Top 100 Tree Plantation Quotes to Inspire a Greener Tomorrow

Planting trees is one of the simplest and most powerful ways to positively impact the environment. Here are 100 inspiring quotes that highlight the importance of tree plantation and encourage us to continue nurturing our planet.

Trees have been a popular subject in literature due to their significant role in human life and culture, providing food, shelter, and resources, and being revered in various myths and religious stories.

1. "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now." - Chinese Proverb
2. "He that plants trees loves others besides himself." - Thomas Fuller.
3. "Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." - Warren Buffett
4. "The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit." - Nelson Henderson
5. "The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
6. "Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven." - Rabindranath Tagore
7. "To plant a tree is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn
8. "Acts of creation are ordinarily reserved for gods and poets. To plant a pine, one need only own a shovel." - Aldo Leopold
9. "Planting trees is the single most effective action any individual or organization can take to truly heal the environment." - Felicity Kendall
10. "The best friend on earth of man is the tree. When we use the tree respectfully and economically, we have one of the greatest resources on the earth." - Frank Lloyd Wright
11. "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." - Greek Proverb
12. "Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky." - Kahlil Gibran
13. "When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope." - Wangari Maathai
14. "A tree is our most intimate contact with nature." - George Nakashima
15. "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." - Native American Proverb
16. "The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way." - William Blake
17. "What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another." - Mahatma Gandhi
18. "Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree." - Martin Luther
19. "He who plants a tree, plants a hope." - Lucy Larcom
20. "Trees give peace to the souls of men." - Nora Waln
21. "The act of planting trees inspires others to do the same, growing a forest of hope." - Unknown
22. "The trees are God’s great alphabet: With them He writes in shining green across the world His thoughts serene." - Leonora Speyer
23. "A tree is beautiful, but what’s more, it has a right to life; like water, the sun, and the stars, it is essential." - Anton Chekhov
24. "The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness." - John Muir
25. "A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as helpless." - Theodore Roosevelt
26. "The wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
27. "A tree is a wonderful living organism which gives shelter, food, warmth and protection to all living things." - Alan Titchmarsh
28. "Trees exhale for us so that we can inhale them to stay alive. Can we ever forget that? Let us love trees with every breath we take until we perish." - Munia Khan
29. "When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money." - Native American Proverb
30. "The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit." - Saint Teresa of Avila
31. "The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
32. "Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world." - John Muir
33. "I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees." - Henry David Thoreau
34. "Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven’t done a thing. You are just talking." - Wangari Maathai
35. "If a tree dies, plant another in its place." - Carolus Linnaeus
36. "The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit." - Molière
37. "In the woods, we return to reason and faith." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
38. "Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth." - Hermann Hesse
39. "Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." - Lao Tzu
40. "All our wisdom is stored in the trees." - Santosh Kalwar
41. "To be poor and be without trees, is to be the most miserable thing upon the earth." - John Evelyn
42. "If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees." - Hal Borland
43. "The tree does not die when the flower blossoms. It merely adds to its fullness." - Rabindranath Tagore
44. "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." - Lord Orrery
45. "A forest of these trees is a spectacle too much for one man to see." - David Douglas
46. "The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit." - Nelson Henderson
47. "He who plants a tree plants a hope." - Lucy Larcom
48. "When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope." - Wangari Maathai
49. "Trees are the poems that the earth writes upon the sky." - Kahlil Gibran
50. "To plant trees is to give body and life to one's dreams of a better world." - Russell Page
51. "I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree." - Joyce Kilmer
52. "Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books." - Whitney Brown
53. "Each generation takes the earth as trustees." - J. Sterling Morton
54. "A tree is our most intimate contact with nature." - George Nakashima
55. "He who plants a tree, plants a hope." - Lucy Larcom
56. "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
57. "The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
58. "The best friend on earth of man is the tree." - Frank Lloyd Wright
59. "The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now." - Anonymous
60. "The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it." - Robert Swan
61. "Trees are sanctuaries." - Hermann Hesse
62. "Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world." - John Muir
63. "Planting a tree is the simplest way to align yourself with the cosmic rhythm." - Amit Ray
64. "A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees." - Amelia Earhart
65. "A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds." - Saint Basil
66. "The wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
67. "The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way." - William Blake
68. "Trees are your best antiques." - Alexander Smith
69. "Though a tree grows so high, the falling leaves return to the root." - Malay Proverb
70. "The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit." - Saint Teresa of Avila
71. "A tree against the sky possesses the same interest, the same character, the same expression as the figure of a human." - Georges Rouault
72. "One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." - William Shakespeare
73. "A tree is a nobler object than a prince in his coronation robes." - Alexander Pope
74. "Every tree is an example of patience." - Anonymous
75. "When trees burn, they leave the smell of heartbreak in the air." - Jodi Thomas
76. "There is always Music amongst the trees in the Garden, but our hearts must be very quiet to hear it." - Minnie Aumonier
77. "The trees are God’s great alphabet." - Leonora Speyer
78. "A tree's beauty lies in its branches, but its strength lies in its roots." - Matshona Dhliwayo
79. "A tree against the sky possesses the same interest, the same character, the same expression as the figure of a human." - Georges Rouault
80. "The planting of trees means improved water quality, resulting in less runoff and erosion, allowing more recharging of the groundwater supply." - Richard Fox
81. "I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do." - John Muir
82. "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
83. "He who plants a tree, plants a hope." - Lucy Larcom
84. "Storms make trees take deeper roots." - Dolly Parton
85. "The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit." - Molière
86. "A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds." - Saint Basil
87. "The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way." - William Blake
88. "Trees give peace to the souls of men." - Nora Waln
89. "The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now." - Anonymous
90. "Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth." - Hermann Hesse
91. "Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree." - Martin Luther
92. "Every tree sends its fibers forth in search of the Wild." - Henry David Thoreau
93. "To be poor and be without trees, is to be the most miserable existence." - John Evelyn
94. "If we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace and seeds of hope." - Wangari Maathai
95. "The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness." - John Muir
96. "Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." - Lao Tzu
97. "The best friend on earth of man is the tree." - Frank Lloyd Wright
98. "A forest of these trees is a spectacle too much for one man to see." - David Douglas
99. "Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky." - Kahlil Gibran
100. "When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money." - Native American Proverb
101. "Trees are your best antiques." - Alexander Smith
102. "A tree is beautiful, but what’s more, it has a right to life; like water, the sun, and the stars, it is essential." - Anton Chekhov