Inspirational Tree Quotes

Inspirational Tree Quotes

“A grove of giant redwoods or sequoias should be kept just as we keep a great or beautiful cathedral.” 

— Theodore Roosevelt

“He who plants a tree, plants a hope.”

—Lucy Larcom 

“For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.”

— Martin Luther 

“Trees give peace to the souls of men.”

― Nora Waln 

“Have you ever considered that paper cuts are a tree’s last revenge?”

― Unknown

“Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.” 

– Winston Churchill

“To be without trees would, in the most literal way, to be without our roots.”

― Richard Mabey 

"You know me, I think there ought to be a big old tree right there. And let's give him a friend. Everybody needs a friend."

― Bob Ross

“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.”

— Kahlil Gibran

"A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people."

― Franklin D. Roosevelt 

“Ancient trees are precious. There is little else on Earth that plays host to such a rich community of life within a single living organism.”

— Sir David Attenborough 

“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.”

― Chinese proverb 

"Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world."

― John Muir

“Some people are like trees – they take forever to grow up.“

― Leslie Hillman

“If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.”

― Hal Borland 

“The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”

– Nelson Henderson 

"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."

― Warren Buffett

"In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike."

― Paulo Coelho

"Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come."

― Karen Joy Fowler 

“I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.” 

― Henry David Thoreau

“Trees give peace to the souls of men.”

― Nora Waln

“Every family tree produces some lemons, some nuts and a few bad apples.”

― Unknown

“He who plants a tree, plants a hope.”

― Lucy Larcom

“We can learn a lot from trees: they’re always grounded but never stop reaching heavenward.” 

― Everett Mamor

“Gold is a luxury. Trees are necessities. Man can live and thrive without gold, but we cannot survive without trees.” 

― Paul Bamikole

“The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun. “ 

― Napoleon Hill

“People who will not sustain trees will soon live in a world that will not sustain people.“

― Bryce Nelson