Advice from the trees

Trees are splendid symbols of hope and growth and strength.

“Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come.”—Chinese proverb

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now.”—Chinese proverb

“I’m planting a tree to teach me to gather strength from my deepest roots.”—Andrea Koehle Jones, The Wish Trees

“Friendship is a sheltering tree.”—Samuel Taylor Coleridge