Quotes by Tree He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit. Walter Scott fruitsuitstree When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope. Wangari Maathai climateplanttree Every one of us can make a contribution. And quite often we are looking for the big things and forget that, wherever we are, we can make a contribution. Sometimes I tell myself, I may only be planting a tree here, but just imagine what's happening if there are billions of people out there doing something. Just imagine the power of what we can do. Wangari Maathai treepeacepeople It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees. Wangari Maathai citizensdifferencestree Jock, when ye hae naething else to do, ye may be aye sticking in a tree; it will be growing, Jock, when ye 're sleeping. Walter Scott growingsleeptree Anybody can dig a hole and plant a tree. But make sure it survives. You have to nurture it, you have to water it, you have to keep at it until it becomes rooted so it can take care or itself. There are so many enemies of trees. Wangari Maathai treewaterenemy That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. Wangari Maathai wanttreeway For me, one of the major reasons to move beyond just the planting of trees was that I have tendency to look at the causes of a problem. We often preoccupy ourselves with the symptoms, whereas if we went to the root cause of the problems, we would be able to overcome the problems once and for all. Wangari Maathai rootstreemoving There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting. Wangari Maathai cuttingtreecountry When I first started, it was really an innocent response to the needs of women in rural areas. When we started planting trees to meet their needs, there was nothing beyond that. I did not see all the issues that I have to come to deal with. Wangari Maathai issuestreeneeds The planet needs trees. If there is indeed that carbon dioxide out there in the atmosphere, the only species on the planet that can actually trap it for us in a natural process of photosynthesis are the trees. Wangari Maathai atmospheretreeneeds If the world knew what I was doing, they would hang me from the highest tree. Warren Jeffs ifstreeworld A diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor a person perfected without trials. Someone is enjoying shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. Warren Buffett shadetreelong The moan of the whip-poor-will from the hillside; the boding cry of the tree-toad, that harbinger of storm; the dreary hooting of the screechowl. Washington Irving toadsstormtree The Indians with surprise found the mouldering trees of their forests suddenly teeming with ambrosial sweet; and nothing, I am told, can exceed the greedy relish with which they banquet for the first time upon this unbought luxury of the wilderness. Washington Irving luxurytreesweet What earnest worker, with hand and brain for the benefit of his fellowmen, could desire a more pleasing recognition of his usefulness than the monument of a tree, ever growing, ever blooming, and ever bearing wholesome fruit? Washington Irving braintreehands There rise authors now and then, who seem proof against the mutability of language, because they have rooted themselves in the unchanging principles of human nature. They are like gigantic trees that we sometimes see on the banks of a stream; which, by their vast and deep roots, penetrating through the mere surface, and laying hold on the very foundations of the earth, preserve the soil around them from being swept away by the ever-flowing current, and hold up many a neighboring plant, and perhaps worthless weed, to perpetuity. Washington Irving weedrootstree There is something nobly simple and pure in a taste for the cultivation of forest trees. Washington Irving tastesimpletree Some family trees bear an enormous crop of nuts. Wayne Huizenga familynutstree A gift is like a seed; it is not an impressive thing. It is what can grow from the seed that is impressive. If we wait until our seed becomes a tree before we offer it, we will wait and wait, and the seed will die from lack of planting.... The miracle is not just the gift; the miracle is in the offering, for if we do not offer, who will? Wayne Muller offeringwaitingtree«109110111112113114115116117118119»
