This page contains our
collection of about a hundred tree-inspired proverbs, distilled
folk-wisdom.
 We had a really fun time in our household to try and apply them to our
daily goings on and interactions with each other......
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Just let there be a forest and there is sure to
be a forest spirit
(Russian
proverb)
***
In
a moment the ashes are made, but the forest is a long time growing
(Seneca)
***
From
a fallen tree, all make kindling
(Spanish
proverb)
***
It
will beggar a doctor to live where orchards thrive
(Spanish
proverb)
***
It
is good to know the truth, but it is better to speak of palm trees
(Arab
Proverb)
***
The
Tree that Grows Leaning to the East Falls to the East
(Korean Proverb)
***
Forests
precede civilisations and deserts follow them
(Chateaubriand)
***
High
trees catch a lot of wind
(Dutch proverb)
***
Do
not be afraid to go out on a limb ... That's where the fruit is
(Anonymous)
***
No
shade tree? Blame not the sun, but yourself
(Chinese
proverb)
***
Keep
a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come
(Chinese
proverb)
***
Solitary
trees, if they grow at all, grow strong
(Winston
Churchill)
***
The
lofty oak from a small acorn grows
(Lewis
Duncombe - De Minimus Maxima)
***
He
who plants a tree plants hope
(Lucy
Larcom)
***
Though
a tree grows so high, the falling leaves return to the root
(Malay proverb
***
The
creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn
(Ralph
Waldo Emerson)
***
“A
good word is like a tree whose root is firmly fixed in the sky”
The Koran
***
The
apple does not fall far from the tree
(Dutch proverb)
***
He
that plants a tree loves others beside himself
(Thomas
Fuller)
***
Evil
enters like a needle and spreads like a oak tree
(Proverb
from Ethiopia)
***
He
that would have the fruit must climb the tree
(Thomas
Fuller)
***
Around
a flowering tree, one finds many insects
(Proverb
from Guinea)
***
You
can't see the wood for the trees
(English proverb)
***
One generation plants the trees under which another
takes its ease
(Chinese Proverb)
***
Patience is a tree whose root is bitter, but its fruit
is very sweet
(Canadian Proverb)
***
A soothing tongue is a tree of
life
(Proverbs XV:4)
***
In a town without greenery, a learned person may not
dwell
(Eruvin, LV)
***
Those who cut down good trees shall see never sign of
blessing
(Tosefta, B'khorim II)
***
When the apple is ripe, it will
fall
(Irish proverb)
***
There
is not a tree in heaven higher than the tree of patience
(Irish
proverb)
***
He has thrown bad wood on the fire
(Hungarian saying)
A long time ago, when somebody had thrown bad (wet) wood on the fire, the smoke
got into others' eyes as well, not just into the eyes of the person who had made
it. This meant that
he/she had done something bad.
***
An adult squatting sees
farther than a child on top of tree
(Gambiam proverb)
***
The family is like the
forest, if you are outside it is dense, if you are inside you see that each
tree has its own position
(Akan proverb)
***
If all seeds that fall were
to grow, then no one could follow the path under the trees
(Akan
proverb)
***
Even the
mightiest eagle
comes down to the tree tops to rest
(Ugandan proverb)
***
If nothing touches the
palm-leaves they do not rustle
(Oji, Ashanti proverb)
***
No one can uproot the tree
which God has planted
(Yoruba proverb)
***
An axe does not cut down a tree by
itself
(Burkina Faso proverb)
***
The
apples
does not fall far from the tree
(Dutch proverb)
***
The strength of a tree lies in its roots - not its
branches
(Dutch proverb from Twente)
***
A youth that does not cultivate friendship with the
elderly is like a tree without roots
(Ntomba proverb)
***
The tree that stands above the others gets
blown down
(Chinese proverb)
***
Even monkeys fall out of trees
(Everyone makes mistakes)
(Japanese proverb)
***
The nut doesn't fall far from the
tree
(USA proverb)
***
What tree became fruit, what fruit became
tree?
(Chabacano riddle – Philippines)
***
When a tall woman carries palm-nuts, the birds will eat
them
(African saying)
***
It's not every tree a monkey
can climb
(Krio proverb – Sierra leone)
***
No matter how low a cotton tree falls, it's still taller than
grass
(Krio proverbs – Sierra leone)
***
No matter how long a tree lies in the water, it will never turn into a crocodile
(Krio proverbs – Sierra leone)
***
The family tree may bend, but
it never breaks
(Krio proverb – Sierra leone)
***
A
single tree can not make a forest
(Nigerian proverb)
***
When a palm-branch reaches its
height, it gives way for a fresh one to grow
(Nigerian proverb)
***
We live by hope, but a
reed never becomes an Iroko tree by dreaming
(Nigeria proverb)
***
A forest is not made in a
season
(Nigerian proverb)
***
You don't
teach a grown up monkey how to climb a tree
(Kenyan proverb)
***
A Tree falls; a page arises.
A scarab is captured; ink is released.
Life is taken; and Age is given.
(D’ni)
***
A great tree is told by its
sprig
(Korean proverb)
***
Everyone loves
the tree that gives him shelter
(Russian Proverb)
***
As the twig is
bent, so grows the tree
(Korean proverb)
***
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing
fulfilled is a tree of life. ...
***
When the mapou (oak-like
tree) dies, goats
would eat its leaves
(Haiti proverb)
***
As the twig is bent,
so is the tree inclined
(English proverb)
***
Big tree fall down, goat bite he
leaf.....
(Guyanese Creolese proverb)
***
What an old man sees while lying down, a young
man can never see even when he climbs up in a tree
(Yoruba
proverb-Nigeria)
***
The forest does not grieve for the loss of a
tree
(Russian
proverb)
***
When trees are felled the chips
fly
(Russian
proverb)
***
Although the spruce tree is huge, it is hollow
inside.
The rhododendron, though small, blossoms
(Bhutan proverb)
***
There is no person without faults; There is no tree without
knots
(Bhutan proverb)
***
Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no
one individual can embrace it
(African proverb)
***
One who enters the forest does not listen to the breaking of the twigs in the
brush
One who embarks upon a task should not begin to fear or look for the slightest
obstacles in his or her endeavors. The person should remain focused on the task
despite what one may hear or see in the process of the quest. Ignoring fruitless
or imaginary distractions is the key to achievement.
(Bemba - Zambia Proverb)
***
Even
the highest tree has an axe waiting at its foot
(Turkish proverb)
***
It
is only
the fruit-laden tree that receives the shower of stones from passersby
(Indian proverb)
***
Don't
ask a dog to judge between a pillar and a tree
(Proverb)
***
As helpless as
a fish in a tree
(Proverb)
***
You should go to a pear tree for pears,
not to an elm
(Maxim by Publilius Syrus)
***
Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree
(Rabindranath Tagore)
***
Unless a tree has borne blossoms in
spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn
(Sir Walter Scott)
***
If You Want A Place In The Sun, You Must Leave The Shade Of The Family Tree
(Proverb)
***
The Tongue That Brings Healing Is A Tree Of Life, But A Deceitful Tongue
Crushes The Spirit
***
Plant The Crab Tree Where You Will, It Will Never Bear Pippins
(English Proverb)
***
The Higher The Tree, The Sweeter The Plum
(Proverb)
***
A Good Tree Brings Forth Good Fruit
(Proverb)
***
Break open a cherry tree and there are no flowers, but the spring breeze
brings forth myriad blossoms
(Ikkyu Sojun)
***
The apple cannot be stuck back on The Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to
see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less
(Arthur
Miller)
***
Without Wood A Fire Goes Out)
Without Gossip A Quarrel Dies Down
(Proverb)
***
The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit
(Moliere)
***
The weakest kind of fruit drops earliest to the ground
(William Shakespeare)
***
A
tree falls the way it leans
(Bulgarian
Proverb)
***
Forbidden Fruits Create Many Jams
(Proverb)
***
Pick Your Friends Like You Pick Your Fruit
(Proverb)
***
Patience Is Bitter, But It Bears Sweet Fruit
(Proverb)
***
Fruit Out Of Season, Sorrow Out Of Reason
(Proverb)
***
If You Would Enjoy The Fruit, Pluck Not The Flower
(Proverb)
***
A Good Tree Brings Forth Good Fruit
(Proverb)
***
Cotton-tree no know how him bottom stan’-
im no call breeze
(Jamaican proverb)
(Do not call trouble
unless you can cope with it)
***
A tree with many leaves bears little fruit
(Jewish proverb)
***
A just man like the date palm shall grow
(Jewish proverb)
***
The fruit resembles the tree
(Jewish proverb)
***
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