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
When you save the life of a tree, you only pay your debt as we all owe our lives to the trees! Mehmet Murat ildan
The mountains, the forest, and the sea render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human. Victor Hugo
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. Hal Borland
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
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.
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 holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction. E. O. Wilson
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
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
These woods are where silence has come to lick its wounds. Samantha Hunt
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. Khalil Gibran
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
I am convinced that most Americans of the new generation have no idea what a decent forest looks like. The only way to tell them is to show them. Aldo Leopold
Gold is a luxury. Trees are necessities. Man can live and thrive without gold, but we cannot survive without trees. Paul Bamikole
If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Share my wildlife with me. Because humans want to save things that they love. Steve Irwin
A grove of giant redwoods or sequoias should be kept just as we keep a great or beautiful cathedral. Theodore Roosevelt
If you are lucky you will have the opportunity in your life to be owned by a good piece of land. Daniel J. Rice
Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. Hal Borland
The most beautiful gift of nature is that it gives one pleasure to look around and try to comprehend what we see. Albert Einstein
I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees. Henry David Thor
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 forest is not a resource for us, it is life itself. It is the only place for us to live. Evaristo Nugkuag
Deforestation is changing our climate, harming people and the natural world. We must, and can, reverse this trend. Jane Goodall
In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me. John Fowles
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
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
It’s the little things that citizens do. That’s what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees. Wangari Maathai
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. Albert Einstein
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
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.
Whenever we encounter wild animals in nature, we must only ever show kindness and compassion. Paul Oxton
Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Animals are born who they are, accept it, and that is that. They live with greater peace than people do. Gregory Maguire
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
Those who wish to pet and baby wildlife love them, but those who respect their natures and wish to let them live their natural lives, love them more. Edwin Way Teale
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. Khalil Gibran
Who’s gonna bring the wild animals some hope? If we don’t love them the way they are. Munia Khan
The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Punching your companions is unhelpful. Go into the forest and practice unarmed combat against a tree. Jeff Mach
Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction. E. O. Wilson
If love was a tree, I’d plant you a forest. Dahi Tamara Koch
If you cut down a forest, it doesn’t matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees. Susan George
Talk to the forest because the forest always talks to you. Mehmet Murat ildan
I’m a real nature lover, so whenever possible, I like to get to the beach or get to a forest or get somewhere there’s fresh air. Apart from that, I’m a film addict and a DVD freak. Murray Bartlett
What litters the forest floor each autumn is the story of a hundred million sacrifices, for without the death of the leaves there would be no forest to sacrifice for. And without something to sacrifice for, there is nothing to live for. Craig D. Lounsbrough
If I try to articulate every little detail in a drawing, it would be like missing the forest for the trees, so it’s just about getting the outline of the forest. Jeff Koons
He doesn’t realize. He’s a forest and I’m a fucking wildfire. Christine Riccio
I walk slowly into myself, through a forest of empty suits of armor. Tomas Transtromer
If I try to articulate every little detail in a drawing, it would be like missing the forest for the trees, so it’s just about getting the outline of the forest. Jeff Koons
We run around so much with the best intentions: I want to save the rainforest. I’ve gotta clean up the oceans. I’ve gotta save the dolphins. All worthy efforts, but if you’re not centered and you don’t have the serenity in your life you need to accomplish that task, you’re not going to do a very good job. Ed Begley Jr.
You can’t stay in your corner of the forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes. A. A. Milne
Chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans have been living for hundreds of thousands of years in their forest, living fantastic lives, never overpopulating, never destroying the forest. I would say that they have been way more successful than us as far as being in harmony with the environment. Jane Goodall
The career of a sage is of two kinds He is either honored by all in the world, Like a flower waving its head, Or else he disappears into the silent forest. Lao Tzu
If you’re in a forest, the quality of the echo is very strange because echoes back off so many surfaces of all those trees that you get this strange, itchy ricochet effect. Brian Eno
But I’ll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you’ll come to understand that you’re connected with everything. Alan Watts
The forest has always been a place, in fairy tales and in Shakespeare, where you go and discover who you are. You get stripped of everything you thought you were, some type of ordeal takes place, and you come out stronger. David Farr
The death of the forest is the end of our life. Dorothy Stang
The forest did not tolerate frailty of body or mind. Show your weakness, and it would consume you without hesitation. Tahir Shah
Finland is officially the world’s happiest country. It is also 75 per cent forest. I believe these facts are related. Matt Haig
Forest who is in love with fire will wear black wedding gown in her wedding. Mehmet Murat ildan
I found far more answers in the woods than I ever did in the city. Mary Davis
Yet for the first time in three days, I want something. I want the forest lord to turn me into a cedar. The very oldest islanders say that if you are in the interior mountains on the night when the forest lord counts his trees, he includes you in the number and turns you into a tree. David Mitchell
The forest is a quiet place if only the best birds sing. Kay Johnson
A forest is a living thing like a human body each part dependent on all the other parts. A forest needs its birds, its beaver all its animals and plants. Louis L’Amour
Gold is a luxury. Trees are necessities. Man can live and thrive without gold, but we cannot survive without trees. Paul Bamikole
For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves. And even more I revere them when they stand alone. They are like lonely persons. Not like hermits who have stolen away out of some weakness, but like great, solitary men, like Beethoven and Nietzsche. Herman Hesse
A grove of giant redwoods or sequoias should be kept just as we keep a great or beautiful cathedral. Theodore Roosevelt
Forest! They seek your trees to sleep among, With their long sentences hung. Forest! Rainer Maria Rilke
In some mysterious way woods have never seemed to me to be static things. In physical terms, I move through them; yet in metaphysical ones, they seem to move through me. John Fowles
As someone who’s lived most of her life in a small town surrounded by woods, I’ve never appreciated how so many horror enthusiasts flock to the forest for inspiration. Jacqueline E. Smith
A forest of these trees is a spectacle too much for one man to see. David Douglas
Our trees in our forests need protection to ensure that those cuts are replanted and cutting is done wisely. Catherine Pulsifer
The sacred place of silent minds and deep souls is the depths of the forest! Mehmet Murat İldan
We don’t want to focus on the trees or their leaves at the expense of the forest. Douglas R. Hofstadter
It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. Robert Louis Stevenson
We need to protect our forests to protect all of life. Samatha Lynch
The forest is not a resource for us, it is life itself. It is the only place for us to live. Evaristo Nugkuag
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
Every forest branch moves differently in the breeze, but as they sway they connect at the roots. Rumi
A grove of giant redwoods or sequoias should be kept just as we keep a great or beautiful cathedral. Theodore Roosevelt
I grew up in a forest. It’s like a room. It’s protected. Like a cathedral it is a place between heaven and earth. Anselm Kiefer
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 art of forest bathing is the art of connecting with nature through our senses. Dr. Li
As a result, the more water that is produced, the more luxuriantly a healthy mixed forest thrives. Viktor Schauberger
Anywhere which is in a forest, that’s my zen place. Raveena Tandon
Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. Ralph Waldo Emerson
An autumn forest is such a place that once entered you never look for the exit! Mehmet Murat ildan
Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy. Isaac Newton
You showed me there is something in the forest to cure most anything that bothers you. Donald Smith
The most beautiful gift of nature is that it gives one pleasure to look around and try to comprehend what we see. Albert Einstein
If you’ve ever walked a mile into a virgin forest you know, like a deep forest where trees have been uncut the energy is totally different from the shopping mall. James Redfield
If you are lucky you will have the opportunity in your life to be owned by a good piece of land. Daniel J. Rice
I find my soul in forests. Kedar dhepe
The silence of nature is very real. It surrounds you, you can feel it. Ted Trueblood
Nothing can match the joy of a forest in the morning. Millie Florence
Nature is the art of God. Dante Alighieri
I miss sunrise even more. The green scent of dawn in the forest? The color blushing back into the world, different every day. Laini Taylor
Adapt or perish, now as never, is nature’s inexorable imperative. H.G. Wells
Human beings grew up in forests; we have a natural affinity for them. How lovely a tree is, straining toward the sky. Carl Sagan
Earth has no sorrow that earth can not heal. John Muir
The only water in the forest is the River. Neil Gaiman
The goal is to discover your nature and nature helps you do it. Maxime Lagacé
Every blade in the field Every leaf in the forest lays down its life in its season as beautifully as it was taken up. Henry David Thoreau
