96 Nature quotes of wonder, beauty, and power.
A complete collection of quotes about nature to use in every imaginable project.
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Famous nature quotes you’ll want to share.
It’s easy to forget that we’re part of nature. We live in an insulated home and wake up with the blinds down. We get ready for the day with a dozen products that come out of tubes and boxes. We breathe fresh air for less than a minute on our way from the door to the car, and again on our way from the car into the office.
So much of our existence is about shielding us from the natural world. Still, we’re organisms on this green Earth. We’re creatures who feed off its bounties. We’re humbled by its power with every storm. Our very existence is based on Mother Nature’s whims.
Countless nature quotes have gone down in the history books as we try to understand nature and our place in it. History’s great thinkers, leaders, artists, and personalities have each had a different spin on the subject, and the resulting treasure of nature quotes is now yours to peruse.
Mother Nature quotes of admiration and respect.
Mother Nature, also called Mother Earth, is the personification of the natural world. Everything about her—the water, the air, the flora, and fauna—creates more life, which is where the idea of “mothering” began. Religions and philosophies from everywhere have looked at nature as a maternal “giver,” but also a mother to be revered.
Mother Nature can be as formidable as she can be nurturing, and these handpicked quotes capture her complex essence.
Lao Tzu
Patience is a recurring theme in quotes that personify nature. Scientific estimates say life on Earth started about 3.7 billion years ago, so it’s taken a while to make what we have today.
Pablo Neruda
Not only is Mother Earth personified across time and people, but the very elements of the natural world are, too.
Richard Feynman
Humankind has either fought or worked to harness nature’s power as long as we’ve existed, but Mother Nature never ceases to try something new.
Zeno
Zeno was a Greek philosopher famed for paradoxes he wrote to disprove ideas of time and space. This nod to Mother Nature is one thing he said that was never debated.
Mary Oliver
If you personify elements of nature, you suddenly don’t feel alone. The sun, the wind, the other living things all accompany us.
Khalil Gibran
The metaphors we can draw from Mother Nature are endless. We don’t forget our mothers, for example, and we shouldn’t forget Mother Nature.
Chief Seattle
It’s poetic for some and scary for others how, once our time is done, we’re returned to nature for us to create something new.
Charles Darwin
It seems like the philosophers and scientists who understood the world best were also those with the greatest respect for it.
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Nature therapy quotes on healing with nature.
The healing power of nature has been studied and celebrated since antiquity. Nature healing quotes are little doses of therapy themselves, and they each unlock a window into using nature to feel emotionally well.
Choose the peace nature quotes that instantly settle the din. These can be used in personal projects for your own inspiration, like photo collages or posters. They can also be used to spread natural wellness in flyers, banners, cards, and more. It’s all easy to make in Adobe Express—no experience required.
John Muir
There are so many nature walk quotes from famous explorers and philosophers that walking through nature must be a way to find peace and recharge.
Rachel Carson
Nature is filled with symbolism and ripe with metaphors that you can take with you.
Theodore Roosevelt
What would Teddy Roosevelt have said about the way we live today? Go for a walk outdoors without your cell phone, and you can discover what he was on about.
Sir John Lubbock
The kind of peace you can feel in an open or isolated area outside is unmatched by any manmade environment.
Rachel Carson
Beauty in nature is an inexhaustible resource and an endless source of astonishment.
Anne Frank
Think about what being outdoors must have meant for this young author while she was writing her famous diary, confined in hiding.
Wendell Berry
Use this quote on a card and you could combine it with a visual that you consider the “grace” of the natural world.
Albert Einstein
Some of the greatest scientific minds still marvel at the therapeutic power of nature.
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Beauty of nature quotes—down to the smallest and most precious detail.
Every texture, color, and aroma we perceive came first from nature, as with every source of beauty. Earth’s astounding landscapes vary from fire to ice, and the animals take every imaginable form. In fact, it’s nature’s endless creativity that makes it so beautiful.
Quotes about the beauty of nature capture your mind’s eye as fast as a camera’s shutter can close to capture it. These quotes conjure more than what you see, too. You can feel them.
Choose your favorite beauty of nature quotes and use them as a tribute to its glory. Nature’s beauty is constant, even when we don’t see it, and putting these quotes to good use helps us appreciate the beauty we’re surrounded by.
E.M. Forster
When and where could you make the effort to let the stars, trees, sunrise, and wind back into your life?
Alice Walker
Like true love, nature love quotes touch on how we love because of the imperfections, not in spite of them.
Henry David Thoreau
If you look at every plant, ever insect, every waterfall as something incredible, you realize that you’re surrounded by miracles.
Henri Matisse
How many times have you looked through a field of flowers without taking the time to really see?
John Ruskin
How much do you think a troop of girl scouts or boy scouts would rally behind this quote on a banner?
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Consider using this quote on a card to send to someone who needs it. The arrival of spring can be a sweet metaphor for better times, and, like the spring, it will always come.
Haruki Murakami
How could you depict this image on a poster?
Vincent van Gogh
When you read this quote, your eyes quickly refocus on the beauty around you. How did you miss it before?
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Nature adventure quotes fit for any expedition.
The deeper into nature you go, the more of an adventure it becomes. From camping to volcanic marathons, travel nature quotes spark our inner adventurer. Quotes from real explorers and philosophers aren’t alone here, either. There are also scientists, poets, and even Winnie the Pooh leaving us food for thought.
Choose your favorite nature adventure quotes and put them to good use. The inner adventurer in all of us clamors to get out as soon as these quotes are shared.
E.B. White
Always be on the lookout for a trail head that invites you to follow it into the unknown.
Pythagoras
Hikers, mountain bikers, and trail runners would gladly share this quote on posters, t-shirts, flyers, social media posts, and more.
Diane Ackerman
If you spend enough time outdoors, time indoors will start to seem boring.
Unattributed
How would this quote look on a bon voyage card before a friend goes off on an adventure?
John James Audubon
Consider a walk in nature, a reading of signs. Where does Nature say to go? Go find out for yourself.
Marcel Proust
Nature has many different moods, and just as many different costumes.
A. A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh
If the weather outside your front door doesn’t suit you, keep walking. Venture to where it does.
Henry David Thoreau
What do you gain from your outdoor adventures?
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Funny nature quote to make you smile (and, of course, get outdoors).
Cute nature quotes shelve the deep-thinking topics and turn instead to a good laugh. Nature is beautiful, it’s therapeutic, and it’s inspirational. That doesn’t mean, though, that we can’t laugh at ourselves in nature—or at Nature herself.
Some of these funny nature quotes make a dry stab at something cliché. Others personify nature in a less-than-graceful way. Still others call out the messy way we interact with her.
Choose your favorite funny nature quotes and imagine the fun you could have with them in social media graphics, posters, and more.
Ralph Smart
Use this quote on a card for a smartphone addict in your life.
Robin Williams
Well, that’s one way to look at it.
John Lyon
Going on a hike might feel nonsensical to some, but that shows just how far removed from nature we are.
Demetri Martin
Ask your hiking and trail-running friends about this and watch their eyes dart as they justify their answer.
Henry David Thoreau
If you want to be alone, venturing into nature is surely a way to do it.
Alex Trebek
Use this quote in a photo collage filled with amazing photos of the natural world.
Margaret Atwood
Remember this when your dogs come in tracking dirt from the yard.
Steven Wright
When we look at our own insistence on driving pretty much everywhere, it’s hard not to sigh and laugh.
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Short nature quotes to use absolutely everywhere.
Short nature quotes can fit anywhere you have limited characters, which comes in handy for projects like banners or social media graphics. They’re also easy to memorize so you can use them in conversation.
Most importantly, short nature quotes get right to the point so that your project can, too.
Take your pick of these short nature quotes and imagine all you can do with them. Remember, it’s all easy in Adobe Express—no experience required.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The power of nature isn’t always fast and flashy. Some of its greatest powers go quietly unnoticed.
Steve Irwin
Short and direct, this quote is well-suited for enviro-conscious and sustainability focused campaigns.
Dante Alighieri
Six words, endless imagery.
Mary Davis
We all start and end as part of nature.
John Keats
How do you suppose Mother Nature “writes” her poetry? With the tide? With the wind? Do the birds recite it for her?
Dolly Parton
Short nature quotes can still pack big symbolism.
Hippocrates
You know Hippocrates wasn’t referring to walking on an indoor track.
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Tips to put nature quotes to good use.
Nature is admirable, formidable, and utterly extraordinary. The 96 nature quotes above only scratch the surface of what humankind has said and observed about it.
Yet, in a surprisingly short time, we’ve become creatures of an artificial indoor world. There are few of us who interact with soil, or river water, or living plant life on a daily basis.
Put these nature quotes to good use in every kind of project, because our world needs to see them. Imagine what impact these quotes could have in:
Exercise: Is it time you got outside more, too?
Set aside some time to explore a natural area. Then, try this:
Go to that spot with a reasonable amount of time to explore (at least an hour).
Draw, take notes, or snap photos of everything that catches your eye, like the color of a flower, the texture of a tree, or the ripples of who-knows-what under the water’s surface.
Then, each day after that, choose one of those details. See how many more examples of that detail you can find in the natural world nearby. How many more things of the same color? How many things with the same texture? You’ll be surprised how much more you appreciate the world around you.
Adobe Express can help.
Adobe Express has templates and customization tools to put your favorite nature quotes to work. If you want to use nature quotes in cards, letters, posters, banners, photo collages, flyers, or other creative projects, Adobe Express makes it as simple as picking a template and personalizing it, or making your own idea with easy-to-use tools. Whatever message you want to transmit, Adobe Express brings it to life, no experience required.