[T]hose who can take that crabbed tree handsomely upon…

Those who can take that crabbed tree handsomely upon their back, and fasten it on cannily, shall find it such a burden as wings…

— Samuel Rutherford

The cross of Christ is the sweetest burden that I ever bore; it is such a burden as wings are to a bird, or…

— Samuel Rutherford

What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, prayer is to the soul.

— Corrie Ten Boom

What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.

— Corrie Ten Boom

Meanwhile, the trees were just as green as before; the birds sang and the sun shone as clearly now as ever. The familiar surroundings…

— Thomas Hardy

The problem with drinking and driving is that trees defend themselves very well.

— Anonymous

You could be the leaf that never falls from the tree you could be the sun that never leaves the sky this might be…

— David Levithan

“Sentinels of trees breathe life into bodies of earthly flesh As their mighty arms reach to the stars we join in their quest for…

— Ramon Ravenswood

“Nevermore Tree was gargantuan, a word which here means 'having attained an inordinate amount of botanical volume.”

— Lemony Snicket

“a crime to fell a tree and light it on fire, where coals of hardened shit warmed and stunk up homes,”

— Hugh Howey

Suddenly a mist of green on the trees, as quiet as thought.

— Dorothy Richardson

A tree is a self: it is 'unseen shaping' more than it is leaves or bark, roots or cellulose or fruit ... What this…

— Brian Swimme

“Sitting at the old patio table she’d cleared of leaves, she smiled and leaned back. The stars looked twisted in the limbs of the…

— Sarah Addison Allen

Sometimes it's about less is more. It's about the seed. Thinking about this gigantic tree that you think is so beautiful but it started…

— Fred Durst

I loved the game so much that even though our playing field was muddy and we had many trees on it, I used to…

— Roberto Clemente