wise man once said
Michael van pelt
The one who plants trees knowing that he will never sit in their shade
has at least began to understand the meaning of life.
Rabindranath Tagare
wise man once said
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Tom Dunlap
Other holidays repose on the past. Arbor Day proposes the future.
— J. Sterling Morton...Founder of Arbor Day
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#3TOM. Re: wise man once said
Michael van pelt
Yes! That is a good one, I had never heard it!
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#4Another view
Clementine
We can safely commit ourselves to the dictum: No actuality without a corresponding potentiality.
Clarence Isaac Lewis, An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation
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Barry Irby
"Pacifists? Hell, I'm a pacifist, but I always have a club behind my back!" Smedley Butler
Oh! Wait!, that's not the same thing is it?
But I am almost seventy and still planting trees.....
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#6One of my favorites
Gary Smyth
"There’s nothing I respect more than someone planting trees under whose shade they may never sit."
Movie "Second Marigold Hotel" Speaking about growing old and tutoring and supporting younger others.