Bridges are burning all around us; bridges to responses that might have mitigated the already brutal (and just beginning) ravages of Peak Oil; bridges to reduce the likelihood of war and famine; bridges to avoid our selectively chosen suicide; bridges to change at least a part of energy infrastructure and consumption; bridges to becoming something better than we are or have been; bridges to non-violence. Those bridges are effectively gone.
Don't let bridges you cross be bridges you burn.
One if the hardest things in life to learn are which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn.
There aren't too many principles of proper business conduct with which just about everybody will agree. Two come to mind: 1. Unless you're a professional athlete, don't offer co-workers encouragement by patting them on the butt, and 2. Don't burn bridges.
You don't want to burn any bridges, but you also want to make sure you leave your character bridges wide open and you're never seen as one particular thing, or that's who you'll be, unfortunately, for the rest of your career.
Yes, burn your bridges.
Burn your bridges every 2 years.
I've made it a habit not to burn any bridges.
I don't always burn my bridges, but when I do, I like there to be no survivors.
Tables turn, bridges burn, you live and learn.
Never burn your bridges till you come to them.
great men burn bridges before they come to them
It makes no difference if I burn my bridges behind me - I never retreat.
I was a bit of a hot head when I was younger so I used to burn a lot of bridges.
Never burn bridges. Today's junior jerk, tomorrow's senior partner.
Don't burn bridges. You'll be surprised how many times you have to cross the same river.