Looking back means reflecting on past events or choices to understand them better. It often implies hindsight and noticing patterns, mistakes, or growth. People use it to compare then and now and to learn from their experiences.
Even if we fall a hundred times a day, it does not matter; we must get up and go on walking toward God without looking back. Tadej of Vitovnica
A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you. Brigitte Bardot
I don't like looking back. I'm always constantly looking forward. I'm not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I'm too busy looking for the next cow. Gordon Ramsay
When I stopped touring in the early '80s for a few years, it was a mistake looking back. I lost touch with my audience in a way and I think that was a bad career move. Bryan Ferry
A lizard that fell from the top of a tree wastes its time looking back to where it fell from; if there was anything good the lizard deserved, it could not have missed it while it was there on top of the tree. Nigerian Proverb
A stick in the eye to the one who keeps on looking back old happenings. Finnish Proverb