This is a list of inspirational nature quotes, as well as profound quotes about nature, Earth, greenery, wildlife, and being outdoors. If you are awed by Mother Nature and motivated by excellent quotations, the following collection of wisdom is curated especially for you.
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.”
― John Muir
“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”
― Vincent Van Gogh
“Nature never hurries. Atom by atom, little by little she achieves her work.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
— Albert Einstein
“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”
― Gary Snyder
“Understanding the laws of nature does not mean that we are immune to their operations.”
― David Gerrold
“In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.”
— Aristotle
“Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.”
― William Wordsworth
“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”
― William Shakespeare
“There are no passengers on spaceship Earth. We are all crew.”
— Marshall McLuhan
“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”
― John Muir
More Nature Quotes:
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”
― Frank Lloyd Wright
“How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!”
— Emily Dickinson
“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.”
― Gary Snyder
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
― Lao Tzu
“Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he’s destroying is this God he’s worshipping.”
― Hubert Reeves
“Nature will always wear the colors of the spirit.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.”
― John Muir
“In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, we will understand only what we are taught.”
― Baba Dioum
“In nature nothing exists alone.”
― Rachel Carson
Even More Nature Quotes:
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson
“The earth is what we all have in common.”
― Wendell Berry
“Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.”
— Anthony J. D’Angelo
“Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.”
— Pedro Calderon de la Barca
“There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy, and its charm.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
“Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife, are in fact plans to protect man.”
― Stewart L. Udall
“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”
— Chinese proverb
“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
“Nature is, indeed, the only book whose every page is filled with important content.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder
“I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.”
― Anne Frank
More Than More Nature Quotes:
“Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own.”
― Charles Dickens
“Nature’s music is never over; her silences are pauses, not conclusions.”
― Mary Webb
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine into trees.”
― John Muir
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity… and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.”
― William Blake
“The wisest and noblest teacher is nature itself.”
― Leonardo da Vinci
“Nature’s beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude.”
― Louie Schwartzberg
“The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.”
― Joseph Campbell
“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful.”
― Alice Walker
“Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.”
― E.O. Wilson
“Colors are the smiles of nature.”
― Leigh Hunt
Bonus Nature Quotes:
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
― Anaïs Nin
“Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.”
― Blaise Pascal
“Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.”
― Gérard de Nerval
“We cannot command nature except by obeying her.”
― Francis Bacon
“Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.”
― Frank Lloyd Wright
“Nature, time, and patience are the three great physicians.”
― Common proverb
“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 creates the most sensational works of art, and every forest feels like a masterpiece.”
― Jamie Erwine
“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 go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.”
― John Burroughs
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