Looking for inspiring nature quotes and sayings to help you reconnect with Mother Earth? The following nature statements will remind you of her beauty.Most of us are aware that spending time in nature has restorative benefits.

You don’t have to be a doctor to notice how much better we feel when we are outside, in nature.

Are your eyes fatigued from working on the computer all day? Fix your gaze on something green.

Feeling stressed after a long week of hard work?

A jog around the park should suffice.

Aside from providing us with food and therapeutic herbs, merely being in the presence of greenery can help revitalize tired spirits.

But what if you’re in the middle of a city?

Do you live far from a park or nature reserve?

Don’t worry: even in the city, there are many ways to live in peace with nature.

You could, for example, keep indoor potted plants at home.

Tiny herb gardens filled with your favorite spices are also a wonderful touch.

Check out these incredible nature quotes to help you reconnect with Mother Nature once more. After all, it’s been a long time and she’s missed you…

For additional inspiration, see our collection of rainbow quotes and these meaningful winter quotes.

Nature quotes that help you bond with Mother Nature

1. “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

2. “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

3. “The mountains are calling and I must go.” – John Muir

4. “In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.”- Margaret Atwood

5. “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

6. “I like this place and could willingly waste my time in it.” – William Shakespeare

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

8. “The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness.” – John Muir

9. “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

10. “If I were a tree, I would have no reason to love a human.” – Maggie Stiefvater

Also, read these Earth Day quotes and these gorgeous lake statements to bring calm into your life.

Moving nature quotes and sayings

11. “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

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

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

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

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

16. “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

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

If you like these quotations, you should also read our collection of forest quotes about the beauty of trees.

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

19. “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

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Nature statements that are inspirational about the world and the environment

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

More lovely nature quotes that make you fall in love with Mother Nature.

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

If you’re enjoying these quotes, make sure to read our collection of Mary Oliver quotes that will give you a brand new perspective on life.

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

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

If you’re enjoying these quotes, you’ll love our collection of grace quotes that will change your life.

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

More wonderful nature quotes that inspire your love for Mother Earth

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, check out these informative Greta Thunberg quotes about climate change and other topics.

Nature quotes about joy and life that are inspiring.

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

If you like these quotes, check out our collection of rose quotes to learn more about the lovely flower.

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

If you like these quotes, check out our collection of sea quotes that inspire depth and discovery.

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

If you like these quotes, you should also read our collection of rain quotes, which can help wash away your worry and offer you happiness.

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

If you like these quotes, check out our collection of spring quotes about life, love, and change.

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

Other wonderful 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

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

If you like these quotes, you should check out our collection of explore quotes about the power of travel and adventure.

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

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Nature quotes that 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

If you like these quotes, you should check out our collection of blue quotes about the power of colors.

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 lift your spirits

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

More 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

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

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

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

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

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

You might also enjoy these John Muir quotes on life’s mountains.

What are your thoughts on these nature quotes and sayings?

Whatever way you choose to include nature into your life, make room for ordinary joys. From your window, you may observe sunrises and sunsets. On your way to work, take a moment to observe the lovely flowers. On weekends, go camping.

Use your favorite app to find fantastic ideas for reconnecting with Nature. You don’t have to drive far to feel at ease. Look for nearby parks, beaches, or lakes that are easily accessible.

Make time for yourself among the quiet waters and blooming flowers. Bring a friend along and share these nature quotes with them. Nothing beats heart-to-heart chats during a beautiful sunset (view sunset quotes).

What was your favorite of these nature quotes and sayings? Do you have any further inspirational quotes to share? Tell us in the comments section below.

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