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117 Most Inspiring Quotes About Nature

From the tranquil silence of a forest to the relentless power of the ocean — nature speaks to us in a language that transcends words, urging us to connect, respect, and protect the natural world.

Philosophers, poets, environmentalists, Indigenous leaders, and thinkers from all walks of life have long turned to nature for insight and inspiration. And over the course of history, they’ve attempted to use their words to describe the awe and reverence that the natural world inspires.

We’ve curated the best of these quotes about nature to encourage us to look more deeply at the beauty that surrounds us, to find peace in the wilderness, and to consider the impact of our actions on the planet.

Whether you’re in need of a moment of tranquility, a burst of inspiration, a caption to describe your experience in the great outdoors, or a deeper appreciation for the world around you — let these quotes guide you to a greater connection with the earth.

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‍ The Best Quotes About Nature

Famous quotes about the beauty of nature.

“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.” — Alice Walker

“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” — Laura Ingalls Wilder

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” — Henry David Thoreau

“What in heaven’s name was the real essence of this beauty? Was it the precision of nature with its physical laws, or was it nature’s mercilessness, ceaselessly resisting man’s understanding?” — Kobo Abe, The Woman in the Dunes

“Dear old world… you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.” — L.M. Montgomery

“All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child.” — Marie Curie

“Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“We think reconnecting with nature is going to be this moment of buying a pair of hiking boots and getting outdoors. Honestly, what it might actually look like is taking a Zoom call outside or just spending five more minutes outdoors. It’s about taking micro-steps that lead to a macro shift in our lives.” — Pattie Gonia

“So often like this, in lonely places in the forest, he would come upon something — bird, flower, tree — beautiful beyond all words, if there had been a soul with whom to share it. Beauty is meaningless until it is shared.” — George Orwell, Burmese Days

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” — Rachel Carson

“The most beautiful gift of nature is that it gives one pleasure to look around and try to comprehend what we see.” — Albert Einstein

“Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.” — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Inspirational Quotes

“The environment is where we all meet; where we all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.” — Lady Bird Johnson

“Nature shows us that the only constant is change… if we allow it.” — Pattie Gonia

“You can cut all the flowers, but you can’t keep spring from coming.” — Pablo Neruda

“I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want.” — Andy Warhol

“I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.” — Anne Frank

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” — Lao Tzu

“We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” — Chief Seattle

“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” — John Burroughs

“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.” — Langston Hughes

“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery — air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, ‘This is what it is to be happy.’” — Sylvia Plath

“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity, and by these I shall not regulate my propositions. And some see no nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.” — William Blake

“One man practicing kindness in the wilderness is worth all the temples this world pulls.” — Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums

Going Green Quotes

“Being green and clean is not just an aspiration but an action.” — Christine Pelosi

“These young people are saying we all have a right to know what is in the air we breathe, in the water we drink, and the food we eat. It is our responsibility to leave this planet cleaner and greener. That must be our legacy.” — John Lewis

“It seems very safe to me to be surrounded by green growing things and water.” — Barbara Kingsolver

“Going green doesn’t start with doing green acts, it starts with a shift in consciousness.” — Ian Somerhalder

“Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps the singing bird will come.” — Lois Lowry

“Everything has yet to be invented. I never say ‘green’ — I say ‘greener.’ It’s greener simply because this is a continuum of change, improvement and discovery.” — Yves Behar

“Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.” — Pedro Calderón de la Barca

“Climate change is not just a problem for the future. It is impacting us every day, everywhere.” — Vandana Shiva

“The future is green energy, sustainability, renewable energy.” — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Save Nature Quotes

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.” — Jane Goodall

“I truly believe this alchemy of individual courage and collective drive is a renewable energy source like no other, and it’s what is needed to make lasting change.” — Kate Williams, 1% for the Planet

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead

“Nature shrinks as capital grows. The growth of the market cannot solve the very crisis it creates.” — Vandana Shiva

“Together we can preserve the forest, securing this immense treasure for the future of all these our children.” — Chico Mendes

“We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do.” — Barbara Ward

“Capitalism has really disconnected us from nature, which is very convenient in order to extract from this world.” — Wyn Wiley

“We fight for what we love. If we can fall in love with nature more, we’re going to be even more equipped to fight for it and to advocate for it.” — Pattie Gonia

“Beauty and seduction, I believe, is nature’s tool for survival, because we will protect what we fall in love with.” — Louie Schwartzberg

“The environment and the economy are really both sides of the same coin. If we cannot sustain the environment, we cannot sustain ourselves.” — Wangari Maathai

“We don’t need more stuff produced — we need to effectively and responsibly use what’s already been produced.” — Ashlee Piper

“Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.” — Jimmy Carter

“In wilderness is the preservation of the world.” — Henry David Thoreau

“For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.” — Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Tree Quotes

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

“Storms make trees take deeper roots.” — Dolly Parton

“It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

“Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.” — Winston Churchill

“If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees.” — Rainer Maria Rilke

“To be without trees would, in the most literal way, to be without our roots.” — Richard Mabey

“I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.” — Henry David Thoreau

“... the forest is not merely an expression or representation of sacredness, nor a place to invoke the sacred; the forest is sacredness itself.” — Richard Nelson, The Island Within

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Ocean Quotes

“The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.” — Blaise Pascal

“With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you’re connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live.” — Sylvia Earle

“When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused.” — Rainer Maria Rilke

“Protecting the ocean is not just about saving marine life; it’s about safeguarding our own future. Our fate is intimately connected to the health of the ocean, and we must take urgent action to preserve it.” — Greta Thunberg

“The ocean is a mighty harmonist.” — William Wordsworth

“The ocean is like a big blue heart that connects all living creatures. We must protect it for the sake of our own survival.” — Eugenie Clark

“But the sea which no one tends is also a garden.” — William Carlos Williams, Pictures from Brueghel and Other Poems

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Beach Quotes

“One learns first of all in beach living the art of shredding; how little one can get along with, not how much.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh 

“In every drop of water, there is a story of life. Let’s make sure our beaches tell a story of care and conservation.” — Jean-Michel Cousteau

“Reducing our use of plastic reduces our personal carbon footprint. Removing debris from beaches reduces the effects of pollution on our oceans.” — R. Heliot, in an article

“There’s nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline, no matter how many times it’s sent away.” — Sarah Kay

“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea.” — Karen Blixen

“The beach to me is a sacred zone between the earth and the sea, one of those in-between places where transitions can be experienced — where endings can be mourned and beginnings birthed.” — Joan Anderson

National Park Quotes

“Within National Parks is room — glorious room — room in which to find ourselves, in which to think and hope, to dream and plan, to rest and resolve.” — Enos Mills

“Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.” — Ansel Adams

“There is nothing so American as our national parks… The fundamental idea behind the parks… is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

“In a world that is becoming increasingly virtual, the parks remain places of visceral beauty. Places where we can remember that we are but a small part of the life on this planet, and that it is a truly wonderful planet and the only one we’ve got.” — Nevada Barr

“We all should respect our public lands, so when you’re enjoying national parks be sure whatever you bring with you also goes back out with you. Nothing says you care more than leaving a place better than you found it.” — Deb Haaland, in an interview with the U.S. Department of the Interior

“National parks and reserves are an integral aspect of intelligent use of natural resources. It is the course of wisdom to set aside an ample portion of our natural resources as national parks and reserves, thus ensuring that future generations may know the majesty of the earth as we know it today.” — John F. Kennedy

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Mountain Quotes

“I learn something every time I go into the mountains.” — Michael Kennedy

“My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.” — Aldous Huxley

“The summit is what drives us, but the climb itself is what matters.” — Conrad Anker

“When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.” — Wilma Rudolph

“Mountains know secrets we need to learn. That it might take time, it might be hard, but if you just hold on long enough, you will find strength to rise up.” — Tyler Knott

“The cliche is that life is a mountain. You go up, reach the top and then go down.” — Jeanne Moreau

“To me a mountain is a Buddha. Think of the patience, hundreds of thousands of years just sitting there being perfectly perfectly silent and like praying for all living creatures in that silence and just waiting for us to stop all our fretting and fooling.” — Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums

“We cannot lower the mountain, therefore we must elevate ourselves.” — Todd Skinner

“There’s no glory in climbing a mountain if all you want to do is to get to the top. It’s experiencing the climb itself — in all its moments of revelation, heartbreak, and fatigue — that has to be the goal.” — Karyn Kusama

“Mountains, according to the angle of view, the season, the time of day, the beholder’s frame of mind, or any one thing, can effectively change their appearance. Thus, it is essential to recognize that we can never know more than one side, one small aspect of a mountain.” — Haruki Murakami

“Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.” — Theodore Roethke

“I’ve realized that at the top of the mountain, there’s another mountain.” — Andrew Garfield

Sunset Quotes

“No sun outlasts its sunset but will rise again and bring the dawn.” — Maya Angelou

“Soon it got dusk, a grapy dusk, a purple dusk over tangerine groves and long melon fields; the sun the color of pressed grapes, slashed with burgandy red, the fields the color of love and Spanish mysteries.” — Jack Kerouac, On the Road

“Don’t forget: Beautiful sunsets need cloudy skies…” — Paul Coelho

“I can count on my fingers the number of sunsets I have left, and I don’t want to miss any of them.” — Suzanne Collins

“And the sunset itself on such waves of ether That I just can’t comprehend Whether it is the end of the day, the end of the world, Or the mystery of mysteries in me again.” — Anna Akhmatova, The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova

“A large drop of sun lingered on the horizon and then dripped over and was gone, and the sky was brilliant over the spot where it had gone, and a torn cloud, like a bloody rag, hung over the spot of its going.” — John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

“Dusk is just an illusion because the sun is either above the horizon or below it. And that means that day and night are linked in a way that few things are there cannot be one without the other yet they cannot exist at the same time. How would it feel I remember wondering to be always together yet forever apart?” — Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

“The redness had seeped from the day and night was arranging herself around us. Cooling things down, staining and dyeing the evening purple and blue black.” — Sue Monk Kidd, The Secret Life of Bees

“One day,’ you said, ‘I watched the sunset forty-three times!’ And a little later you added: ‘You know, when one is that sad, one can get to love the sunset.’ ‘Were you that sad, then, on the day of the forty-three sunset?’ But the prince made no answer.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“The Andes, guardians of this untamed land, seem to inhale deeply, exhaling a breath that whispers of secrets hidden within their mighty peaks. And I, a mere witness to this grand theater of nature, stand on the precipice, my soul intoxicated by the sheer majesty of the Andean sunset.” — Ryan Gelpke, Peruvian Days

“There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.” — Jo Walton

Short Quotes

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” — Frank Lloyd Wright

“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” — William Shakespeare

“Men argue. Nature acts.” — Voltaire

“The poetry of the earth is never dead.” — John Keats

“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.” — Aristotle

“The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.” — Claude Monet

“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” — Gary Snyder

“Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy.” — Isaac Newton

“Leave the roads; take the trails.” — Pythagoras

“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.” — Jane Austen

“Love the world as your own self; then you can truly care for all things.” — Lao Tzu

“Nature is the art of God.” — Dante Alighieri

“Nature is the source of all true knowledge.” — Leonardo da Vinci

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More Quotes

“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.” — Henry David Thoreau

“I like romantically thinking about nature. It helps you fall in love with all the ecosystems.” — Leah Thomas

“There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature — the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.” — Rachel Carson

“The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.” — Galileo Galilei

“Embrace your local nature – it’s not necessarily going to look like these mountain-top moments. There’s so much more than just the baseline of what you think exists. You probably know the biggest park in your city, but you probably don’t know a park that’s within a mile of your house that would blow your mind.” — Pattie Gonia

“Nature never taught me that there exists a God of glory and of infinite majesty. I had to learn that in other ways. But nature gave the word ‘glory’ a meaning for me.” — C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“The next time you stand on a beach at night, watching the moon’s bright path across the water, and the conscious of the moon-drawn tides, remember that the moon itself may have been born of a great tidal wave of earthly substance, torn off into space. And remember if the moon was formed in this fashion, the event may have had much to do with shaping the ocean basins and the continents as we know them.” — Rachel Carson, The Sea Around Us

“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” — Sir John Lubbock

“Now I see the secret of making the best person, it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.” — Walt Whitman

Nature Captions

“Once in a while, go someplace that is unspoiled by man.”

“You are never alone when you are connected with nature.”

“Exploring never gets old.”

“Be a force of nature.”

“Listen and delight in the soulful sounds of nature.”

“No better way to recharge than by going outside.”

“There’s no Wi-Fi in the forest, but I promise you’ll find a better connection.”

“Adventure awaits at the end of your comfort zone.”

“Slow down to the pace of nature.”

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Nature Quotes about the Natural World

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Get inspired to reconnect with the natural world with the best nature quotes.

Nature and its beauty have long been a source of inspiration for mankind. Its wildness, unpredictability, and resilience contain lessons we can all benefit from.

Even being in nature has the ability to restore our minds, renew our spirits, and help us center ourselves. So enjoy these nature quotes and gain a new appreciation for the environment and the world around you today.

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Top 20 Nature Quotes

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her. William Wordsworth

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nature is the purest portal to inner-peace. Angie Weiland Crosby

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. Albert Einstein

Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction. E.O. Wilson

There is no better designer than nature. Alexander McQueen

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. William Shakespeare

Everything in excess is opposed to nature. Hippocrates

The laws of nature are but the mathematical thoughts of God. Euclid

Water is the driving force of all nature. Leonardo da Vinci

A walk in nature walks the soul back home. Mary Davis

Choose only one master—nature. Rembrandt

Nothing is art if it does not come from nature. Antoni Gaudi

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. Lao Tzu

Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher. William Wordsworth

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you. Frank Lloyd Wright

Quotes about Nature

There is no denying the vastness and variability of nature. These nature quotes show how it has been the source of study, reverence, and admiration for mankind. The joys of being in nature should always be celebrated.

Whether you’re walking through a damp forest, crunching along a black-sand beach, or climbing snowy mountain tops – it’s easy to lose yourself and find yourself again in the natural world.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift. Albert Einstein

Nothing makes me so happy as to observe nature and to paint what I see. Henri Rousseau

I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles. Anne Frank

Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. John Muir

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences. Robert Green Ingersoll

Man’s heart away from nature becomes hard. Standing Bear

Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are. Gretel Ehrlich

Light in Nature creates the movement of colors. Robert Delaunay

Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home , a teacher, a companion. Lorraine Anderson

Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere. Blaise Pascal

Nature can do more than physicians. Oliver Cromwell

A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great. Joshua Reynolds

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. John Muir

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Curiosity is the one thing invincible in nature. Freya Stark

The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach. Henry Beston

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts. William Hazlitt

Nature is not a place to visit. It is home. Gary Snyder

Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of the whole. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. Joseph Campbell

The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration . Claude Monet

Adopt the secret of nature: her secret is patience. Ralph Waldo Emerson

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Alice Walker

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. Frank Lloyd Wright

There are moments when all anxiety and stated toil are becalmed in the infinite leisure and repose of nature. Henry David Thoreau

If you can’t be in awe of Mother Nature, there’s something wrong with you. Alex Trebek

Men argue. Nature acts. Voltaire

To me, Mother Nature isn’t nearly as scary as human nature. Paula Stokes

If nature has taught us anything it is that the impossible is probable. Ilyas Kassam

In nature nothing is created, nothing is lost, everything changes. Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier

During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks. John James Audubon

We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us. Albert Einstein

There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter. Rachel Carson

As in nature, as in art , so in grace; it is rough treatment that gives souls, as well as stones, their luster. Thomas Guthrie

If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable. Rainer Maria Rilke

Everything in nature is lyrical in its ideal essence, tragic in its fate, and comic in its existence. George Santanaya

How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude! Emily Dickinson

You can never really go wrong if you take nature as an example. Christian Dior

The course of Nature is the art of God. Edward Young

Natural Beauty Quotes

Part of our fascination with nature is the duality it contains. Nature gives us harsh and unforgiving experiences like hurricanes, but also brings beauty to the world.

These quotes on natural beauty focus on the beautiful side of the natural world. Think about flowers blooming, brightly colored humming birds and butterflies flapping, or scenic views of brilliant sunsets.

It’s no wonder so many nature quotes compare it to art and acknowledge the Divine within it.

Nature’s beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude. Louie Schwartzberg

Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life itself. L. Wolfe Gilbert

Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind. Amit Ray

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. Walt Whitman

Sunset is still my favorite color, and rainbow is second. Mattie Stepanek

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. John Muir

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed. Walt Whitman

For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver. Martin Luther King Jr.

I’ve seen the majestic beauty of nature and the overwhelming perfection of it. To me, there’s nothing closer to God than that. Cote de Pablo

Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty. Albert Einstein

It is the simple things of life that make living worthwhile, the sweet fundamental things such as love and duty, work and rest, and living close to nature . Laura Ingalls Wilder

There are no lines in nature, only areas of color, one against another. Edouard Manet

All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child. Marie Curie

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. Rachel Carson

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy. Isaac Newton

Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them. Mark Twain

Tranquility, serenity, and beauty of nature taught me how to find happiness in life and in the silence of eternity. Debasish Mridha

Scenery Quotes

I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, ‘This is what it is to be happy.’ Sylvia Plath

Land really is the best art. Andy Warhol

The greener the setting, the more the relief. Richard Louv

The mountains are calling and I must go. John Muir

The Amen of nature is always a flower. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley. Theodore Roethke

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. Jane Austen

Sunsets are proof that endings can often be beautiful, too. Beau Taplin

If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden. Frances Hodgson Burnett

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. Edward Abbey

Leave the roads; take the trails. Pythagoras

Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do. Michel de Montaigne

The goal of life is living in agreement with nature. Zeno

The environment and the economy are really both two sides of the same coin. If we cannot sustain the environment, we cannot sustain ourselves. Wangari Maathai

Environment Quotes

The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share. Lady Bird Johnson

The Earth is what we all have in common. Wendell Berry

We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. Chief Seattle

You cannot protect the environment unless you empower people, you inform them, and you help them understand that these resources are their own, that they must protect them. Wangari Maathai

Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth. Henry David Thoreau

Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known. Carl Sagan

The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved. Richard Rogers

The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble. Blaise Pascal

For most of history , man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it. Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Never, no, never did nature say one thing and wisdom another. Edmund Burke

I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored. David Attenborough

It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the world in which we all live. Dalai Lama

Humankind’s greatest priority is to reintegrate with the natural world. Jonathon Porritt

Wilderness Quotes

Some of the best parts of spending time in nature are found in excursions into the wilderness.

Those forests with no trails, deserts with no roads, or even the open sea all have rugged and uncertain characteristics that make them interesting.

I am glad I will not be young in a future without wilderness. Aldo Leopold

The love of wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth, the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only paradise we shall ever know, the only paradise we ever need, if only we had the eyes to see. Edward Abbey

I don’t like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It’s just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess. Walt Disney

The land knows you, even when you are lost. Robin Wall Kimmerer

Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man. Stewart Udall

The farther one gets into the wilderness, the greater is the attraction of its lonely freedom. Theodore Roosevelt

If you know wilderness in the way that you know love, you would be unwilling to let it go. We are talking about the body of the beloved, not real estate. Terry Tempest Williams

Our drive, our ruggedness, our unquenchable optimism and zeal and elan go back to the challenges of the untrammeled wilderness. Harvey Broome

Without wilderness, we will eventually lose the capacity to understand America. Harvey Broome

In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia. Charles Lindbergh

If we can teach people about wildlife, they will be touched. Share my wildlife with me. Because humans want to save things that they love. Steve Irwin

Wild animals are less wild and more human than many humans of this world. Munia Khan

The rules of wildlife are simple and clear, which is not the case for men. Laurent Baheux

The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans. Jim Fowler

It is not enough to understand the natural world; the point is to defend and preserve it. Edward Abbey

Outdoor Quotes

To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. Helen Keller

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing. Aldous Huxley

If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently. Bill Watterson

You shall, I question not, find a way to the top if you diligently seek for it; for nature hath placed nothing so high that is out of the reach of industry and valor. Alexander The Great

The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure. D. H. Laurence

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. John Burroughs

There’s a whole world out there, right outside your window. You’d be a fool to miss it. Charlotte Eriksson

Life sucks a lot less when you add mountain air, a campfire and some peace and quiet. Brooke Hampton

Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. Hans Christian Andersen

If you wish to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your hand. Buddha

Being able to smell the fresh air and disconnect from the news and your phone — there’s nothing like it. Jason Ward

There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story. Linda Hogan

To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves. Mahatma Gandhi

Forest Quotes

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. John Muir

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

God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools. John Muir

The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep. Robert Frost

There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more. Lord Byron

Trees love to toss and sway; they make such happy noises. Emily Carr

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. Robert Louis Stevenson

Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. Winston Churchill

It is said that the forest has a certain limit if you look straight ahead, but the sides are boundless. Riccardo Bozzi

Not just beautiful, though — the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they’re watching me. Haruki Murakami

Forests are like churches, hallowed places. There’s a stillness about them, a sort of reverence. Sabrina Elkins

Forests should not be walked on, they should be walked under and through. Courtney M. Privett

I am convinced that most Americans of the new generation have no idea what a decent forest looks like. The only way to tell them is to show them. Aldo Leopold

Do you feel more connected to nature now? If not, try getting outside and meeting Mother Nature for yourself again.

Admiring natural beauty and enjoying time outdoors will give you a better appreciation for the environment, and even has health benefits . So get out and walk among the trees, or even plant some of your own, and cherish the planet we live on today.

Quincy Seale

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100 Nature Quotes To Make You Grateful For The Outdoors

By Maxime Lagacé

Maxime is the founder of WisdomQuotes. He has been collecting quotes since 2004. His goal? To help you develop a calm and peaceful mind. Learn more about him on his about page .

Top 10 Quotes – Short – Inspirational – More Quotes – John Muir – Henry David Thoreau – Visual – Takeaways – Video – Further Readings

After I lost my girlfriend in a car accident back in 2004, I started spending more time in nature.

I ran for 3-4 hours every week.

Lost and confused.

Trying to find myself.

I didn’t spend 2 years, 2 months, and 2 days like Thoreau, but I spent enough time to find answers.

So, as a tribute to nature, here are 100 of my favorite nature quotes collected throughout the years.

Simply inspire and make you feel grateful to spend more time in nature.

You’ll discover quotes by Thoreau , Emerson , John Muir , and many more.

Top 10 Nature Quotes

By discovering nature, you discover yourself. Maxime Lagacé

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. John Muir

Going to the mountains is going home. John Muir

Love the world as your own self; then you can truly care for all things. Lao Tzu

Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy. Isaac Newton

We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. Native American proverb

The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. John Muir

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

I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees. Henry David Thoreau

Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Short Nature Quotes

I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it. William Shakespeare

Nature does nothing uselessly. Aristotle

The poetry of the earth is never dead. John Keats

Nature, to be controlled, must be obeyed. Francis Bacon

Watching nature makes you feel more human. Dan Go ( Source )

An inflexible tree breaks in a storm. Matshona Dhliwayo

The earth is what we all have in common. Wendell Berry

Colors are the smiles of nature. Leigh Hunt

Time spent amongst trees is never time wasted. Katrina Mayer

The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature. Every day, the sun; and, after sunset, night and her stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I love places that make you realize how tiny you and your problems are. Unknown

All good things are wild and free. Henry David Thoreau

Nature is our mother. Latin proverb

It is in the still silence of nature where one will find true bliss. Unknown

Beautiful things don’t ask for attention. Unknown

The goal of life is living in agreement with nature. Zeno of Citium

Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light. Theodore Roethke

Nature is not a place to visit. It is home. Gary Snyder

Nature rarely surrenders one of her magnificent secrets. Albert Einstein

Nothing is art if it does not come from nature. Antoni Gaudi

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise. James Russell Lowell

If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don’t be sorry. Jack Kerouac

Inspirational Nature Quotes

All my life through, the new sights of nature made me rejoice like a child. Marie Curie

Not just beautiful, though — the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they’re watching me. Haruki Murakami

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. Walt Whitman

We are now in the mountains and they are in us, kindling enthusiasm, making every nerve quiver, filling every pore and cell of us. John Muir

I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news. John Muir

It is said that the forest has a certain limit if you look straight ahead, but the sides are boundless. Riccardo Bozzi

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. Edward Abbey

Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. John Burroughs

At one time in the world there were woods that no one owned. Cormac McCarthy

We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us. Albert Einstein

There is nothing pleasanter than spading when the ground is soft and damp. John Steinbeck

Everything in nature goes by law, and not by luck. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The sunlight claps the earth, and the moonbeams kiss the sea: what are all these kissings worth, if thou kiss not me? Percy Bysshe Shelley

When you do something noble and beautiful and nobody noticed, do not be sad. For the sun every morning is a beautiful spectacle and yet most of the audience still sleeps. John Lennon

If you will stay close to nature, to its simplicity, to the small things hardly noticeable, those things can unexpectedly become great and immeasurable. Rainer Maria Rilke

There’s a whole world out there, right outside your window. You’d be a fool to miss it. Charlotte Eriksson

The mountains are calling and I must go. John Muir

Between every two pines there is a doorway to a new world. John Muir

The air was soft, the stars so fine, the promise of every cobbled alley so great, that I thought I was in a dream. Jack Kerouac

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The world is big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark. John Muir

I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. John Muir

It was for the best, so Nature had no choice but to do it. Marcus Aurelius

If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees. Rainer Maria Rilke

Nature never hurries. Atom by atom, little by little, she achieves her work. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The most beautiful gift of nature is that it gives one pleasure to look around and try to comprehend what we see. Albert Einstein

Nature, time and patience are the three great physicians. Chinese proverb

The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck. Emma Goldman

Choose only one master – nature. Rembrandt

Leave the road, take the trails. Pythagoras

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More Quotes About Nature

If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently. Bill Watterson

Life sucks a lot less when you add mountain air, a campfire and some peace and quiet. Brooke Hampton

Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known. Carl Sagan

Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions. Antoinette Brown Blackwell

For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it. Jacques-Yves Cousteau

There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature – the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter. Rachel Carson

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another. Juvenal

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. Rachel Carson

There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story. Linda Hogan

I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery – air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, “This is what it is to be happy “. Sylvia Plath

And then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough? Vincent van Gogh

There I feel that nothing can befall me. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Man’s heart away from nature becomes hard. Standing Bear

The earth has music for those who listen. William Shakespeare

I think nature’s imagination is so much greater than man’s, she’s never going to let us relax. Richard Feynman

How could this earth of ours, which is only a speck in the heavens, have so much variety of life, so many curious and exciting creatures? Walt Disney

All things in nature occur mathematically. René Descartes

Nature is loved by what is best in us. Ralph Waldo Emerson

John Muir Nature Quotes

And into the forest I go to lose my mind and find my soul. John Muir

Most people are on the world, not in it. John Muir

Who wouldn’t be a mountaineer! Up here all the world’s prizes seem nothing. John Muir

Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. John Muir

Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue. John Muir

I never saw a discontented tree. John Muir

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world. John Muir

The sun shines not on us but in us. John Muir

Henry David Thoreau Nature Quotes

An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day. Henry David Thoreau

Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth. Henry David Thoreau

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. Henry David Thoreau

This curious world we inhabit is more wonderful than convenient; more beautiful than it is useful; it is more to be admired and enjoyed than used. Henry David Thoreau

Nature abhors a vacuum, and if I can only walk with sufficient carelessness I am sure to be filled. Henry David Thoreau

Wildness is the preservation of the world. Henry David Thoreau

Part 3. Conclusion

A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Albert Einstein

Visual For Nature Quotes

I need solitude , which is to say, recovery, return to my self, the breath of a free, light, playful air. Friedrich Nietzsche

Key Takeaways

• Discovering nature is a great way to discover yourself.
• Feeling down? Walk in nature . You’ll get way more than you seek.
• Better mental and physical health
• Better memory
• More creativity
• Better sleep
• Less stress
• Where’s home? In nature. From an evolutionary standpoint, this is our birthplace.
• Nature is our savior in this hyperconnected world.

A few thoughts on nature…

I was lucky enough to live close to nature when I was young.

What did I learn?

I learned to be curious and discovered the world of animals, insects, flowers, plants, and trees.

I also learned to be alone, enjoy myself, and feel at home even far from my parents.

The best part?

I kept that curiosity today and I still love to spend time in nature every week.

It’s crucial for my physical and mental health.

nature, hiking, and trail running are part of the reason I know myself a lot more today.

I couldn’t be more grateful.

Are you grateful for nature too?

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199 Best Quotes About Nature And The Great Outdoors

If you are in search for quotes about nature and the great outdoors, you have come to the right place! There is nothing so spectacular as exploring the great outdoors, whether that’s visiting a national park , taking part in rural tourism activities or climbing Mount Kilimanjaro ! No matter what your outdoor activities are, quotes about nature can be a fantastic way to highlight your experiences with nature, whether its quotes about nature Instagram captions, quotes about nature for a nature-based presentation or quotes about nature for a written piece such as a blog post about nature or a geography student essay. So in this post I share with you 150 quotes about nature that you can simply copy and paste. Ready for some inspiration? Read on for 199 quotes about nature…

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Lets start this post off by outlining some of the very best quotes about nature-

“For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.” — Jacques-Yves Cousteau

“Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience. ” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Between every two pines there is a doorway to a new world.” — John Muir

“A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.” — James Russell Lowell

“The earth is what we all have in common.” — Wendell Berry

“Although we say mountains belong to the country, actually, they belong to those that love them.” — Dogen

“The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.” — Blaise Pascal

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.” — Walt Whitman

“Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.” — Michel de Montaigne

“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” — Gary Snyder

“Life sucks a lot less when you add mountain air, a campfire and some peace and quiet.” — Brooke Hampton

“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, ‘This is what it is to be happy.” — Sylvia Plath

“If you wish to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your hand” — Buddha

“I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.” — Henry David Thoreau

“Nature’s beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude.” — Louie Schwartzberg

“The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.” — Zeno

“Man’s heart away from nature becomes hard.” — Standing Bear

“To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment” — Jane Austen

“Everything in nature is lyrical in its ideal essence, tragic in its fate, and comic in its existence.” — George Santanaya

“Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.” — Winston Churchill

“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water , or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” — John Lubbock

“There’s a whole world out there, right outside your window. You’d be a fool to miss it.” — Charlotte Eriksson

“The earth laughs in flowers.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Nature is the art of God.” — Dante Alighieri

“Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.” — Henry van Dyke

“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.” — Langston Hughes

“Nature is loved by what is best in us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are plenty of famous quotes about nature, here are my top picks-

“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.”– Alice Walker

“I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored.” — David Attenborough

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” — Albert Einstein

“In all things of nature there is something of the marvellous.” — Aristotle

“Leave the road, take the trails.” — Pythagoras

“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” — Laura Ingalls Wilder

“To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“Choose only one master—nature.” — Rembrandt

“I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.” — Frank Lloyd Wright

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” — Lao Tzu

“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” — Henry David Thoreau

“We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” — Native American proverb

“Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.” — Khalil Gibran

“There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.” — Rachel Carson

“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.” — Henry David Thoreau

“It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

“To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.” — Helen Keller

“I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” — John Burroughs

“If it’s an Instagram caption about nature that you’re after, these quotes about nature should do the trick perfectly!

“Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.” — Carl Sagan

“A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.” — Walt Whitman

“The world is not to be put in order. The world is order. It is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order.” — Henry Miller

“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” — Frank Lloyd Wright

“The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.” — Galileo Galilei

“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” — William Shakespeare

“The ocean is a mighty harmonist.” — William Wordsworth

“Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.” —Antoinette Brown Blackwell

“Land really is the best art.” — Andy Warhol

“Time spent amongst trees is never wasted time.” — Katrina Mayer

“The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration.” — Claude Monet

“Nature always wears the colours of the spirit.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“By discovering nature, you discover yourself.” — Maxime Lagacé

“Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light.” — Theodore Roethke

“Men argue. Nature acts.” — Voltaire

“To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few.” — Emily Dickinson

“Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature.” — Steve Maraboldi

“I think nature’s imagination is so much greater than man’s, she’s never going to let us relax.” — Richard Feynman

“All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.” — Marie Curie

“Colours are the smiles of nature.” — Leigh Hunt

“The mountains are calling, and I must go!”

“Always take the scenic route.”

“Life’s a beach .”

“I think nature is my colour.”

“All my cares go away when I take a walk outside.”

“Hike more. Worry less.”

“Not all classrooms have four walls.”

“I’ve reached more peaks than I can count.”

“Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.”

“Climb every mountain, forge every stream!”

“There is a pleasure in the pathless woods.”

“Another day, another sunset.”

“Jump in with all your clothes on!”

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

“Breathe in the crisp mountain air. You’ll feel glorious.”

“What a Wonderful World!”

“Nature never goes out of style.”

“There is beauty around every bend.”

“In my happy place.”

“Let your canopy be the stars in the sky.”

“Free as a bird.”

“Standing at the shore is where I must be.”

“Breathe deep.”

“This view never gets old.”

“Nature at its best!”

“Mother Nature has put on a show tonight!”

“So many sights. So many sounds. So much divine beauty.”

“Sunrise, sunset!”

I love being in nature when I travel! And if you feel the same, you might want to use some of these quotes about nature and travel-

“One learns first of all in beach living the art of shredding; how little one can get along with, not how much.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“The waves of the sea help me get back to me.” — Jill Davis

“If there’s heaven for me, I’m sure it has a beach attached to it.” — Jimmy Buffett

“Sunset is the opening music of the night . ” — Mehmet Murat İldan

“Beneath the sunset skies tall, silver-shafted palm-trees rise.”  ―  William C. Bryant

“The palm tree that sways in the breeze stays standing the longest.” ―  Shay Mitchell

“A sunset is the sun’s fiery kiss to the night.”   — Crystal Woods

“A sunset will colour your dreams.” — Anthony Hincks

“Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Life does not come with instructions on how to live, but it does come with trees, sunsets, smiles, and laughter, so enjoy your day.” — Debbie Shapiro

“Sunsets are loved because they vanish.” — Ray Bradbury

“Every one of a hundred thousand cities around the world had its own special sunset and it was worth going there, just once, if only to see the sun go down.” — Ryu Murakami

“Watch the sunset. How does that make you feel? Does it make you feel big or tiny? Because there’s something good about feeling both.” — Amy Grant

“There is nothing more musical than a sunset.” — Claude Debussy

“You have to travel far and wide to see a lot of the world’s wonders, but sunsets can be appreciated in every corner of the earth.” — Kimmie Conner

“When the sun has set, no candle can replace it.” — George R.R. Martin

“Softly the evening came with the sunset.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“A sunset is the sun’s fiery kiss to the night.” — Crystal Woods

“I rise at daybreak and feel the sunshine as it warms my skin, the soothing sounds of waves as they kiss the shore and sand between my toes: a gentle reminder that life is good.” — Melanie Rogers Jimenez

“I can see us holding hands, walking on the beach, our toes in the sand. I can see us on the countryside, sittin’ on the grass laying side by side.” — Justin Timberlake (in “My Love”) 

“Every time I slip into the ocean it’s like going home.” — Sylvia Earle

“On the beach, you can live in bliss.” — Dennis Wilson

“We dream in colours borrowed from the sea.” — Jill Davis

I love spending time in nature, whether it’s at the beach or climbing a mountain. If you feel the same you might want to use some of these quotes about nature-

“The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.” — Kate Chopin

“A lot of people like snow . I find it an unnecessary freezing of water.” — Carl Reiner

“I love the beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within — in front of the sea.”— Rafael Nadal

“The roots of the aged palm tree exceed those of the young one; the old have a greater attachment to the world.” – Saib Tabrizi

“The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree.” – Psalm 92:12

“I know they have palm trees in Southern California. I mean I’m not a complete moron, I’ve watched 90210, and everything.” ― Meg Cabot

“For it is the temper of the highest hearts, like the palm tree, to strive upwards when it is most burdened.” — Philip Sidney

“I’m a sucker for turquoise sea, white beaches, and palm trees.” — Bruno Tonioli

“Lights are glowing in the palm trees.” — Jimmy Buffett

“For me, exotic means beaches, palm trees and sand and frolicking in the ocean.” — Priyanka Chopra

“Palm trees are growin’ and a warm breezing a blowin.”― Blake Shelton

“Here I am’, I say to the palm trees. ‘I can do this. Watch me.” — Eileen Granfors

“Focus on this moment. Hold your hand and see what it feels like. Go look at some grass. Talk to a palm tree…. Experience life.” ―  Frederick Lenz

“Grow as a palm tree on God’s Mount Zion; howbeit shaken with winds, yet the root is fast.” —  Samuel Rutherford

“What I want in a good beach read is sunshine, drama, easy-reading, and transportation to another world and other people’s problems.” — Jane Green

“At the beach, life is different. A day moves not from hour to hour but leaps from mood to moment. We go with the currents, plan around the tides, follow the sun. We measure happiness by nothing we can hold, nothing we can catch. Everywhere, life is jumping and elusive and momentously momentary.” — Sandy Gingras

“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“When I walk down the beach and smell the saltwater, hear the waves crashing against the shoreline, and feel the granular sand under my feet, I can’t help but realise why I’m here on this green earth.” — Wendy Joubert

“I look my best when I’m totally free, on holiday, walking on the beach.” — Rosamund Pike

“Every time I stand before a beautiful beach, its waves seem to whisper to me: If you choose the simple things and find joy in nature’s simple treasures, life and living need not be so hard.” — Psyche Roxas-Mendoza

“To watch a sunset is to connect with the Divine.” — Gina De Gorna

“Never go too long without watching a sunset.” — Atticus

“My joy is the golden sunset giving thanks for another day.” — Jonathan Lockwood

“A simple life is good with me. I don’t need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I’m happy.” — Yanni

“Life is an ocean that brings to your shore countless things. It is beyond our control what lies in front of us, but with it we must build sandcastles. Sandcastles sometimes break, no matter the perceived strength of its foundations. But no two sandcastles would have been the same and that alone gives meaning to the act of building it. The same has been my experience with friendships. When the tide rises higher, the harder it hits the sandcastles, even the ones that proved to survive longer than others. I don’t weep over sandcastles anymore, I just watch the tides.” — Uma Sreekanth

Here are a few more of my favourite quotes about nature-

“Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are.” — Gretel Ehrlich

“The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“The beauty of the natural world lies in the details.” — Natalie Angier

“My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.” — Aldous Huxley

“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up,  snow  is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.” — John Ruskin

“Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.” — Gerard De Nerval

“Never, no, never did nature say one thing and wisdom another.” — Edmund Burke

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” — Rachel Carson

“The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever. ”– Jacques-Yves Cousteau

“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” – Vincent Van Gogh

“For a time, I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.” – Wendell Berry 

“If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees.” — Rainer Maria Rilke

“The earth has music for those who listen.” — William Shakespeare

“Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“There is nothing more musical than a sunset.” — Claude Debussy

“Oh, Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth.” – Roman Payne

“Her heart was made of liquid sunsets.” — Virginia Woolf

“When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.” — Mahatma Gandhi

“The horizon changes but the sun does not.” — Joyce Rachelle

“Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!” —Robin Williams

“Don’t forget, beautiful sunsets need cloudy skies.” — Paulo Coelho

“A sunset will colour your dreams.” — Anthony Hincks

“The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.” — D. H. Lawrence

“The horizon changes but the sun does not.” — Joyce Rachelle

“Sometimes, the sunset is so beautiful that I think it might be the very last one.” — Nitya Prakash

“I am very fond of sunsets. Come, let us go look at a sunset.” – Antoine de Saint-Exuper

“Never go too long without watching a sunset.” — Atticus

“The poetry of the earth is never dead.”—John Keats

“Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.” —John Burroughs

“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” —Henri Matisse

“Oh let me bathe my soul in colours; let me swallow the sunset and drink the rainbow!” — Kahlil Gibran

“The Amen of nature is always a flower.” —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.” —Joseph Campbell

And last but not least, here are a few final quotes about nature-

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see “if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” —Henry David Thoreau

“Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.” — Ansel Adams

“Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind.” — Amit Ray

“Nature is an infinite sphere of which the centre is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.” — Blaise Pascal

“If you can’t be in awe of Mother Nature, there’s something wrong with you.” — Alex Trebek

“Love the world as your own self; then you can truly care for all things.” — Lao Tzu

“Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy.” — Isaac Newton

“The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.” — E. E. Cummings

“It is said that the forest has a certain limit if you look straight ahead, but the sides are boundless.” —Riccardo Bozzi

“Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life itself.” — L. Wolfe Gilbert

“Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.” — Jimmy Carter

“If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature’s way.” — Aristotle

“Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” —Hans Christian Andersen

“Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.” — Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.” — Albert Einstein

“Going to the mountains is like going home.” — John Muir

“Some of nature’s most exquisite handiwork is on a miniature scale, as anyone knows who has applied a magnifying glass to a snowflake.” — Rachel Carson

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60 nature quotes that capture the beauty of Mother Earth

Nature offers some of the world's purest and simplest joys.

While the city has its charms, nothing compares to the beauty of a tall tree, the sweet smell of flowers, or the feeling of a fresh breeze on your face.

Though we may sometimes forget it in our busy daily lives, we are inextricably tied with the natural world.

There's evidence that nature is a crucial part of our wellbeing: Studies show that spending time in nature improves cognition, lowers stress, and boosts your mood.

No matter how busy your day may be, take a moment to go outside and enjoy the feeling of the sun on your face, or gaze up at the tallest tree in your neighborhood.

The sublime beauty of rocky mountaintops and sweet wildflower meadows have moved eons of artists and writers to wax poetic about nature's magnificence.

Famous naturalists like John Muir, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau devoted their lives to studying the natural world.

Whether you're a city slicker or a country mouse, these quotes will inspire you to get outside and enjoy the bounty of our planet.

As Muir famously said, “The mountains are calling and I must go.”

Best nature quotes

• “… and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?” ― Vincent van Gogh
• “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” — John Muir
• “The earth has its music for those who will listen.” — Reginald Holmes
• “It is an incalculable added pleasure to any one’s sum of happiness if he or she grows to know, even slightly and imperfectly, how to read and enjoy the wonder-book of nature.” — Theodore Roosevelt
• “Truly the schemes and wonders of Nature are illimitable.” — Charles Darwin

• “During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks.” — John James Audubon
• “If we save our wild places, we will ultimately save ourselves.” — Steve Irwin
• “Nature is also great fun. To pretend that nature isn’t fun is to miss much of the joy of being alive.” — Diane Ackerman
• “Nature is what we know/ —Yet have no art to say— / So impotent Our Wisdom is /To her Simplicity.” — Emily Dickinson,” Nature Is What We See”
• “What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?” — E.M. Forster

• “I wish the world was twice as big ― and half of it was still unexplored.” ― Sir David Frederick Attenborough
• “There are always flowers for those who want to see them.”  ― Henri Matisse
• “Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.” ― Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
• “The mountains are calling and I must go.” ― John Muir
• “The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.” — D. H. Lawrence

Powerful nature quotes

• “Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” ― Henry David Thoreau
• “The earth does not belong to us; we belong to the earth.” ― Chief Seattle
• “We first share the life by which things exist, and afterwards see them as appearances in nature, and forget that we have shared their cause.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books.” — Theodore Roosevelt
• “But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.” — Rachel Carson

• “An organic being is a microcosm — a little universe, formed of a host of self-propagating organisms, inconceivably minute and numerous as the stars of heaven.” — Charles Darwin
• “Nature is the art of God.” ― Dante Alighieri
• “As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature.” — John James Audubon
• “It used to be said, that in places like this, nature eventually failed to support man, the truth is exactly the reverse, here man failed to support nature.”— David Attenborough
• “We have today to learn to get back into accord with the wisdom of nature and realize again our brotherhood with the animals and with the water and the sea.” — Joseph Campbell

• “To the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.” –William Blake
• “Human subtlety... will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature, because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.” — Leonardo da Vinci
• “The dewy night unrolls a heaven thickly jeweled with sparkling stars.” ― Virgil
• “I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.” ― Walt Whitman
• “How important is a constant intercourse with nature and the contemplation of natural phenomena to the preservation of moral and intellectual health!” — Henry David Thoreau

Seasonal nature quotes

• “Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.” ― Anthony J. D’Angelo
• “Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns.” ― George Eliot
• “There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter.” — Rachel Carson
• “‘Is the spring coming?’ he said. ‘What is it like?’...’It is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine…’” ― Frances Hodgson Burnett
• “Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.” — Faith Baldwin, “American Family”

• “Swim through the serene summer sky.” — Virgil
• “As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas and colors enough to paint the beautiful things I see.” — Vincent van Gogh
• “Let us draw a lesson from nature, which always works by short ways. When the fruit is ripe, it falls.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “Shed no tear! O shed no tear! /The flower will bloom another year.” — John Keats, “Faery Songs”
• “Spring is beautiful, and summer is perfect for vacations, but autumn brings a longing to get away from the unreal things of life, out into the forest at night with a campfire and the rustling leaves.” — Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

• “Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.” ― George R.R. Martin
• “A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves.” ― Marcel Proust
• “When you are in accord with nature, nature will yield its bounty.” — Joseph Campbell
• “Spring is nature’s way of saying, Let’s party!” ― Robin Williams
•  “One must have a mind of winter, to regard the frost and the boughs, of the pine-trees crusted with snow.” — Wallace Stevens

Quotes about trees and forests

• “Come to the woods, for here is rest. There is no repose like that of the green deep woods.” — John Muir
• “I became intensely aware of the being-ness of trees.” — Jane Goodall
• “As I walked in the woods I felt what I often feel that nothing can befall me in life, no calamity, no disgrace (leaving me my eyes) to which Nature will not offer a sweet consolation.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.” — Henry David Thoreau
• “This our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.” — William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”

• “In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.” –Alice Walker
• “A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods.” — Robert Henri
• “Love should be a tree whose roots are deep in the earth, but whose branches extend into heaven.” — Bertrand Russell
• “What did the tree learn from the earth to be able to talk with the sky?” — Pablo Neruda
• “The tree of life is growing where the spirit never dies, and the bright light of salvation shines in dark and empty skies.” — Bob Dylan

• “Storms make trees take deeper roots.” ― Dolly Parton
• “The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
• “Not just beautiful, though ― the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they’re watching me.” ― Haruki Murakami
• “The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.” ― John Muir
• “What about naming trees?...If we have a tree in our name, we want that tree to live.” — Jane Goodall

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Perri is a New York City-born-and-based writer. She holds a B.A. in psychology from Columbia University and is also a culinary school graduate of the Natural Gourmet Institute. She's probably seen Dave Matthews Band in your hometown, and she'll never turn down a bloody mary. Follow her on Twitter  @66PerriStreet  or learn more at  VeganWhenSober.com

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