Tree Planting Quotes

To plant trees is to give body and life to one's dreams of a better world.

Russell Page

Dream, Giving, Tree

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He who plants a tree, plants a hope.

Lucy Larcom

Nature, Garden, Tree

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Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

Warren Buffett

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

"Of Permanent Value: The Story of Warren Buffett". Book by Andrew Kilpatrick, 1994.

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

Martin Luther

Inspirational, Faith, Hope

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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books.

A. Whitney Brown

Book, Oxygen, Two

A. Whitney Brown (1991). “The Big Picture: An American Commentary”, Harper Perennial

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A man does not plant a tree for himself; he plants it for posterity.

Alexander Smith

Men, Tree, Doe

Alexander Smith (1863). “Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country”, p.258

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Forests are the lungs of our land.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Land, Earth Day, Tree

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1938). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1935, Volume 4”, p.65, Best Books on

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

Nelson Henderson

Inspirational, Life, Graduation

"Under Whose Shade". Book by Wesley Henderson, 1982.

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Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven't done a thing. You are just talking.

Wangari Maathai

Nature, Talking, Water

Wangari Maathai's speech at Goldman Awards in San Francisco, April 24, 2006.

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He that plants trees loves others besides himself.

Thomas Fuller

Love, Nature, Science

"Gnomologia". Book by Thomas Fuller, 2248, 1732.

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What do we plant when we plant a tree?
A thousand things that we daily see,
We plant the spire that out-towers the crag,
We plant the staff for our country's flag;
We plant the shade from the hot sun free,
We plant all these when we plant the tree.

Henry Abbey

Country, Tree, Sun

Henry Abbey, “What Do We Plant?”

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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

Saint Basil

Love, Inspirational, Thankful

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On a certain day, month and year one should observe the ceremony of tree-planting. Thus, one fulfils one's responsibilities, serves one's fellow-beings which not only brings happiness but benefits all.

Dalai Lama

Responsibility, Years, Tree

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It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.

George Eliot

Inspirational, Rain, Flower

George Eliot (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)”, p.4197, Delphi Classics

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I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations. I loathe the now culture where you just live for today.

Penelope Keith

Nature, Grandchildren, Tree

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Tree planting is always a utopian enterprise, it seems to me, a wager on a future the planter doesn't necessarily expect to witness.

Michael Pollan

Garden, Tree, Wagers

Michael Pollan (2007). “Second Nature: A Gardener's Education”, p.152, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree.

Wangari Maathai

Tree, Want, Way

"Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai: A Global Icon Of Conservation" by Korva Coleman, www.npr.org. September 26, 2011.

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

Backseat Goodbye

Nature, Fall, Autumn

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If I thought I was going to die tomorrow, I should nevertheless plant a tree today.

Stephen Girard

Tree, Making A Difference, Environmental

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He who plants kindness gathers love.

Saint Basil

Thankful, Kindness, Tree

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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

Nature, Sea, Tree

John Muir, Terry Gifford (1996). “John Muir: His Life and Letters and Other Writings”, p.373, The Mountaineers Books

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If a tree dies, plant another in its place.

Carl Linnaeus

Motivational, Death, Nature

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In that case, there is no time to lose. Plant it this afternoon!

John F. Kennedy

Inspirational, Time, Tree

Kennedy, John F. (1963). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962”, p.266, Best Books on

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What does he plant who plants a tree?
He plants the friend of sun and sky;
He plants the flag of breezes free;
The shaft of beauty, towering high, he plants a home to heaven anigh.
For song and mother-croon of bird, in hushed and happy twilight heard -
The treble of heaven's harmony.
These things he plants who plants a tree.

Henry Cuyler Bunner

Mother, Song, Twilight

Henry Cuyler Bunner, “The Heart Of The Tree”

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