96 Nature quotes of wonder, beauty, and power.

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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.

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Mother Nature Quotes

Nature Therapy Quotes

Beauty of Nature Quotes

Nature Adventure Quotes

Funny Nature Quote

Short Nature Quotes

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.

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Fresh air is as good for the mind as for the body. Nature always seems trying to talk to us as if she had some great secret to tell. And so she has.”
John Lubbock
Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.”
Henry David Thoreau
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”

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.

What did the tree learn from the earth to be able to talk with the sky?”

Pablo Neruda

Not only is Mother Earth personified across time and people, but the very elements of the natural world are, too.

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

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.

Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.”
Carl Sagan
Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.”

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.

But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.”
Rachel Carson
Hello, sun in my face. Hello, you who made the morning and spread it over the fields ...Watch, now, how I start the day in happiness, in kindness.”

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.

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”
Frank Lloyd Wright
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.”

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.

The earth does not belong to us; we belong to the earth.”

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.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
Truly the schemes and wonders of Nature are illimitable.”

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.

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

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.

Let us draw a lesson from nature, which always works by short ways. When the fruit is ripe, it falls.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Where flowers bloom, so does hope.”
Lady Bird Johnson
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

Nature is filled with symbolism and ripe with metaphors that you can take with you.

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

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.

Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.”
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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

The kind of peace you can feel in an open or isolated area outside is unmatched by any manmade environment.

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

Rachel Carson

Beauty in nature is an inexhaustible resource and an endless source of astonishment.

I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.”

Anne Frank

Think about what being outdoors must have meant for this young author while she was writing her famous diary, confined in hiding.

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
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
My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature.”
Claude Monet
For a time, I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.”

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.

Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting—over and over announcing your place in the family of things.”
Mary Oliver
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”

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.

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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

When and where could you make the effort to let the stars, trees, sunrise, and wind back into your life?

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

Alice Walker

Like true love, nature love quotes touch on how we love because of the imperfections, not in spite of them.

To the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.”
William Blake
If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”
Frances Hodgson Burnett
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
Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”

Henry David Thoreau

If you look at every plant, ever insect, every waterfall as something incredible, you realize that you’re surrounded by miracles.

There are always flowers for those who want to see them.”

Henri Matisse

How many times have you looked through a field of flowers without taking the time to really see?

Should you shield the canyons from the windstorms you would never see the true beauty of their carvings.”
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
The dewy night unrolls a heaven thickly jeweled with sparkling stars.”
Virgil
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

How much do you think a troop of girl scouts or boy scouts would rally behind this quote on a banner?

‘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

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.

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.”
Rachel Carson
The stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they’re watching me.”

Haruki Murakami

How could you depict this image on a poster?

Never yet was a springtime when the buds forgot to bloom.”
Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
Sunsets are proof that endings can often be beautiful, too.”
Beau Taplin
If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”

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.

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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”
John Muir
Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.”

E.B. White

Always be on the lookout for a trail head that invites you to follow it into the unknown.

Leave the road, take the trails.”

Pythagoras

Hikers, mountain bikers, and trail runners would gladly share this quote on posters, t-shirts, flyers, social media posts, and more.

As I grew up I was fervently desirous of becoming acquainted with Nature.”
John James Audubon
I wish the world was twice as big―and half of it was still unexplored.”
Sir David Frederick Attenborough
The mountains are calling and I must go.”
John Muir
Nature is also great fun. To pretend that nature isn’t fun is to miss much of the joy of being alive.”

Diane Ackerman

If you spend enough time outdoors, time indoors will start to seem boring.

The best way to experience the world is by going outside and exploring it.”

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How would this quote look on a bon voyage card before a friend goes off on an adventure?

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.”
Walt Whitman
During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks.”

John James Audubon

Consider a walk in nature, a reading of signs. Where does Nature say to go? Go find out for yourself.

A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves.”

Marcel Proust

Nature has many different moods, and just as many different costumes.

We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.”
Albert Einstein
It never hurts to keep looking for sunshine.”

A. A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh

If the weather outside your front door doesn’t suit you, keep walking. Venture to where it does.

I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.”

Henry David Thoreau

What do you gain from your outdoor adventures?

To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.”
Mahatma Gandhi
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. May your rivers flow without end …”
Edward Abbey
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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.

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Life sucks a lot less when you add mountain air, a campfire and some peace and quiet.”
Brooke Hampton
There is no Wi-Fi in the forest, but I promise you will find a better connection.”

Ralph Smart

Use this quote on a card for a smartphone addict in your life.

The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.”
D. H. Lawrence
Spring is nature's way of saying, ‘Let's party!’”

Robin Williams

Well, that’s one way to look at it.

Going on a hike is like having your car break down but on purpose.”

John Lyon

Going on a hike might feel nonsensical to some, but that shows just how far removed from nature we are.

You can cut all the flowers, but you can’t keep spring from coming.”
Pablo Neruda
Hiking is just walking where it's okay to pee.”

Demetri Martin

Ask your hiking and trail-running friends about this and watch their eyes dart as they justify their answer.

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.”
Frank Lloyd Wright
Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.”
Michel de Montaigne
I have a room all to myself; it is nature.”

Henry David Thoreau

If you want to be alone, venturing into nature is surely a way to do it.

If you can't be in awe of Mother Nature, there's something wrong with you.”

Alex Trebek

Use this quote in a photo collage filled with amazing photos of the natural world.

Mountains have a way of dealing with overconfidence.”
Hermann Buhl
The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.”
E. E. Cummings
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.”

Margaret Atwood

Remember this when your dogs come in tracking dirt from the yard.

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.”
Aldous Huxley
Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.”

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.

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The earth has its music for those who will listen.”
Reginald Holmes
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The power of nature isn’t always fast and flashy. Some of its greatest powers go quietly unnoticed.

Nature is pleased with simplicity.”
Sir Isaac Newton
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.”

Helen Keller

What kind of drawings or pictures could go with this quote in a card or letter?

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.”
William Shakespeare
If we save our wild places, we will ultimately save ourselves.”

Steve Irwin

Short and direct, this quote is well-suited for enviro-conscious and sustainability focused campaigns.

Nature is the art of God.”

Dante Alighieri

Six words, endless imagery.

Nature is not a place to visit, it is home.”
Gary Snyder
Choose only one master—nature.”
Rembrandt
A walk in nature walks the soul back home.”

Mary Davis

We all start and end as part of nature.

We can never have enough of nature.”
Henry David Thoreau
The poetry of the earth is never dead.”

John Keats

How do you suppose Mother Nature “writes” her poetry? With the tide? With the wind? Do the birds recite it for her?

Storms make trees take deeper roots.”

Dolly Parton

Short nature quotes can still pack big symbolism.

Nature is loved by what is best in us.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walking is a man’s best medicine.”

Hippocrates

You know Hippocrates wasn’t referring to walking on an indoor track.

Men argue. Nature acts.”
Voltaire
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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.

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