21 brilliant tree quotes for people seeking inspiration

03/21/2025 by

Here are some truly brilliant tree quotes for people seeking inspiration today.

These are some of my favourite quotes.

Enjoy them all and see whether you can use one or two of these to reinforce a point today.

Tree quotes to inspire (1-12):

  1. By the fruits which it bears is the tree known. ~Jan Hus
  2. One that would have the fruit must climb the tree. ~Thomas Fuller
  3. A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees. ~William Blake
  4. Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. ~Khalil Gibran
  5. Until you learn to play what you want to hear, you’re barking up the wrong tree. ~Billy Gibbons
  6. Nothing on this earth is standing still. It’s either growing or it’s dying. No matter if it’s a tree or a human being. ~Lou Holtz
  7. You never quite know what you do in life that leaves a seed behind that grows into an oak tree. ~Michael Portillo
  8. Success is carved out of a hard tree. It doesn’t just happen. It’s the people who stick to it that succeed. ~Jaclyn Smith
  9. Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. ~Abraham Lincoln
  10. Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. ~Warren Buffett
  11. A man doesn’t plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity. ~Alexander Smith
  12. People don’t remember each tree in a park but all of us benefit from the trees. And in a way, artists are like trees in a park. ~Yoko Ono

Tree quotes to inspire (13-21):

  1. People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven’t got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom. ~Peter Ustinov
  2. Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. ~Stephen Fry
  3. What is more mortifying than to feel that you have missed the plum for want of courage to shake the tree? ~Logan Pearsall Smith
  4. 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
  5. Surely man was not created to be an idle fellow; he was not set in this universal orchard to stand still as a tree. ~Thomas Dekker
  6. Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. ~Martin Luther
  7. Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn. ~Walter Scott
  8. Until you dig a hole; you plant a tree; you water it and make it survive; you haven’t done a thing. You’re just talking. ~Wangari Maathai
  9. Consider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don’t see what goes on underground – as they grow roots. Trees must develop deep roots in order to grow strong and produce their beauty. But we don’t see the roots. We just see and enjoy the beauty. In much the same way, what goes on inside of us is like the roots of a tree. ~Joyce Meyer

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