A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them.
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine for the soul.
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.
Gardening is an exercise in optimism. Sometimes, it is a triumph of hope over experience.
I plant a lot of trees. I am a great believer in planting things for future generations.