Wangari Maathai Quotes

And remember, even when you can't sing, you can always plant a tree

On the last day of the world I would want to plant a tree

I love green. Green is the color of nature, trees. I'm a tree freak. I spend a lot of my time planting trees, nurturing them, and studying them. It's one of the colors I couldn't live without.

To plant trees is to give body and life to one's dreams of a better world.

Save the trees of Ireland for the future men of Ireland on the fair hills of Eire, O.

If a tree dies, plant another in its place.

I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.

Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you.

The key to understanding the future is one word: sustainability.

I never saw a discontented tree.

Tree planting is always a utopian enterprise, it seems to me, a wager on a future the planter doesn't necessarily expect to witness.

A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as helpless.

Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books.

A man may plant a tree for a number of reasons. Perhaps he likes trees. Perhaps he wants shelter. Or perhaps he knows that someday he may need the firewood.

He who plants a tree, plants a hope.

To plant a garden is the chief of the arts of peace.

I appreciate nature as well and everything green.

Because we all share this planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. This is not just a dream, but a necessity.

If I knew that the world ends tomorrow, I, even today, plant a tree

O leave this barren spot to me! Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree.

To exist as a nation, to prosper as a state, and to live as a people, we must have trees.

Whosoever plants a tree, Winks at immortality.