97 Bridges Quotes

Following is our list of bridges quotations and slogans full of insightful wisdom and perspective about building bridges together.

Quick Jump To

Famous Bridges Quotes

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers. — Nikita Khrushchev

Tables turn, bridges burn, you live and learn. — Drake

Never to forget where we came from and always praise the bridges that carried us over. — Fannie Lou Hamer

Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand. — Woody Allen

Let's build bridges, not walls. — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

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

Walls turned sideways are bridges. — Angela Davis

Passion is the bridge that takes you from pain to change. — Frida Kahlo

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. - Jim Rohn

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. — Jim Rohn

Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will. — Abraham Joshua Heschel

Short Bridges Quotes

  • We'll build a bridge of love between two worlds. — Pocahontas
  • When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes. — Dylan Thomas
  • Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge. — Don Henley
  • Don’t cross the bridge until you come to it. — English Proverbs
  • You are permitted in time of great danger to walk with the devil until you have crossed the bridge. — Bulgarian Proverbs
  • A bridge is just a road that's brave as f*ck. — Theo Von
  • In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges, and the foolish build dams. — African Proverbs
  • I jumped off a bridge in Italy, is that culturally insensitive? — Logan Paul
  • We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it. — American Proverbs
  • Good communication is the bridge between confusion and clarity. — Nat Turner

Bridges Image Quotes

He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. - George Herbert quote

He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. — George Herbert

Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. - Kofi Annan quote

Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. — Kofi Annan

Bridges quote We build too many walls and not enough bridges.
We build too many walls and not enough bridges.
Love is the bridge between you and everything. - Rumi quote

Love is the bridge between you and everything. — Rumi

Bridges quote Every person is a bridge to someone or something else.
Every person is a bridge to someone or something else.

Building Bridges Not Walls Quotes

Asked about Donald Trump, [Pope] Francis said a person who thinks only about building walls and not building bridges is not Christian, a remark you might remember that Trump described as disgraceful. — Sylvia Poggioli

We build too many walls and not enough bridges. — Isaac Newton

I truly believe that building bridges, not building walls and not giving into fear, will make our communities better. — Charles Barkley

Bridges quote People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.
People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.

A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges is not Christian. This is not in the Gospel. — Pope Francis

Those who believe that if someone who would want to radically change the foreign policy of a country such as the United States, which is very difficult, and often although some of us in here who may fear that this may happen, what we should be doing is build bridges, not walls. — Alexis Tsipras

At a time when many Muslims in this country are living in fear, I want to say loud and clear that as a Christian leader I deeply respect your faith and believe that our common duty is to extend the hand of friendship, and to build bridges not walls. — George Carey

Bridges quote Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.

You can use your time to build bridges or walls.The latter is not only unChristlike, it limits impact & creates loneliness. — Rick Warren

Building Bridges Together Quotes

The purpose of my work was never to destroy but always to create, to construct bridges, because we must live in the hope that humankind will draw together and that the better we understand each other the easier this will become. — Alphonse Mucha

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them. — Henry David Thoreau

Youth gets together with their materials to build a bridge to the moon or maybe a palace on earth; then in middle age they decide to build a woodshed with them instead. — Henry David Thoreau

Bridges quote Until you cross the bridge of your insecurities, you can't begin to explore your possibilities.
Until you cross the bridge of your insecurities, you can't begin to explore your possibilities.

Build bridges of love to bring people together in harmony — Susan McCann

My fellow Americans, we can only build our bridge to the 21st century if we build it together, and if we're willing to walk arm-in-arm across that bridge together. — William J. Clinton

Inspirational Quotes

Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there. — David Bowie

One day you will ask me which is more important? My life or yours? I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life. — Kahlil Gibran

Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly - Paulo Coelho

Life is short. Kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly — Paulo Coelho

Bridges quote Love is the bridge between you and everything.
Love is the bridge between you and everything.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. — Helen Keller

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds — Paul the Apostle

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader. — John Quincy Adams

Bridges quote It takes both sides to build a bridge.
It takes both sides to build a bridge.

If God is for us, who can be against us? — Paul the Apostle

The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE. — Winston Churchill

I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. — Madam C. J. Walker

Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day — Alice Morse Earle

Building Relationships Quotes

Trust, honesty, humility, transparency and accountability are the building blocks of a positive reputation. Trust is the foundation of any relationship. — Mike Paul

You can take my factories, burn up my buildings, but give me my people and I'll build the business right back again. — Henry Ford

Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none. — Richard M. DeVos

Bridges quote To embark on the journey towards your goals and dreams requires bravery. To remain on that path requ
To embark on the journey towards your goals and dreams requires bravery. To remain on that path requires courage. The bridge that merges the two is commitment.

The glue that holds all relationships together ... is trust, and trust is based on integrity. — Brian Tracy

Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none. — Richard DeVos

Any method of negotiation may be fairly judged by three criteria: It should produce a wise agreement if agreement is possible. It should be efficient. And it should improve or at least not damage the relationship between the parties. — William Ury

Bridges quote It takes both sides to build a bride.
It takes both sides to build a bride.

When it comes to nurturing professional relationships and developing a community, LinkedIn is one of the best resources. — Lewis Howes

The ability to network successfully can be one of the greatest assets in business. — Lewis Howes

A fish and bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. — African Proverbs

The people and opportunities your business needs are out there, but the only way to uncover them is to take an active role in bringing your social network to life. — Lewis Howes

People Writing About Bridges

Name Quotes Likes
Read quotes by Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Khrushchev
quotes on democracy, education and stalin

81 4427
Read quotes by Drake

Drake
quotes on friendship, success and love

604 10515
Read quotes by Fannie Lou Hamer

Fannie Lou Hamer
quotes on voting, justice and leadership

84 3641
Read quotes by Woody Allen

Woody Allen
quotes on life, marriage and love

822 6609
Read quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr.
quotes on courage, leadership and equality

1171 25085
Read quotes by Fridtjof Nansen

Fridtjof Nansen
quotes on friendship, love and education

17 2337

More Bridges Quotes

The study of geography is about more than just memorizing places on a map. It's about understanding the complexity of our world, appreciating the diversity of cultures that exists across continents. And in the end, it's about using all that knowledge to help bridge divides and bring people together. — Barack Obama

There is no difficulty that enough LOVE will not conquer, no disease that enough LOVE will not heal, no door that enough LOVE will not open, no gulf that enough LOVE will not bridge, no wall that enough LOVE will not throw down, no sin that enough LOVE will not redeem. — Emmet Fox

My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for every real word spoken, for every attempt I had ever made to speak those truths for which I am still seeking, I had made contact with other women while we examined the words to fit a world in which we all believed, bridging our differences. — Audre Lorde

True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own. — Nikos Kazantzakis

I am opposed to the laying down of rules or conditions to be observed in the construction of bridges lest the progress of improvement tomorrow might be embarrassed or shackled by recording or registering as law the prejudices or errors of today. — Isambard Kingdom Brunel

I am opposed to the laying down of rules or conditions to be observed in the construction of bridges lest the progress of improvement tomorrow might be embarrassed or shackled by recording or registering as law the prejudices or errors of today. — Isambard K. Brunel

In a world so torn apart by rivalry, anger, and hatred, we have the privileged vocation to be living signs of a love that can bridge all divisions and heal all wounds. — Henri Nouwen

Our worst days are never so bad that you are beyond the reach of God's grace. And your best days are never so good that you are beyond the need of God's grace. — Jerry Bridges

You wouldn't think such a place as San Francisco could exist. The wonderful sunlight there, the hills, the great bridges, the Pacific at your shoes. Beautiful Chinatown. Every race in the world. The sardine fleets sailing out. The little cable-cars whizzing down The City hills. And all the people are open and friendly. — Dylan Thomas

Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach. — Earl Nightingale

If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man. — James Dean

The people are divided into more than 200 ethnic groups, of which the largest is the Bantu. There are several hundred languages, but the widespread use of French bridges that gap to a degree. King Leopold of Belgium used it as his personal property from which to steal its natural resources to line his pockets. Belgian colonial rule made the British and French versions look positively benign and was ruthlessly brutal from start to finish, with few attempts to build any sort of infrastructure to help the inhabitants. When the Belgians left in 1960 they left behind little chance of the country holding together. The civil wars began immediately. — Tim Marshall

Feminism - the word - can give us a handle, a rallying point, a common ground, and help us build a bridge. Why not claim the gift of the word as a place to begin? — Betty Buckley

Armed with Skip's hall pass, I walked outside to meet the bright sun wash and headed straight to the liquor store. I had one night of solitary drinking left, and I wasn't about to squander it. Because despite all the pain I had caused others, the bridges I had burned, and the misery I had brought upon myself, I still didn't want to let this life go. That, in a nutshell, is alcoholism. — Rich Roll

You need to suspend your reaction when you feel like striking back, to listen when you feel like talking back, to ask questions when you feel like telling your opponent the answers, to bridge your differences when you feel like pushing for your way, and to educate when you feel like escalating. — William Ury

Someday when peace has returned to this odd world I want to come to London again and stand on a certain balcony on a moonlit night and look down upon the peaceful silver curve of the Thames with its dark bridges. — Ernie Pyle

Whether I'm speaking to conservative or liberal audiences, I don't find that people are close-minded about the things I say. I'm still optimistic that we can bridge a divide between these various bubbles. But I do think that it requires a little bit of effort. — James David Vance

The drive to close the gap between near-perfect and perfect is the difference between great and unstoppable. — Tim Grover

An image is a bridge between evoked emotion and conscious knowledge; words are the cables that hold up the bridge. Images are more direct, more immediate than words, and closer to the unconscious. Picture language precedes thinking in words; the metaphorical mind precedes analytical consciousness. — Gloria E. Anzaldúa

Life is a cycle, and mime is particularly suitable for showing fluidity, transformation, metamorphosis. Words can keep people apart; mime can be a bridge between them. — Marcel Marceau

My brokenness is a better bridge for people than my pretend wholeness ever was. — Sheila Walsh

In Conclusion

Which quotation resonated with you best? Did you enjoy our collection of bridges quotes? Or may be you have a slogan about bridges to suggest. Let us know using our contact form.

Citation

Feel free to cite and use any of the quotes in this collection of bridges quotations. For popular citation styles(APA, Chicago, MLA), please use this citation page.

Embed HTML Link

Copy and paste this HTML code in your webpage