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Getting Back To Nature Quotes For Those Who Love The Outdoors

Getting into nature can be a way to reconnect with who we are. Listening to the birds in the trees and watching wildlife emerge can be a simple act to realign ourselves. The way we interact with the wild can help us to center ourselves and get back to a balanced life.

Whether you need inspiration to get into the wilderness again, or to feel connected with the natural world. These quotes and sayings will raise a feeling of positivity and help you to feel lighter.

We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us. —Albert Einstein
We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us. —Albert Einstein
It is said that the forest has a certain limit if you look straight ahead, but the sides are boundless. —Riccardo Bozzi
It is said that the forest has a certain limit if you look straight ahead, but the sides are boundless. —Riccardo Bozzi
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. —Robert Louis Stevenson
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant. —Robert Louis Stevenson
The Amen of nature is always a flower. —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
The Amen of nature is always a flower. —Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral. —John Burroughs
Nature teaches more than she preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral. —John Burroughs
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble. —Blaise Pascal
The least movement is of importance to all nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble. —Blaise Pascal
The poetry of the earth is never dead. —John Keats
The poetry of the earth is never dead. —John Keats
Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. —Henry van Dyke
Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. —Henry van Dyke
I think nature’s imagination is so much greater than man’s, she’s never going to let us relax. —Richard Feynman
I think nature’s imagination is so much greater than man’s, she’s never going to let us relax. —Richard Feynman
Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature. —Steve Maraboldi
Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature. —Steve Maraboldi
 The earth is what we all have in common. —Wendell Berry
The earth is what we all have in common. —Wendell Berry
Man’s heart away from nature becomes hard. —Standing Bear
Man’s heart away from nature becomes hard. —Standing Bear
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. —Joseph Campbell
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. —Joseph Campbell
Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
There are always flowers for those who want to see them. —Henri Matisse
There are always flowers for those who want to see them. —Henri Matisse

Nature Quotes To Inspire And Motivate

Land really is the best art. —Andy Warhol
Land really is the best art. —Andy Warhol
To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few. —Emily Dickinson
To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee, And revery. The revery alone will do, If bees are few. —Emily Dickinson
If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere. —Laura Ingalls Wilder
If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere. —Laura Ingalls Wilder
Choose only one master—nature. —Rembrandt
Choose only one master—nature. —Rembrandt
Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature. —Gerard De Nerval
Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature. —Gerard De Nerval
Nature is loved by what is best in us. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature is loved by what is best in us. —Ralph Waldo Emerson
Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. —Hans Christian Andersen
Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. —Hans Christian Andersen
There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter. —Rachel Carson
There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter. —Rachel Carson
I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored. —David Attenborough
I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored. —David Attenborough
The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration. —Claude Monet
The richness I achieve comes from Nature, the source of my inspiration. —Claude Monet
The ocean is a mighty harmonist. —William Wordsworth
The ocean is a mighty harmonist. —William Wordsworth
I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. —John Burroughs
I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. —John Burroughs
A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. —Walt Whitman
A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. —Walt Whitman
There’s a whole world out there, right outside your window. You’d be a fool to miss it. —Charlotte Eriksson
There’s a whole world out there, right outside your window. You’d be a fool to miss it. —Charlotte Eriksson
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
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
The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure. —D. H. Lawrence
The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure. —D. H. Lawrence
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
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
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
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

Nature Quotes To Make You Smile

Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are. —Gretel Ehrlich
Everything in nature invites us constantly to be what we are. —Gretel Ehrlich
 Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do. —Michel de Montaigne
Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do. —Michel de Montaigne
Life sucks a lot less when you add mountain air, a campfire and some peace and quiet. —Brooke Hampton
Life sucks a lot less when you add mountain air, a campfire and some peace and quiet. —Brooke Hampton
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. —William Shakespeare
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. —William Shakespeare
The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do. —Galileo Galilei
The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do. —Galileo Galilei
To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. —Jane Austen
To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment. —Jane Austen
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. —Albert Einstein
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. —Albert Einstein
To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. —Helen Keller
To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug. —Helen Keller
Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. —Henry David Thoreau
Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. —Henry David Thoreau
In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful. –Alice Walker
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’s beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude. —Louie Schwartzberg
Nature’s beauty is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude. —Louie Schwartzberg
The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful. —E. E. Cummings
The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful. —E. E. Cummings
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. —Khalil Gibran
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. —Khalil Gibran
Some of nature’s most exquisite handiwork is on a miniature scale, as anyone knows who has applied a magnifying glass to a snowflake. —Rachel Carson
Some of nature’s most exquisite handiwork is on a miniature scale, as anyone knows who has applied a magnifying glass to a snowflake. —Rachel Carson
Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind. —Amit Ray
Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind. —Amit Ray
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. —Frank Lloyd Wright
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. —Frank Lloyd Wright
If you can’t be in awe of Mother Nature, there’s something wrong with you. —Alex Trebek
If you can’t be in awe of Mother Nature, there’s something wrong with you. —Alex Trebek
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries. —Jimmy Carter
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries. —Jimmy Carter

What Next & Further Reading

Get outside and start to enjoy the wildlife of our youth. Try to reconnect and reattune yourself to nature’s harmony.

The times of getting away from it all and spending time in the wilds are not over. Remembering times when we ran free and had fun together in nature will help to spark the inspiration to get back out there.

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