Top 100 Nature Quotes

Top 100 Nature Quotes

Top 100 Nature Quotes, looking for thought-provoking nature quotes and sayings that will help you reconnect with mother earth? The nature quotes below will remind you of her beauty.

Most of us already know that being in nature has healing properties.

Check out these amazing nature quotes to help you reconnect with Mother Earth again. After all, it’s been a while and she misses you…

Also check out our collection of quotes about rainbow as well as these thoughtful winter quotes for more inspiration. We also have a selection of beautiful ocean quotes. Don’t forget to read that as well.

Inspirational nature quotes to help you reconnect with Mother Earth

1. The mountains are calling and I must go. John Muir

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

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

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

5. In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. Margaret Atwood

6. If I were a tree, I would have no reason to love a human. Maggie Stiefvater

7. 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

8. 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

9. I like it when a flower or a little tuft of grass grows through a crack in the concrete. It’s so fuckin’ heroic. George Carlin

10. We know that God is everywhere; but certainly we feel His presence most when His works are on the grandest scale spread before us; and it is in the unclouded night-sky, where His worlds wheel their silent course, that we read clearest His infinitude, His omnipotence, His omnipresence. Charlotte Brontë

Also read these Earth Day quotes as well as these beautiful lake quotes that will bring your life peace.

Moving nature quotes and sayings

11. “I am glad I will not be young in a future without wilderness.” – Aldo Leopold

12. “…and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?” – Vincent van Gogh

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

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

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

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

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

18. “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

19. “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

20. “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” – Gary Snyder Happy Birthday Quotes for a Friend

More beautiful nature quotes to inspire your love for Mother Earth

21. “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

22. “…If you have ever gone to the woods with me, I must love you very much.” – Mary Oliver

23. “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees.” – John Muir

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

25. “And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time i rest in the grace of the world, and am free. Wendell Berry Victor Hugo

26. “No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face.” – John Donne

27. “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

28. “We kill all the caterpillars, then complain there are no butterflies.” – John Marsden

29. “Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.” – Chad Sugg

Also read these insightful Greta Thunberg quotes about climate change and more.

Inspirational nature quotes about joy and life

30. “The world’s big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.” – John Muir

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

32. “I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says ‘Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.’”―Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass.

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

34. “I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.” – Emma Goldman

35. “The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.” – Rabindranath Tagore

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

37. “Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

39. “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

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

Nature quotes to remind of its beauty

41. “Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.”—John Muir, Our National Parks

42. “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 Bell Jar

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

44. “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, and things pushing up and working under the earth.’” —Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

45. “I believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful — an endless prospect of magic and wonder.” –Ansel Adams

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

47. “Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy” ― Isaac Newton (see more quotes on simplicity)

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

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

49. “An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” – Henry David Thoreau

50. “Mother Nature speaks in a language understood within the peaceful mind of the sincere observer.” – Radhanath Swami

You might also like these Jane Goodall quotes about the environment.

More beautiful nature quotes

51. “Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind.” ― Amit Ray, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations

52. “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

53. “Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” –Hans Christian Andersen

54. “Nature never hurries. Atom by atom, little by little she
achieves her work.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson manzara sözleri

55. “Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occurred in experience.” – Leonardo Da Vinci

56. “The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the
wide world’s joy.” – Henry Ward Beecher

57. “In nature there are neither rewards or punishments – there are consequences.” – Robert Green Ingersoll

58. “Art is the child of nature in whom we trace the features of the mothers face.” ― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

59. “Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.” ― Louisa May Alcott

60. Flowers are like human beings . . . they thrive on a little
kindness.- Fred Streeter

Beautiful nature quotes about life and the earth

61. “At one time in the world there were woods that no one owned.” – Cormac McCarthy

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

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

64. “Nature is not our enemy, to be raped and conquered. Nature is ourselves, to be cherished and explored.” ― Terence McKenna

65. “The earth has its music for those who will listen.” – George Santanaya

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

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

68. “There is no better designer than nature.” ― Alexander McQueen

69. “Mother Nature doesn’t care if you’re having fun. ” ― Larry Niven

70. “How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!” ― John Muir

Don’t forget to also read these elephant quotes to celebrate animals and nature.

Nature quotes that will make you appreciate its beauty

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

72. “Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.” – Antoni Gaudi

73. “You can’t be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet.” – Hal Borland

74. “Architects cannot teach nature anything.” – Mark Twain

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

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

77. “Let us give Nature a chance; she knows her business better than we do.” ― Michel de Montaigne

78. “I should like the fields tinged with red, the rivers yellow and the trees painted blue. Nature has no imagination.” ― Charles Baudelaire

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

80. “Earth is the holiest place in the Universe, loving the earth, and loving life is the way to generate positive vibrations.” ― Amit Ray

Nature quotes to elevate your mind

81. “Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.”― Samuel Butler

82. “Nature is my manifestation of God.
I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day’s work.”― Frank Lloyd Wright

83. “If nature has taught us anything it is that the impossible is probable.”― Ilyas Kassam

84. “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

85. “Autumn leaves don’t fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.”― Delia Owens

86. “There is a love of wild nature in everybody, an ancient mother-love showing itself whether recognized or no, and however covered by cares and duties.”― John Muir

87. “It’s very, very dangerous to lose contact with living nature.”― Albert Hofmann

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

89. “Those honor nature well, who teach that she can speak on everything.”― Blaise Pascal

90. “Drive nature out of the door and it will fly in at the window.”― Fyodor Dostoyevsky

91. “In nature nothing is created, nothing is lost, everything changes.”― Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier

92. “Nature never rushes, yet everything gets done.”― Donald L. Hicks

93. “Nature is as well adapted to our weakness as to our strength.”― Henry David Thoreau

94. “Enjoy the peace of Nature and declutter your inner world.”― Amit Ray

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

Other inspirational nature quotes and sayings

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

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

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

99. “Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.” –Edward Abbey

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

What do you think about these nature quotes and sayings?

However, you choose to add a bit of nature into your life, be sure to make room for everyday joys. Watch sunrises or sunsets from your window. Stop and admire the pretty flowers on your way to work. Try camping on the weekends.

Use your favorite app to help you find great ideas on how to reconnect with Nature. You don’t need to travel far and wide to feel at peace. Look out for local parks, beaches, or lakes that are easily accessible to you.

Schedule some ‘you-time’ among still waters and budding blooms. Or why not bring a friend and share these nature quotes with them. There’s nothing like heart-to-heart talks during a beautiful sunset (view sunset quotes).

Which of these nature quotes and sayings was your favorite? Do you have any other inspirational quotes to add? Let us know in the comment section below.