look backward. Filmmakers look forward.
You can't look forward and backward at the same time.
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.
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