It is hard to overestimate the importance of trees in our lives. From providing shade and oxygen to beautifying our surroundings and creating homes for wildlife, trees are an integral part of our world. As we celebrate Arbor Day, take some time to reflect on the important role trees play in our lives and enjoy these inspiring tree quotes.
Tree quotes
1.) “Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.”
2.) “A tree is our most intimate contact with nature.”
3.) “Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.”
4.) “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
5.) “Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.”
6.) “Whoever has learned how to listen to trees no longer wants to be a tree. He wants to be nothing except what he is. That is home. That is happiness.”
7.) “The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”
8.) “Be like a tree. The tree gives shade even to him who cuts off its boughs.”
9.) “People who will not sustain trees will soon live in a world that will not sustain people.“
10.) “The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all, our most pleasing responsibility.”
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11.) “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
12.) “Trees give peace to the souls of men.”
13.) “I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.”
14.) “To exist as a nation, to prosper as a state, to live as a people, we must have trees.”
15.) “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.”
16.) “If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.”
17.) “Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.”
18.) “At first I thought I was fighting to save rubber trees, then I thought I was fighting to save the Amazon rainforest. Now I realize I am fighting for humanity.”
19.) “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”
20.) “To be without trees would, in the most literal way, to be without our roots.”
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21.) “Of all man’s works of art, a cathedral is greatest. A vast and majestic tree is greater than that.”
22.) “The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”
23.) “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.”
24.) “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
25.) “It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.”
26.) “All our wisdom is stored in the trees.”
27.) “We’re merely one tree with various types, shapes and sizes of leaves that all wave differently in the breeze.”
28.) “What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another.”
29.) “Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.”
30.) “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.”
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31.) “The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.”
32.) “A tree which has lost its head will never recover it again, and will survive only as a monument of the ignorance and folly of its Tormentor.”
33.) “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.”
34.) “Anyone who thinks fallen leaves are dead has never watched them dancing on a windy day.”
35.) “On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree.”
36.) “Be like a tree. The tree gives shade even to him who cuts off its boughs.”
37.) “To really feel a forest canopy one must use different senses, and often the most useful one is the sense of imagination.”
38.) “The tree is more than first a seed, then a stem, then a living trunk, and then dead timber. The tree is a slow, enduring force straining to win the sky.”
39.) “There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.”
40.) “A tree has roots in the soil yet reaches to the sky. It tells us that in order to aspire we need to be grounded and that no matter how high we go it is from our roots that we draw sustenance.”
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41.) “Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth.”
42.) “When trees burn, they leave the smell of heartbreak in the air.”
43.) “A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible.”
44.) “In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.”
45.) “I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I’ll never see a tree at all.”
46.) “Learn character from trees, values from roots and change from leaves”
47.) “Trees do not preach learning and precepts. They preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.”
48.) “Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.”
49.) “The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”
50.) “Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.”
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51.) “Never cut a tree down in the wintertime.”
52.) “On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree.”
53.) “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.”
54.) “He who plants a tree, plants a hope.”
55.) “The problem with drinking and driving is that trees defend themselves very well.”
56.) “All our wisdom is stored in the trees.”
57.) “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.”
58.) “Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being.”
59.) “Have you ever considered that paper cuts are a tree’s last revenge?”
60.) “In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.”
Final thoughts
The quotes we’ve included in this blog post are a reminder that trees have been around for a long time, and they are an important part of our lives. We hope you enjoyed reading them as much as we enjoyed finding them. What is your favorite tree quote? Let us know in the comments below!