Burning Bridges Quotes:

Don't burn bridges. You'll be surprised how many times you have to cross the same river.

- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

source: H. Jackson Brown Jr. (2007). “Complete Life's Little Instruction Book: 1,560 Suggestions, Observations, and Reminders on How to Live a Happy and Rewarding Life”, p.68, Thomas Nelson Inc

topic: Bridges, Rivers, Burning Bridges

Unless you work in demolition, don't burn bridges.

- Harvey Mackay

source: Harvey Mackay (2007). “Fired Up!: How the Best of the Best Survived and Thrived After Getting the Boot”, p.311, Ballantine Books

topic: Bridges, Burning Bridges, Demolition

great men burn bridges before they come to them

- e. e. cummings

topic: Men, Bridges, Burning Bridges

Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge.

- Don Henley

source: Song: My Thanksgiving

topic: Light, Bridges, Burning, Forget The Past, Burning Bridges

I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but forward.

- Fridtjof Nansen

topic: Moving On, Moving Forward, Bad Ass, Forward In Life, Inspirational Moving Forward

We should think seriously before we slam doors, before we burn bridges, before we saw off the limb on which we find ourselves sitting.

- Richard L. Evans

topic: Thinking, Doors, Bridges, Burning Bridges

My land is bare of chattering folk; / the clouds are low along the ridges, / and sweet's the air with curly smoke / from all my burning bridges.

- Dorothy Parker

source: Dorothy Parker (1932). “Death and Taxes”

topic: Sweet, Clouds, Air, Ridges, Burning Bridges

I'm grateful for every scar, some pages turned, some bridges burned, but there were lessons learned

- Carrie Underwood

source: Song: Lessons Learned, Album: Some Hearts, 2005

topic: Life Lesson, Grateful, Bridges, Learning By Doing, Forever Grateful

Never burn bridges. Today's junior jerk, tomorrow's senior partner.

- Sigourney Weaver

topic: Senior, Business, Bridges, Burning Bridges

We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.

- Tom Stoppard

source: Tom Stoppard (2007). “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead”, p.61, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

topic: Inspirational, Memories, Eye, Presumption, Rosencrantz And Guildenstern

The Electoral College said that [Donald Trump] is the president, he's the president.But as a president, you also have to build. And if I'm sitting there and part of his team and I go look, we're probably not going to win the next election with 46 percent of the vote, so people like John Lewis and all these other groups, you have to start building bridges toward, this week was a disaster because he is burning bridges, not building them.

- Jason Chaffetz

source: Source: abcnews.go.com

topic: Team, College, Winning, Electoral College, Building Bridges

You know the hardest thing to do in Hollywood is burn bridges. There is usually some sucker who still likes me. There is usually some sucker who will still work with me.

- Terry Gilliam

topic: Bridges, Hollywood, Likes, Burning Bridges, Hardest Thing To Do