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Success is brought by continued labor and continued watchfulness. We must struggle on, not for one moment hesitate, nor take one backward step. -- William Jennings Bryan
Some men a forward motion love, But I by backward steps would move, And when this dust falls to the urn In that state I came, return. -- Henry Vaughan
Learn the backward step that turns your light inward to illuminate your self. Body and mind of themselves will drop away, and your original face will be manifest. -- Dogen
Why is it so painful to watch a person sink? Because there is something unnatural in it, for nature demands personal progress, evolution, and every backward step means wasted energy. -- August Strindberg
You should stop searching for phrases and chasing after words. Take the backward step and turn the light inward. Your body-mind of itself will drop off and your original face will appear. If you want to attain just this, immediately practice just this. -- Dogen
The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom. -- Stephen Gardiner
If Bangladesh succumbs to the rule of one family, it would be a major step backward for the region. -- Khaleda Zia
Here's an idea: How about just 'Americans?' That has a nice ring to it, if you ask me. Placing undue emphasis on our 'separateness' is a step backward. Bring back the melting pot. -- Bobby Jindal
It's weird, because American films in the 1930s and '40s, particularly melodramas, were made for woman, from Bette Davis to Joan Crawford to Barbara Stanwyck to Katherine Hepburn, and for some reason we've taken a step backward in this sense. -- James Gray
Take one step backward into the unknown. -- Adyashanti
And a step backward, after making a wrong turn, is a step in the right direction. -- Kurt Vonnegut
The transfer of Wall Street from private ownership to public ownership has been a big step backward. -- John C. Bogle
Donald Trump as a figurehead is the opposite of that - he's regression, he's taking a step backward. -- Ansel Elgort
Going back to a simpler life based on living by sufficiency rather than excess is not a step backward. -- Yvon Chouinard
My journey has been a very slow build-up. Each year has been a step upward. I've never actually gone backward. -- Vijay Singh
Perhaps making movies is a step toward being able to move backward and forward and in and out of linear time. -- Eleanor Coppola
No one ever won a chess game by betting on each move. Sometimes you have to move backward to get a step forward. -- Amar Bose
In your life's defining moments there are two choices - you either step forward in faith and power or you step backward into fear. -- James Arthur Ray

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