There’s nothing like getting out into nature and spending time amongst trees to restore some balance in your life. We try to do it as often as possible and it’s never once failed us.
Whether you’re looking for a caption for an Instagram photo or just something to make you smile, we’ve put together our favourite inspirational quotes about trees from well known authors, naturalists, poets and philosophers.
40 Inspirational Quotes about Trees
"Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world."
- John Muir
“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
- Warren Buffett
"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Of all man’s works of art, a cathedral is greatest. A vast and majestic tree is greater than that.”
- Henry Ward Beecher
“Learn character from trees, values from roots and change from leaves”
- Tasneern Harneed
“Be like a tree. The tree gives shade even to him who cuts off its boughs.”
- Sri Chaitanya
“I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.”
- Henry David Thoreau
"Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky."
- Kahlil Gibran
“Trees give peace to the souls of men.”
- Nora Waln
"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit."
- Nelson Henderson
"All our wisdom is stored in the trees."
- Santosh Kalwar
“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
"On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree."
- W.S. Merwin
“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
“He who plants a tree, plants a hope.”
- Lucy Larcom
"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
“Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience.”
- Hal Borland
“Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.”
– Winston Churchill
“I’m like a tree. My leaves might change color, but my roots are the same.”
- Rose Namajunas
“Time spent amongst trees is never wasted time.”
- Katrina Mayer
“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
“Trees are always a relief, after people.”
- David Mitchell
“Finland is officially the world’s happiest country. It is also 75 per cent forest. I believe these facts are related.”
- Matt Haig
“If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.”
- Hal Borland
“We can learn a lot from trees: they’re always grounded but never stop reaching heavenward.”
- Everett Mamor
“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”
- John Muir
“A grove of giant redwoods or sequoias should be kept just as we keep a great or beautiful cathedral.”
- Theodore Roosevelt
“He that plants trees, loves others besides himself.”
- Thomas Fuller
“Gold is a luxury. Trees are necessities. Man can live and thrive without gold, but we cannot survive without trees.”
- Paul Bamikole
“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
“When we walk into a grove of trees or under an open sky the magic of nature takes over and the heaviness of life lifts a little.”
- Natassia Cassinero
“The trees will tell their secrets to those that tune in.”
- Steven Magee
"In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful."
- Alice Walker
“A forest of these trees is a spectacle too much for one man to see.”
- David Douglas
“The groves were God’s first temples.”
- William Cullen Bryant
“When you are lost in the wilderness, a tree will always point you in the right direction.”
- Anthony T. Hincks
“Yes, the cherry trees put this truth very plainly: none of the glory of blossoms and autumn leaves lasts long in this fleeting world.”
- Murasaki Shikibu
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