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=============================If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loaferBut if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and ente  ~ by Henry David ThoreauIt is well that you should celebrate your Arbor Day thoughtfully, for within your lifetime the nation's need of trees will become serious. We of an older generation can get along with what we have, though with growing hardship; but in your full manhood an ~ by Theodore Roosevelt, 1907 Arbor Day MessageInspirational Sayings, Motivational Quotes, Wise Words, Witty Proverbs You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even when it sheds needles all over your flowers or wakes you, dropping big cones onto your deck at still of night ~ by Denise LevertovGod has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floodsBut he cannot save them from fools ~ by John MuirI frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines ~ by Henry David ThoreauIf I thought I was going to die tomorrow, I should nevertheless plant a tree today ~ by Stephan GirardI never saw a discontented treeThey grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we doThey go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the s ~ by John MuirTrees outstrip most people in the extent and depth of their work for the public good ~ by Sara Ebenreck, American ForestsIf I thought I was going to die tomorrow, I should nevertheless plant a tree today ~ by Stephan GirardIt is well that you should celebrate your Arbor Day thoughtfully, for within your lifetime the nation's need of trees will become serious. We of an older generation can get along with what we have, though with growing hardship; but in your full manhood an ~ by Theodore Roosevelt, 1907 Arbor Day MessageI never saw a discontented treeThey grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we doThey go wandering forth in all directions with every wind, going and coming like ourselves, traveling with us around the s ~ by John MuirOnly when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money ~ by Cree Indian ProverbExcept during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does ~ by George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists, 1903Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be lovedYou ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk? ~ by Alice Walker, The Color Purple, 1982Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does ~ by George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists, 1903Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be lovedYou ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk? ~ by Alice Walker, The Color Purple, 1982Between every two pines is a doorway to a new world ~ by John MuirBetween every two pines is a doorway to a new world ~ by John MuirThe true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit ~ by Nelson HendersonFor 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 ~ by Martin LutherOnly when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money ~ by Cree Indian ProverbNo wonder the hills and groves were God's first temples, and the more they are cut down and hewn into cathedrals and churches, the farther off and dimmer seems the Lord himself ~ by John MuirGod has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floodsBut he cannot save them from fools ~ by John MuirI frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment with a beech-tree, or a yellow birch, or an old acquaintance among the pines ~ by Henry David ThoreauWill urban sprawl spread so far that most people lose all touch with nature? Will the day come when the only bird a typical American child ever sees is a canary in a pet shop window? When the only wild animal he knows is a rat - glimpsed on a night driv ~ by Frank N. Ikard, North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, Houston, March 1968More Categories Housework Quotes Courage Sayings Growth Quotes Kisses Sayings Drinking Quotes Abortion Sayings Safety Quotes Patriot Day Sayings Honesty Quotes Boredom Sayings
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