Abraham Lincoln “A man watches his pear tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit and tree. But let him patiently wait, and the ripe fruit at length falls into his lap. ”

Alexandra Kim “The old tree is shook White blossoms slowly float down Dancers in the wind. ”

Alfred Edward Housman “Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough, And stands about the woodland ride Wearing white for Eastertide. ”

Alfred Joyce Kilmer “I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. ”

Ambrose Gwinett Bierce “LIMB, n. The branch of a tree or the leg of an American woman. ”

Basil “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. ”

Charles Hare “Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn. ”

Elton Trueblood “A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit. ”

Frederick Law Olmstead “If we analyze the operations of scenes of beauty upon the mind, and consider the intimate relation of the mind upon the nervous system and the whole physical economy, the action and reaction which constantly occur between bodily and mental conditions, the reinvigoration which results from such scenes is readily comprehended... The enjoyment of scenery employs the mind without fatigue and yet exercises it; tranquilizes it and yet enlivens it; and thus, through the influence of the mind over the body gives the effect of refreshing rest and reinvigoration to the whole system. ”

George Bernard Shaw “Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does. ”

George Herbert “Storms make oaks take deeper root. ”

George Pope Morris “Woodman, spare that tree! Touch not a single bough! In youth it sheltered me, And I "ll protect it now. ”

Henry David Thoreau “I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines. ”

Jack Handey “If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason. ”

John Muir “A few minutes ago every tree was excited, bowing to the roaring storm, waving, swirling, tossing their branches in glorious enthusiasm like worship. But though to the outer ear these trees are now silent, their songs never cease. Every hidden cell is throbbing with music and life, every fiber thrilling like harp strings, while incense is ever flowing from the balsam bells and leaves. No wonder the hills and groves were God's first temples, and the more they are cut down and hewn into cathedrals and churches, the farther off and dimmer seems the Lord himself. ”

John Ruskin “Being thus prepared for us in all ways, and made beautiful, and good for food, and for building, and for instruments of our hands, this race of plants, deserving boundless affection and admiration from us, becomes, in proportion to their obtaining it, a nearly perfect test of our being in right temper of mind and way of life; so that no one can be far wrong in either who loves trees enough, and everyone is assuredly wrong in both who does not love them, if his life has brought them in his way. ”

Linnaeus “If a tree dies, plant another in its place. ”

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

Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi “Every tree and plant in the meadow seemed to be dancing, those which average eyes would see as fixed and still. ”

Ogden Nash “I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all. ”