There’s something magical about a forest. Forests are not only the heart of earth, but also the setting for epic adventures and amazing journeys in countless fairy tales and stories. Inspirational forest quotes will challenge the way you think, change the way you live and transform your whole life.
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Most Famous Forest Quotes
Nature is a temple in which living columns sometimes emit confused words. Man approaches it through forests of symbols, which observe him with familiar glances. Charles Baudelaire
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. Albert Einstein
And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul. John Muir
The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human. Victor Hugo
This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy. Susan Polis Schutz
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
Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. Ralph Waldo Emerson
By discovering nature, you discover yourself. Maxime Lagacé
Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy. Isaac Newton
Votes are like trees, if you are trying to build a forest. If you have more trees than you have forests, then at that point the pollsters will probably say you will win. Dan Quayle
These woods are where silence has come to lick its wounds. Samantha Hunt
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
Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods. Sleep in forgetfulness of all ill. John Muir
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. Hal Borland
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 King Jr.
The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun. Napoleon Hill
A lovely nook of forest scenery, or a grand rock, like a beautiful woman, depends for much of its attractiveness upon the attendance sense of freedom from whatever is low; upon a sense of purity and of romance. P. T. Barnum
A forest of these trees is a spectacle too much for one man to see. David Douglas
Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction. E. O. Wilson
Keep close to Nature’s heart…and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. John Muir
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
Inspirational Forest Quotes
This forest eats itself and lives forever. Barbara Kingsolver
If the forest has a day of fire and the heat of the flames does not consume a special tree, it will still be changed; charred, but still standing. Dan Groat
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. Khalil Gibran
Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience. Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you cut down a forest, it doesn’t matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees. Susan George
The death of the forest is the end of our life. Dorothy Stang
The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness. John Muir
Forests were the first temples of the divinity, and it is in the forests that men have grasped the first idea of architecture. Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand
The most beautiful gift of nature is that it gives one pleasure to look around and try to comprehend what we see. Albert Einstein
Humankind’s greatest priority is to reintegrate with the natural world. Jonathon Porritt
If you are lucky you will have the opportunity in your life to be owned by a good piece of land. Daniel J. Rice
The forest talks but a good hunter only hears it by learning its language. Barry Babcock
A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart. Hal Borland
Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. Orison Swett Marden
Forests are the world’s air-conditioning system—the lungs of the planet—and we are on the verge of switching it off. Prince Charles
A forest is mystery but the desert is truth. Life pared to the bone. Keith Miller
The forest did not tolerate frailty of body or mind. Show your weakness, and it would consume you without hesitation. Tahir Shah
Amazing Forest Quotes
The silence of nature is very real. It surrounds you, you can feel it. Ted Trueblood
Nature is the art of God. Dante Alighieri
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. Chris Maser
The earth is what we all have in common. Wendell Berry
My favourite places on earth are the wild waterways where the forest opens its arms and a silver curve of river folds the traveller into its embrace. Rory MacLean
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
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
A forest ecology is a delicate one. If the forest perishes, its fauna may go with it. The athshean word for world is also the word for forest. Ursula K. Le Guin
The forest is a quiet place if only the best birds sing. Kay Johnson
Deforestation is changing our climate, harming people and the natural world. We must, and can, reverse this trend. Jane Goodall
Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man. Stewart Udall
You cannot protect the environment unless you empower people, you inform them, and you help them understand that these resources are their own, that they must protect them. Wangari Maathai
The world’s forests are a shared stolen treasure that we must put back for our children’s future. Desmond Tutu
Save the elephants, and then you save the forest and then you save yourself. Mark Shand
I never see a forest that does not bear a mark or a sign of history. Anselm Kiefer
In a hamlet or in a forest, in the deep water or on the dry land, wherever venerable persons dwell, that place is delightful. Friedrich Max Muller
If you go to a desert, you will hear this mysterious voice: Be wise, protect your forests! Mehmet Murat ildan
The gnarled trees are what show the harshness of the tortured landscape. Anthony T. Hincks
It’s the little things that citizens do. That’s what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees. Wangari Maathai
The environment and the economy are really both two sides of the same coin. If we cannot sustain the environment, we cannot sustain ourselves. Wangari Maathai
An autumn forest is such a place that once entered you never look for the exit! Mehmet Murat ildan
A forest bird never wants a cage. Henrik Ibsen
As the forest went, so went the bird. It’s an indicator species, representative of what we did to the forests. Having it return is perhaps a sign that the forests and habitat are coming back as well. David Luneau
We commend the forest for trying to do more. But at the same time i think everyone realizes a lot more can be done. Ed Bond
When you hear that howl alone at night in the forest, it’s one of the most frightening sounds you’ll ever hear. Tim Cope
I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues. Dr. Seuss
The earth is hiring and the pay is your legacy. Shannon L. Alder
We are living on the planet as if we have another one to go to. Terry Swearingen
The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it. Robert Swan
Come to the woods, for here is rest. John Muir
The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own. Willa Cather
