Trees - Quotes

A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things. - George R. R. Martin

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. - Elton Trueblood 

A tree is known by its fruit. - Unknown

A tree uses what comes its way to nurture itself. By sinking its roots deeply into the earth, by accepting the rain that flows towards it, by reaching out to the sun, the tree perfects its character and becomes great. That is the secret of the tree. - Deng Ming-Dao

All theory, dear friend, is grey; but the precious tree of life is green. - Johann Wolfgang von Geothe

As the twig is bent the tree is inclined. - George Ade

Good timber does not grow with ease. The stronger the wind the stronger the trees. - J. Willard Marriott

He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit. - Sir Walter Scott

He that would eat the fruit, must climb the tree. - Scottish Proverb

It is curious to what a degree one may become attached to a fine tree, especially when it is placed where trees are rare. - Christian Nestell Bovee

Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit. - Anton Chekhov

Little strokes fell great oaks. - Benjamin Franklin

Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being. Allow nature to teach you stillness. - Eckhart Tolle

Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year. - Chad Sugg

Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks. - John Lyly

No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven unless its roots reach down to hell. - C. G. Jung 

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. - Bruce Lee 

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. - Sir Winston Churchill

Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. - Warren Buffett

The best time to plant a tree was forty years ago. The second best time is today. - Unknown

The lofty oak from a small acorn grows. - Lewis Duncombe

The mighty oak tree was once a little nut that held its ground. - Unknown

To be poor and be without trees, is to be the most starved human being in the world. To be poor and have trees, is to be completely rich in ways that money can never buy. - Clarissa Pinkola

To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature. - Thomas Hardy

Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. - Hermann Hesse

Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit. - Molière

What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree? - Logan Pearsall Smith

You should go to a pear tree for pears, not to an elm. - Publilius Syrus