Nature Quotes

Mountains, oceans, and everything growing in between. The natural world as teacher and mirror.

18018 quotes

L
"The beauty of nature reminds us of what truly matters in life."
Leopold Sédar Senghor
"The land is not made to order for the bourgeoisie."
Frantz Fanon
W
"In struggling to save the lives of wild animals, we end up saving our own skins."
Wangari Maathai
W
"We have made a terrible mistake by divorcing ourselves from nature. We have forgotten that we are part of nature."
Wangari Maathai
W
"The environment is not separate from humanity. It is a part of us."
Wangari Maathai
W
"When we remove ourselves from the rhythms of nature, we remove ourselves from reality."
Wangari Maathai
W
"The Earth does not belong to us; we belong to the Earth."
Wangari Maathai
A
"We are the people of the earth, and the earth speaks through us."
Aimé Césaire
G
"There is no Planet B."
Greta Thunberg
G
"Nature doesn't negotiate. Neither should we."
Greta Thunberg
E
"Nature is not a resource to be exploited but a system to be understood"
Edward Said
D
"The battle for the environment will be fought in the chambers of commerce and boardrooms, not in the wilderness."
David Brower
D
"There is a stark difference between what we preserve and what we merely endure."
David Brower
D
"The mountains do not belong to us; we belong to the mountains."
David Brower
D
"The wilderness teaches us humility in an age that celebrates dominion."
David Brower
D
"The wilderness does not ask for much—only that we leave it alone."
David Brower
D
"The wilderness is not a place we go to; it is a part of ourselves we recover there."
David Brower
L
"Nature teaches us lessons that no classroom can match."
Leopold Sédar Senghor
L
"The night sky reminds us of our smallness and our infinite potential."
Leopold Sédar Senghor
W
"As the nature of the forest is to grow, so the nature of humanity is to grow."
Wangari Maathai
W
"The environment is integral to our survival, not just a nice thing to have."
Wangari Maathai
W
"The real work of environmental conservation is not about protecting forests and wildlife alone."
Wangari Maathai
W
"Every blade of grass has an angel bending over it, saying 'Grow, grow.'"
Wangari Maathai
W
"The earth does not belong to us; we belong to the earth."
Wangari Maathai
A
"We abuse land because we see it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect."
Aldo Leopold
A
"Wilderness is a resource which can shrink but not grow."
Aldo Leopold
A
"Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land."
Aldo Leopold
A
"Wildlife can still serve us in the economic sense, but we abuse our privilege when we try to make it serve us in no other way."
Aldo Leopold
A
"The crows do not all wear the same clothing, but when viewed at a distance appear as one black mass."
Aldo Leopold
A
"The land is one organism. Its parts, like our own parts, compete with each other and cooperate with each other."
Aldo Leopold