Nature Quotes

Small: A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine
"A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine"
Anne Bronte, Novelist
Small: Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises
"Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises"
Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Dramatist
Small: How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!
Emily Dickinson
"How strange that nature does not knock, and yet does not intrude!"
Emily Dickinson, Poet
Small: 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, President
Small: Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher
William Wordsworth
"Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher"
William Wordsworth, Poet
Small: I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, an
Wendell Berry
"I am not bound for any public place, but for ground of my own where I have planted vines and orchard trees, and in the heat of the day climbed up into the healing shadow of the woods"
Wendell Berry, Poet
Small: Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when
"Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit"
Anton Chekhov, Dramatist
Small: I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and dont notice it
Alice Walker
"I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it"
Alice Walker, Author
Small: A bird doesnt sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song
"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song"
Lou Holtz, Coach
Small: Im very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own
Norman MacCaig
"I'm very gregarious, but I love being in the hills on my own"
Norman MacCaig, Poet
Small: One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all d
"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today"
Dale Carnegie, Writer
Small: Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend
"Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend"
Mao Tse-Tung, Leader
Small: Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person
Sandra Day O'Connor
"Having family responsibilities and concerns just has to make you a more understanding person"
Sandra Day O'Connor, Judge
Small: What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesnt have any doubt - it is sure to get where it is going
"What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt - it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn't want to go anywhere else"
Hal Boyle, Reporter
Small: Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire t
"Life has loveliness to sell, all beautiful and splendid things, blue waves whitened on a cliff, soaring fire that sways and sings, and children's faces looking up, holding wonder like a cup"
Sara Teasdale, Author
Small: All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God
"All things are artificial, for nature is the art of God"
Thomas Browne, Scientist
Small: The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful
"The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful"
e. e. cummings, Poet
Small: The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness
"The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness"
John Muir, Environmentalist
Small: The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as
"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, Scientist
Small: I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of
"I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes"
e. e. cummings, Poet
Small: Birds have wings theyre free they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many
"Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy"
Roger Tory Peterson, Environmentalist
Small: Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and
"Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books"
John Lubbock, Statesman
Small: Bats drink on the wing, like swallows, by sipping the surface, as they play over pools and streams
"Bats drink on the wing, like swallows, by sipping the surface, as they play over pools and streams"
Gilbert White, Scientist
Small: There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind
"There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind"
Annie Dillard, Author
Small: Breathless, we flung us on a windy hill, Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass
"Breathless, we flung us on a windy hill, Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass"
Rupert Brooke, Poet
Small: Birds sing after a storm why shouldnt people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?
"Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?"
Rose Kennedy, Author
Small: Nothing is so beautiful as spring - when weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush Thrushs eggs look li
"Nothing is so beautiful as spring - when weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush's eggs look little low heavens, and thrush through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring the ear, it strikes like lightning to hear him sing"
Gerard Manley Hopkins, Poet
Small: Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the
"Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger"
Saint Basil, Saint
Small: There is no forgiveness in nature
"There is no forgiveness in nature"
Ugo Betti, Playwright
Small: Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature
"Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature"
Gerard De Nerval, Novelist
Small: I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees.
Hamlin Garland
"I remember a hundred lovely lakes, and recall the fragrant breath of pine and fir and cedar and poplar trees. The trail has strung upon it, as upon a thread of silk, opalescent dawns and saffron sunsets"
Hamlin Garland, Novelist
Small: Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a
"Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains"
Diane Ackerman, Poet
Small: When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck
"When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck"
James Whitcomb Riley, Poet
Small: A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water
"A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water"
Carl Reiner, Actor
Small: Occasionally I have come across a last patch of snow on top of a mountain in late May or June. Theres somethin
Andy Goldsworthy
"Occasionally I have come across a last patch of snow on top of a mountain in late May or June. There's something very powerful about finding snow in summer"
Andy Goldsworthy, Artist
Small: Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lull
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, Poet
Small: Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sun
Langston Hughes
"Beauty for some provides escape, who gain a happiness in eyeing the gorgeous buttocks of the ape or Autumn sunsets exquisitely dying"
Langston Hughes, Poet
Small: If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe
Carl Sagan
"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe"
Carl Sagan, Scientist
Small: Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush
"Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush"
Doug Larson, Cartoonist
Small: We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones
Jules Verne
"We may brave human laws, but we cannot resist natural ones"
Jules Verne, Author