Gardening Quote by D. Elton Trueblood

The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.

— Rabindranath Tagore

“The true meaning of life is to plant trees whose shade you never expect to sit under.”

— Gina Holmes

“There's a special kind of man who plants a tree when he knows he'll move on before it's big enough for him to sit…

— Sandra Dallas

As leaves on the trees, such is the life of man.

— Homer

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

— Anonymous

Man is nature as much as the trees.

— Dan Kiley

It takes a noble man to plant a seed for a tree that will someday give shade to people he may never meet.

— D. Elton Trueblood

“An old man who plants a tree whose shade he will never use is the primary component of civilization.”

— Vaughn Heppner

“Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”

— Anonymous

When a man plants a tree, he plants himself.

— John Muir

“society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they will never see’.”

— James Kerr

“He began to explain to me that vegetation, and especially mature trees, are able to transmit harmony when one rests one’s nerve centers against…

— Paulo Coelho