Inspirational Quotes About Mother Nature

Mother Nature is the world’s greatest artist, and life is her canvas. Over the eons since our planet was formed, from the tiniest bacteria to the tallest mountain, all of nature has conspired to build the intricate, harmonious systems we all rely on. Humans are a creative expression of nature, and from the Earth we can find limitless inspiration.

Words can’t do justice to the awesome power of a summer storm or the delicate beauty reflected in a drop of dew, but they’re a start. Below, you’ll find a collection of quotes about Mother Nature, penned by great philosophers, timeless authors, wise elders, world explorers, and environmental leaders. 

What they all share is the wisdom, inspiration, healing and strength they’ve gleaned from the natural world, reflected in the messages and teachings they offer to the rest of us.

A Few of Our Favorite Uplifting Quotes About Mother Nature

“The earth is a living thing. Mountains speak, trees sing, lakes can think, pebbles have a soul, rocks have power.”

—Henry Crow Dog

“There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it.”

—Gustave Flaubert

“For me the door to the woods is the door to the temple.”

—Mary Oliver

“Mother Nature is always speaking. She speaks in a language understood within the peaceful mind of the sincere observer.” 

—Radhanath Swami

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

—Aristotle

"Fresh air is as good for the mind as for the body. Nature always seems to be trying to talk to us as if she had some great secret to tell. And so she has."

—John Lubbock





“Nature never hurries. Atom by atom, little by little, she achieves her work.”

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”

—Frank Lloyd Wright

“The earth has music for those who listen.”

—William Shakespeare

“In nature’s economy the currency is not money, it is life.”

—Vandana Shiva

“For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.”

—Jacques Cousteau

“When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.”

—Aldo Leopold

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts ...There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”

—Rachel Carson

“How strange that nature does not knock, and yet it does not intrude!”

—Emily Dickinson

“An understanding of the natural world is a source of not only great curiosity, but great fulfillment.”

—Sir David Attenborough





"We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us."

—Albert Einstein

“Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond.”

—Robin Wall Kimmerer

We hope these quotes inspire you to get outside and experience what nature has to offer! Mother Nature is the ultimate artist, but as a part of the world, you are also a creator: of the life you want to live, of the impact you wish to have on the world around you, and the legacy you will one day leave behind.