"Trees are the best monuments that a man can erect to his own memory. They speak his praises without flattery, and they are blessings to children yet unborn."
George Washington
"I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree."
Joyce Kilmer
"Trees are the answer to all things."
Walt Whitman
"Trees are the best kind of monuments. They speak all languages and they have stood for centuries and centuries."
William Wordsworth
"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit."
Nelson Henderson
"Trees are the earth's lungs and the planet's natural air conditioners."
Yann Arthus
Bertrand
"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."
Confucius
"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness."
John Muir
"Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven."
Rabindranath Tagore
"The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit."
Moliere
"Trees are the earth's lungs, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people."
J.R.R. Tolkien
"I believe in God, only I spell it Nature."
Frank Lloyd Wright
"Trees are the source of all life."
Dalai Lama
"Trees are the key to the maintenance of the earth's atmosphere."
Steve Irwin
"Trees are the key to the survival of the planet."
David Attenborough
"The tree is a peculiar organism of unlimited kindness and benevolence that makes no demand for its sustenance and extends generously the products of its life substance; it provides protection for all beings."
Siddhartha Gautama
"Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven."
Leo Tolstoy
"Trees are the only extant organisms that can live for centuries and still be vital and productive."
Unknown
"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
Greek Proverb
"A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky."
Kahlil Gibran
"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 Basi
"The tallest tree in the forest is the first to be cut down."
African Proverb
"A tree falls the way it leans."
Italian Proverb
"The apple does not fall far from the tree."
English Proverb
"A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip."
Hawaiian Proverb
