Cheerful Trees

My family tree could use some pruning. - Unknown

The mountains are calling and I must go. - John Muir

Trees often transplanted seldom prosper. - Flemish Proverb

Where does the white go when the snow melts? - Hugh Kieffer

The righteous will flourish like the palm tree. - Psalms 92:12

The New Year begins in a snow-storm of white vows. - George William Curtis

Once there was a tree, and she loved a little boy. - Shel Silverstein

A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree. - Spike Milligan

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. - Henry David Thoreau

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit. - Moliere

Preoccupied with a single leaf you won't see the tree. - Vagabond

He knows his olive trees better than he knows his children. - Rebecca Helm-Ropelato

I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree. - Joyce Kilmer

So comes snow after fire, and even dragons have their endings. - JRR Tolkien

I can see myself before myself - a being through dark scenery. - Dejan Stojanovic

When you're on a merry-go-round, you miss a lot of the scenery. - Neil Diamond

Each has his own tree of ancestors, but at the top of all sits Probably Arboreal. - Robert Louis Stevenson

Southerners are so devoted to genealogy that we see a family tree under every bush. - Florence King

If my Valentine you won't be,
I'll hang myself on your Christmas tree. - Ernest Hemingway

Trees are not known by their leaves, nor even by their blossoms, but by their fruits. - Eleanor of Aquitaine

Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. - Jeff Valdez

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

A cold wind was blowing from the north, and it made the trees rustle like living things. - George R.R. Martin

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. - Martin Luther

If you reveal your secrets to the wind, don't blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. - Kahlil Gibran

We breathe air, trees make air, homework kills trees, therefore homework is going to kill us all. - Unknown

Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence. - Hal Borland

The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery, even when they have to take a detour. - James H. Jeans

Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. - Unknown

I just want to make pictures that are entertaining. I'll leave the scenery chewing to someone else. - Alan Ladd

The key to a better life isn't always a change of scenery. Sometimes it simply requires opening your eyes. - Richelle E. Goodrich

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does. - George Bernard Shaw

New Zealand was one of the most beautiful countries to drive through for the scenery and the vast scale of the place. - Louise Nurding

It's in the democratic citizen's nature to be like a leaf that doesn't believe in the tree it's part of. - David Foster Wallace

As the poet said, "Only God can make a tree" - probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on. - Woody Allen

Only when the last tree has withered, and the last fish caught, and the last river been poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money. - Cree Proverb

Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it was stupid. - Albert Einstein

When a poet digs himself into a hole, he doesn't climb out. He digs deeper, enjoys the scenery, and comes out the other side enlightened. - Criss Jami

I think that I shall never see
A billboard lovely as a tree;
Perhaps, unless the billboards fall,
I'll never see a tree at all. - Ogden Nash

Advice from a tree:
- Stand tall and proud
- Go out on a limb
- Remember your roots
- Drink plenty of water
- Enjoy the view - Unknown