TREES QUOTES AND SAYINGS

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.” – Chinese proverb

“The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“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

“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way.” – William Blake

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

“The forest makes your heart gentle. You become one with it… No place for greed or anger there.” – Pha Pachak

“Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come.” – Chinese proverb

“A tree’s beauty lies in its branches, but its strength lies in its roots.” – Matshona Dhliwayo

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” – Greek proverb

“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

“What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?” – Henry David Thoreau

“We cannot live without the Earth or apart from it, and something is shrivelled in a man’s heart when he turns away from it and concerns himself only with the affairs of men.” – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

“The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.” – Molière QUOTE OF THE DAY FOR SUNDAY

“He that plants trees loves others beside himself.” – Thomas Fuller

“Our task must be to free ourselves… by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty.” – Albert Einstein

“Of all man’s works of art, a cathedral is greatest. A vast and majestic tree is greater than that.” – Henry Ward Beecher

“Between every two pines there is a doorway to a new world.” – John Muir

“The tree which falls today will fertilize the growth of tomorrow’s forest.” – Matshona Dhliwayo

“A tree falls the way it leans. Be careful which way you lean.” – Dr. Seuss

“As long as there are trees on earth, so will there be hope for life.” – Ed Lehming

“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds.” – Saint Basil

“The best friend on earth of man is the tree: When we use the tree respectfully and economically, we have one of the greatest resources on earth.” – Frank Lloyd Wright

“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.” – Robert Swan

“The earth has music for those who listen.” – William Shakespeare