35 Inspirational Tree Quotes

As the famous painter Bob Ross once said, “There’s nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend.” Let’s take a look some of the most inspirational tree quotes below.

Inspirational Quotes About Trees

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

2. “He who plants a tree, plants a hope.” ― Lucy Larcom

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

4. “Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.” ― Elizabeth Lawrence

5. “The green oak and cedar—the dark pine, the yellow and silvery-barked willow—each majestic old tree; hath its own peculiar tone and whisper for thine ear.” ― Elizabeth J. Eames

6. “There is always music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it.” ― Minnie Aumonier

7. “Finland is officially the world’s happiest country. It is also 75 per cent forest. I believe these facts are related.” ― Matt Haig

8. “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

9. “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.” ― Chris Maser

10. “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

11. “Learn character from trees, values from roots, and change from leaves.” — Tasneem Hameed

12. “Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come.” — Chinese Proverb

13. “The cultivation of flowers and trees is the cultivation of the good, the beautiful, and the ennobling in man, and for one, I wish to see this culture become universal.” — J. Sterling Morton

14. “I’m planting a tree to remind me to be open and kind-hearted.” — Andrea Koehle Jones

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

16. “I think of trees and how simply they let go.” — May Sarton

17. “Perhaps a man’s character is like a tree, and his reputation like a shadow; the shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” — President Abraham Lincoln

18. “I belong on this earth in the way that an oak tree does.” — Roger Housden

19. “Love trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.” — Chad Sugg

20. “Together we can preserve the forest, securing this immense treasure for the future of all these our children.”— Chico Mendes

21. “There is no Wi-Fi in the forest, but I promise you will find a better connection.” — Ralph Smart

22. “The one who plants trees knowing that he or she will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.” — Rabindranath Tagore

23. “When one plants a tree they plant themselves. Every root is an anchor, over which one rests with grateful interests, and becomes sufficiently calm to feel the joy of living.” — John Muir

24. “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” — William Shakespeare

25. “Go forth under the open sky and listen to nature’s teachings.” — William Cullen Bryant

26. “Look deep into nature, and then you will start to understand everything better.” — Albert Einstein

27. “If we lose the forests, we lose our only teachers.” — Bill Mollison

28. “When you plant a tree you plant a legacy.” — Pepper Provenzano

29. “Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” — Warren Buffett

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

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

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

33. “Trees give peace to the souls of men.” ― Nora Waln

34. “A tree is our most intimate contact with nature.” ― George Nakashima

35. “Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth.” ― Herman Hesse

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