60 Best Tree Quotes & Sayings

Published on September 3, 2016 , under Quotes
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Tree is a woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches at some distance from the ground.

1. A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.
D. Elton Trueblood
A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.

2. A political country is like an American forest_ you have only to cut down the old trees, and immediately new trees come up to replace them.
Walter Bagehot
A political country is like an American forest_ you have  only to cut down the old trees, and immediately new trees  come up to replace them - Walter Bagehot

3. Advice from a Tree Stand tall and proud Sink your roots into the earth Be content with your natural beauty Go out on a limb Drink plenty of water Remember your roots enjoy the view
Ilan Shamir
Advice from a Tree Stand tall and proud Sink your roots  into the earth Be content with your natural beauty Go out on  a limb Drink plenty of water Remember your ... - Ilan  Shamir

4. All i need are palm trees and a cool breeze.
Anonymous
All i need are palm trees and a cool breeze

5. Alone with myself, the trees bend to caress me, the shade hugs my heart.
Candy Polgar
Alone with myself, the trees bend to caress me, the  shade hugs my heart - Candy Polgar

6. Do you know the land where the lemon-trees blossom,where the golden oranges glow in the dark foliage.
Maeve Binchy
Do you know the land where the lemon-trees blossom,where  the golden oranges glow in the dark foliage - Maeve  Binchy

7. Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
Martin Luther
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to  pieces, I would still plant my apple tree - Martin Luther

8. Family, like branches in a tree, we all grow in different directions, yet our roots remain as one.
Anonymous
Family, like branches in a tree, we all grow in  different directions, yet our roots remain as one

9. Few people realize this, but cutting down the trees is one of the things that keeps us Malawians poor.
William Kamkwamba
Few people realize this, but cutting down the trees is  one of the things that keeps us Malawians poor - William  Kamkwamba

10. Friendship is like a sheltering tree.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Friendship is like a sheltering tree - Samuel Taylor  Coleridge

11. Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Abraham Lincoln
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend  the first four sharpening the axe - Abraham Lincoln

12. God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.
John Muir
God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools. - John Muir

13. He that plants tress loves others beside himself.
Thomas Fuller
He that plants tress loves others beside himself -  Thomas Fuller

14. He who plants a tree plants a hope.
Lucy Larcom
He who plants a tree plants a hope. - Lucy Larcom

15. Here is what I do on the first day of snowfall every year: I step out of the house early in the morning, still in my pajamas, hugging my arms against the chill. I find the driveway, my father’s car, the walls, the trees, the rooftops, and the hills buried under a foot of snow. I smile. The sky is seamless and blue, the snow so white my eyes burn. I shovel a handful of the fresh snow into my mouth, listen to the muffled stillness broken only by the cawing of crows. I walk down the front steps, barefoot, and call for Hassan to come out and see.
Khaled Hosseini
Here is what I do on the first day of snowfall every  year,I step out of the house early in the morning, still in my  pajamas, hugging my arms ... - Khaled Hosseini

16. Humans are the only creatures in this world who cut the trees, make paper from it and then write 'Save The Trees' on it.
Anonymous
Humans are the only creatures in this world who cut the  trees, make paper from it and then write 'Save The Trees' on  it

17. I could faintly smell the ocean. I imagined being one of the old oak trees standing there swaying in the wind and braving all sorts of weather. I pondered what they had seen in the past and what they might see in the future.
Nancy B. Brewer
I could faintly smell the ocean. I imagined being one of  the old oak trees standing there swaying in the wind and  braving all sorts of weather. I pondered what ... - Nancy B.  Brewer

18. I wish it grew on trees, but it takes hard work to make money.
Jim Cramer
I wish it grew on trees, but it takes hard work to make  money - Jim Cramer

19. If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down1 We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.
Anonymous
If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about  cutting them down1 We might, if they screamed all the time, for  no good reason

20. If We Are Both Of The Word We Must Become The Physical Fulfillment Of The Word.In doing so we can also become the branches fruit and, leaves of the tree of life.
Anonymous
If We Are Both Of The Word We Must Become The Physical  Fulfillment Of The Word.In doing so we can also become the  branches fruit and.....

21. If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees.
Rainer Maria Rilke
If we surrendered to earth's intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees - Rainer Maria Rilke

22. If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.
Jim Rohn
If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not  a tree - Jim Rohn

23. If you don't like where you are, move. You are not a tree.
Anonymous
If you don't like where you are, move. You are not a  tree

24. In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.
Alice Walker
In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect.  Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're  still beautiful - Alice Walker

25. It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened.
Philip Sidney
It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm  tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened -  Philip Sidney

26. It will never rain roses, when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.
George Eliot
It will never rain roses, when we want to have more  roses we must plant more trees - George Eliot

27. Jesus Took The Tree of Death So You Could Have The Tree of Life.
Tim Keller
Jesus Took The Tree of Death So You Could Have The Tree  of Life - Tim Keller

28. Keep a green tree in your heart, perhaps the singing bird will come.
Anonymous
Keep a green tree in your heart, perhaps the singing  bird will come

29. Learn character from trees, values from roots, and change from leaves.
Tasneem Hameed
Learn character from trees, values from roots, and  change from leaves - Tasneem Hameed

30. Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.
Anonymous
Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or  fruit

31. Listen to the trees as they sway in the wind.Their leaves are telling secrets.
Vera Nazarian
Listen to the trees as they sway in the wind.Their  leaves are telling secrets - Vera Nazarian

32. Look at a tree when you lose hope. First it was a seed below the ground and only with patience was it able to touch the sky above.
Roxana Jones
Look at a tree when you lose hope. First it was a seed below the ground and only with patience was it able to touch the sky above - Roxana Jones

33. My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me, or defeated me, it has only strengthened me.
Steve Maraboli
My past has not defined me, destroyed me, deterred me,  or defeated me, it has only strengthened me - Steve  Maraboli

34. One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.
Thomas Fuller
One that would have the fruit must climb the tree -  Thomas Fuller

35. People who will not sustain trees will soon live in a world that will not sustain people.
Bryce Nelson
People who will not sustain trees will soon live in a  world that will not sustain people. - Bryce Nelson

36. Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all.
Buddha
Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow  come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree  in the midst of them all - Buddha

37. Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
Anonymous
Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade  they know they shall never sit in

38. Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.
Anonymous
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong

39. Some Trees Are Like Mine Grandmother Just Baiting The Birds.
Anonymous
Some Trees Are Like Mine Grandmother Just Baiting The  Birds

40. Storms make trees take deeper roots.
Anonymous
Storms make trees take deeper roots

41. The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago, the second best time is now.
Darrell Putman
The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago, the  second best time is now - Darrell Putman

42. The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
Anonymous
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The  second best time is now

43. The only time I can really relax is up a tree or somewhere outside. I love being outside.
Tom Felton
The only time I can really relax is up a tree or  somewhere outside. I love being outside. - Tom Felton

44. The palm tree that sways in the breeze stays standing the longest.
Anonymous
The palm tree that sways in the breeze stays standing the longest.

45. The roots of a family tree begin with the love of two hearts.
Anonymous
The roots of a family tree begin with the love of two hearts

46. 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
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 ... -  Napoleon Hill

47. The trees were gazing up into the sky, their bare arms stretched in prayer for the Snows.
Alexander Smith
The trees were gazing up into the sky, their bare arms  stretched in prayer for the Snows - Alexander Smith

48. The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
Nelson Henderson
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose  shade you do not expect to sit - Nelson Henderson

49. This old world keeps spinnin' round. It's a wonder tall trees ain't layin' down.
Neil Young
This old world keeps spinnin' round. It's a wonder tall  trees ain't layin' down - Neil Young

50. Time spent amongst trees is never wasted time.
Katrina Mayer
Time spent amongst trees is never wasted time - Katrina  Mayer

51. To me, the poor are like Bonsai trees. When you plant the best seed of the tallest tree in a six-inch deep flower pot, you get a perfect replica of the tallest tree, but it is only inches tall. There is nothing wrong with the seed you planted; only the soil-base you provided was inadequate. Poor people are bonsai people. There is nothing wrong with their seeds. Only society never gave them a base to grow on.
Muhammad Yunus
To me, the poor are like Bonsai trees. When you plant  the best seed of the tallest tree in a six-inch deep flower  pot, you get a perfect... - Muhammad Yunus

52. Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever come.
Karen Joy Fowler
Trees are as close to immortality as the rest of us ever  come. - Karen Joy Fowler

53. Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.
Kahlil Gibran
Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky -  Kahlil Gibran

54. Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
Rabindranath Tagore
Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the  listening heaven - Rabindranath Tagore

55. Trees are your best antiques.
Alexander Smith
Trees are your best antiques - Alexander Smith

56. We Are All Branches Of The Same Tree.
Anonymous
We Are All Branches Of The Same Tree

57. We can learn a lot from trees, they're always grounded but never stop reaching heavenward.
Everett Mamor
We can learn a lot from trees, they're always grounded  but never stop reaching heavenward - Everett Mamor

58. We have roots that grow towards each other underground. And when all the pretty blossom has fallen from our branches we find that we are one tree and not two.
Louis de bernieres
We have roots that grow towards each other underground. And when all the pretty blossom has fallen from our branches  we find that we are one tree and not two - Louis de  bernieres

59. What if trees refused to let go of their dying leaves1&letting go lets us grow.
Anonymous
What if trees refused to let go of their dying  leaves1&letting go lets us grow

60. Young twigs will bend but not old trees.
Anonymous
Young twigs will bend but not old trees

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