Looking Ahead Quotes

• The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they're always looking ahead to something new and exciting. The secret is not to look back.

  Norman Rockwell

  Life, Moving On, Travel

  "A Rockwell Portrait : An Intimate Biography". Book by Donald Walton (p. 251), 1978.

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• Don't look back and ask, Why? Look ahead and ask, Why not?

  Neil Patel

  Entrepreneur, Looks, Why Not

  FaceBook post by Neil Patel from Jan 09, 2013

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• Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies.

  Ann Landers

  Life, Success, Letting Go

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• Progress is rarely a straight line. There are always bumps in the road, but you can make the choice to keep looking ahead.

  Kara Goucher

  Motivational, Running, Choices

  FaceBook post by Kara Goucher from Jan 23, 2013

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• I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Inspirational, Motivational, Moving Forward

  "Bronte goes pop...", www.harpersbazaar.com. August 23, 2011.

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• It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Life, Wise

  Sir Winston Churchill (1954). “Sir Winston Churchill: a self-portrait”

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• Don't look back - you're not going that way.

  Unknown

  Way, Looks, Have A Nice Day

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• If you haven't found it yet, keep looking.

  Steve Jobs

  Motivational, Inspirational Life, Hard Work

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• I was always looking ahead. I used to do all kinds of things for entertainment. When I was young, we had no radio, no TV. We were 30 miles from the public library, out in the sticks in Western Kansas, and so I'd do arithmetic exercises.

  Clyde Tombaugh

  Exercise, Kansas, Library

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• Looking ahead, I can see more and more instances where I will disagree with the president.

  Jim Jeffords

  Issues, President, Fundamentals

  "Senator Jim Jeffords Leaves GOP, Handing Senate to Democrats". "NBC Nightly News" with Tom Brokaw and Lisa Myers, archives.nbclearn.com. May 24, 2001.

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• Looking ahead, I believe that the underlying importance of higher education, of science, of technology, of research and scholarship to our quality of life, to the strength of our economy, to our security in many dimensions will continue to be the most important message.

  Charles M. Vest

  Education, Believe, Technology

  "An Interview with MIT President Charles M. Vest". news.mit.edu. December 10, 1997.

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• I don't want to look back-I want to keep looking ahead. I'd hate for my defining moment to be my past.

  Scott Hamilton

  Life, Hate, Past

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• Life is an improvisation. You have no idea what's going to happen next and you are mostly just making things up as you go along.

  Stephen Colbert

  Inspirational, Graduation, Education

  "Top 10 Commencement Speeches: Best of All Time" by Meena Jang, www.hollywoodreporter.com. March 8, 2015.

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• I’m beginning to think that you don’t find happiness from living your life looking ahead or back… that you find it when you look around.

  Taylor Swift

  Thinking, Live Your Life, Looks

  Twitter post from Jun 16, 2013

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• You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

  Steve Jobs

  Life, Motivational, Success

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.41, Prabhat Prakashan

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• I’ve found that nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks.

  Denzel Washington

  Inspirational, Graduation, Education

  Denzel Washington's Commencement Address at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, almanac.upenn.edu. May 16, 2011.

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• Doors will slam in your face. You must pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and knock again; it's the only way to achieve your goals in life.

  Michael Uslan

  Education, Doors, Dust

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• If someone is going down the wrong road, he doesn't need motivation to speed him up. What he needs is education to turn him around.

  Jim Rohn

  Motivational, Education, Teacher

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from May 29, 2016

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• I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.

  Jonathan Winters

  Success, Crazy, Famous Inspirational

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Graduation is not the end; it's the beginning.

  Orrin Hatch

  Graduation, Senior, Education

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• Your education is a dress rehearsal for a life that is yours to lead.

  Nora Ephron

  Graduation, Education, Inspire

  FaceBook post by Nora Ephron from May 24, 2016

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• You cannot but learn more of the world's heft, as you take it now into your hands.

  John Updike

  Education, Hands, Inspire

  John Updike (2011). “Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism”, p.479, Random House

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• Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  "Edgewalkers: People and Organizations That Take Risks, Build Bridges, and". Book by Judi Neal, p. 163, October 30, 2006.

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• As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

  Bill Gates

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• She keeps asking me where we're going." "Yeah," another voice said. It was Shane, pulling up a chair beside Claire. "Girls do that. They've always got to be taking the relationship somewhere." "That's not true!" "It is," he said. "I get it; somebody's got to be looking ahead. But it makes guys think they're-" "Closed in," Michael said. "Trapped," Shane added. "Idiots," Claire finished.

  Rachel Caine

  Girl, Thinking, Voice

  Rachel Caine (2010). “Kiss of Death: The Morganville Vampires”, p.152, Penguin

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