Do you ever find yourself searching Instagram or Pinterest for that perfect inspirational quote? An article titled, 'The Science Behind Why Inspirational Quotes Motivate Us' by Gwen Morgan, goes out on a limb to prove that inspirational quotes do indeed motivate us. How neat is that!? Our list of tree-inspired quotes is sure to get you thinking those happy thoughts, feeling motivated and encouraged!
In no particular order, here are our top 20 favorite tree quotes →
"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"A tree is beautiful, but what's more, it has a right to life; like water, the sun, and the stars, it is essential. Life on earth is inconceivable without trees."
— Anton Chekhov
"Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."
— Warren Buffet
"When you plant a tree you plant a legacy."
— Pepper Provenzano
"The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now."
— Anonymous
"Landscapes of great wonder and beauty lie under our feet and all around us. They are discovered in the tunnels in the ground, the heart of flowers, the hollows of trees, fresh-water ponds, seaweed jungles between tides, and even drops of water."
— Walt Disney
"The Lorax: Which way does a tree fall?
The Once-ler: Uh, down?
The Lorax: A tree falls the way it leans. Be careful which way you lean."
— Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
"He who plants a tree plants a hope."
— Lucy Larcom
"I think of trees and how simply they let go."
— May Sarton
"Perhaps a man's character is like a tree, and his reputation like a shadow; the shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."
— President Abraham Lincoln
"I belong on this earth in the way that an oak tree does."
— Roger Housden
"Love trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year."
— Chad Sugg
"Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky."
— Kahlil Gibran
"I'm planting a tree to remind me to be open and kind-hearted."
— Andrea Koehle Jones
"Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come."
— Chinese Proverb
"The cultivation of flowers and trees is the cultivation of the good, the beautiful, and the ennobling in man, and for one, I wish to see this culture become universal."
— J. Sterling Morton
"Learn character from trees, values from roots, and change from leaves."
— Tasneem Hameed
"I've never before knew the full value of trees. My house is entirely embosomed in high plane-trees, with good grass below; and under them, I breakfast, dine, write, read, and receive my company."
— Thomas Jefferson
"There's nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend."
— Bob Ross
"He that plants trees loves others besides himself."
— Thomas Fuller
