Famous Quotes for Tree Lovers

Spring adventures and the warm weather invite hikes along with trips to botanical gardens and arboretums. Trees have been inspiration for poets and writers through the ages. We have gathered some beautiful and calming quotes that will inspire every Woman Around Town nature lover. Ponder a few the next time you are among the trees.  

“Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world.” – John Muir

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

“Learn character from trees, values from roots and change from leaves”  – Tasneern Harneed

“I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.” – Henry David Thoreau

“In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.” – Paulo Coelho

“Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being.” – Victor Hugo

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

“Of all man’s works of art, a cathedral is greatest. A vast and majestic tree is greater than that.” – Henry Ward Beecher

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

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

“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.” – Martin Luther

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

“In a forest of a hundred thousand trees, no two leaves are alike. And no two journeys along the same path are alike.” – Paulo Coelho

“The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”– Moliere

“Love is like a tree, it grows of its own accord, it puts down deep roots into our whole being.” – Victor Hugo

“Trees are sanctuaries.”  – Herman Hesse

 “Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.”  – Winston Churchill

 “We can learn a lot from trees: they’re always grounded but never stop reaching heavenward.” – Everett Mamor

“Be as useful as a tree! Give life to others; be shelter to everyone; grant fruits to all! Be good like a tree!” – Mehmet Murat Ildan

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Marina Kennedy began her writing career when her four children were grown and she returned to college to study in the humanities. She is delighted to be a contributor for Woman Around Town. The majority of her articles focus on the culinary scene, theatre, and travel. Marina and her husband Chuck enjoy the rich cultural experiences of the New York metro area and beyond. She hopes that readers like reading her articles as much as she enjoys writing them.