120 beautiful nature captions perfect for your Instagram pics! – Walk through my world (2023)

Whenever we need a little inspiration, we always head out into nature. If we can't get into the wilderness of a national park, a few trees will do! No matter how difficult the day was, reconnecting with nature always brings perspective and we always leave better than when we arrived.

We hope these quotes will inspire you to get out into nature and give you a great caption on this Instagram pic!

Nature captions for Instagram

"By discovering nature, you discover yourself."

-Maxime Lagace

“The antidote to exhaustion is not rest. It is nature.”

- Schikoba

- Vincent van Gogh

"Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumblebee, the little child and the smiling faces. Smell the rain and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest and fight for your dreams."

– Ashley Smith

"Going to the mountains is like going home."

-John Muir

"Time spent under trees is never wasted time."

-Katrin Mayer

“It seems to me that nature is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. She is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.”

-David Attenborough

"I go into nature to be calmed and healed and to get my senses in order."

– John Burroughs

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

- Jacques-Yves Cousteau

"To me, a lush rug of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug."

- Helen Keller

"Understanding the natural world is not only a source of great curiosity, but also of great fulfillment."

-David Attenborough

"Remember that the earth is glad to feel your bare feet and the wind longs to play with your hair."

- Khalil Gibran

"I can't remember a time when nature didn't fascinate me. I would say that almost all children find wildlife interesting. You only have to show a child a snail or a spider to see that they are fascinated by it. So of those who lose that interest as they enter adulthood, all I can ask is, 'How on earth did you let that happen?'"

-David Attenborough

"Land really is the best art."

- Andy Warhol

-John Muir

“Everything in nature constantly invites us to be what we are. "

- Gretel Ehrlich

"The forest captures people's hearts not so much for its beauty as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanates from old trees that so beautifully transforms and renews a weary mind."

-Robert Louis Stevenson

"There's a whole world out there, right outside your window. You'd be a fool if you missed it."

-Charlotte Eriksson

"Come out into the bright things, let nature be your teacher."

– William Wordsworth

"Sometime in life, the beauty of the world is enough. You don't have to photograph it, paint it, or remember it. It is enough."

- Toni Morrison

“There is a way nature speaks, the land speaks. Most of the time we just aren't patient enough, calm enough to pay attention to the story.”

– Linda Hogan

"Earth and sky, forest and field, lake and river, mountain and sea are excellent schoolmasters and teach us more than we can ever learn from books."

– John Lubbock

“To forget how to dig the earth and tend the soil is to forget yourself

Mahatma Gandhi

"Birds have always had the ability to pull me out of a dark room and bring relief in bad times."

- Jason Ward

"Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or societal boundaries."

-Jimmy Carter

"Take over the pace of nature. Her secret is patience."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Men fight. Nature works.”

- Voltaire

“Sunshine is delicious, rain refreshes, wind strengthens us, snow is intoxicating; There really is no such thing as bad weather, just different types of good weather.”

-John Ruskin

"I went for a walk in the forest and came out taller than the trees."

-Henry David Thoreau

"Choose only one master - nature."

-Rembrandt

"The best thing to do when it's raining is let it rain."

"I believe the best way to reconnect the heart, mind and soul of humanity with nature is when we share our individual stories."

- J. Drew Lanham

"All my life I've been excited like a child at new sights in nature."

- Marie Curie

"Leave the roads, take the trails."

- Pythagoras

"Keep and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known."

"Being able to smell the fresh air and disconnect from the messages and your phone — there's nothing quite like it."

- Jason Ward

"The goal of life is to align your heartbeat with that of the universe, to align your nature with nature."

-Joseph Campbell

"Should you protect the ravines from the storms, you would never see the true beauty of their carvings."

- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

“I felt my lungs expand with the onslaught of the landscape – air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, 'This is what being happy is like.'

-Sylvia Plath

"I think nature's imagination is so much bigger than human's, it will never let us relax!"

-Richard Phillip Feynman

"Nature must be commanded, must be obeyed."

- Franz Bacon

"Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit."

- Edward Abbey

"My wish is to always stay like this, to live quietly in a corner of nature."

- Claude Monet

“After all, the environment is where we all meet, where we all have a common interest. It's one thing we all share. It is not just a mirror of ourselves, but a focusing lens on what we can become.”

-Lady Bird Johnson

"But not only beautiful - the stars are like the trees in the forest, alive and breathing. And they are watching me.”

-Haruki Murakami

"The wilderness holds answers to questions that man has not yet learned to ask."

-Nancy Newhall

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

-Alice Walker

"The amen of nature is always a flower."

-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

"Anyone who looks at the beauty of the earth will find reserves of strength that will last a lifetime."

-Rachel Carson

"There is something wonderful in all things in nature."

- Aristotle

“Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success and love; everything will come back to you in abundance. That is the law of nature.”

Steve Maraboli

"Earth is what we all have in common."

-Wendell Berry

"To save wildlife and wild places, traction must come not from belching bad news, but from the poets, prophets, preachers, professors and presidents who have always dared to inspire."

-J Drew Lanham

"Use your talents: the forest would be very quiet if there were no birds singing except those that sing best."

-Henry van Dyke

"Now I see the secret to making the best human being, it's growing outdoors and eating and sleeping with the earth."

- Walt Whitman

“Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, sip the beverage, taste the fruit and surrender to the earth's influence.

-Henry David Thoreau

"I'm glad I won't be young in a future without wilderness."

-Aldo Leopold

“The slightest movement matters to all of nature. The entire ocean is affected by a pebble.”

-Blaise Pascal

"Nature is in no hurry, but everything is finished."

-Lao Tzu

"...and then I have nature and art and poetry, and if that's not enough, what is enough?"

- Vincent van Gogh

"The goal of life is a life in harmony with nature."

-Zeno

"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Look deep into nature, then you will understand everything better."

- Albert Einstein

"Between every pair of pines is a gateway to a new world."

-John Muir

"Just living is not enough. You have to have sunshine, freedom and a little flower."

- Hans Christian Andersen

"Some people could look at a mud puddle and see an ocean with ships."

- Zora Neale Hurston

"Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong"

- Winston Churchill

"Wherever you go, no matter the weather, always bring your own sunshine."

- Anthony J. D'Angelo

"If you want to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your hand."

- The Buddha

"There is a path over every mountain, even if you can't see it from the valley."

- Theodor Röthke

"Each flower is a soul blooming in nature."

-Gerard DeNerval

“The world must not be put in order. The world is in order. It is up to us to align ourselves with this command.”

- Heinrich Muller

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

-Alex Trebeck

"Any walk with nature gives you far more than you are looking for."

-John Muir

"All water has a perfect memory and is constantly trying to go back to where it was."

- Toni Morrison

"Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never let you down."

- Frank Lloyd Wright

"Colors are nature's smile."

- Leigh Hunt

"Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!'"

-Robin Williams

"There is no heaven on earth, but there are parts of it."

-Jules Renard

"The earth laughs in flowers."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Nature is not a place to visit. It's home."

-Gary Snyder

"The most beautiful thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure."

- D. H. Lawrence

"Nature rejoices in simplicity. And nature is not a dummy."

-Issac Newton

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

-Henri Matisse

"A touch of nature makes the whole world related."

- William Shakespeare

"Deep in their roots all flowers preserve the light."

- Theodor Röthke

"The family is one of nature's masterpieces."

- George Santayana

"Nature is the art of God."

-Dante Alighieri

"He who finds beauty in all of nature finds himself at one with the mysteries of life."

- L. Wolfe Gilbert

"If we surrendered to the intelligence of the earth, we could rise rooted like trees."

-Rainer Maria Rilke

"I just wish the world was twice the size and half of it was still unexplored."

-David Attenborough

"The ocean is a powerful harmonist."

-William Wordsworth

"To sit in the shade on a nice day and look at the green is the most complete refreshment."

- Jane Austen

"The beauty of nature is a gift that cultivates appreciation and gratitude."

- Louie Schwartzberg

"Nature is an infinite sphere, the center of which is everywhere and the circumference nowhere."

-Blaise Pascal

"We still don't know a thousandth of a percent of what nature has revealed to us."

- Albert Einstein

"They say the forest has a certain limit when you look straight ahead, but the sides are limitless."

-Riccardo Bozzi

"The beauty of nature is in the details."

- Natalie Engel

"Each flower is a soul blooming in nature."

-Gerard DeNerval

"Heaven is both under our feet and over our heads."

-Henry David Thoreau

"I believe in God, only I spell it nature."

-Frank Lloyd Wright

"If you really love nature, you will find beauty everywhere."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder

"There is something infinitely healing in nature's repeated refrains - the certainty that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter."

-Rachel Carson

"The sun, with all the planets revolving around and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else to do in the universe."

-Galilei

“To make a prairie it takes a clover and a bee, a clover and a bee and reverie. Daydreaming alone is enough when there are few bees.”

-Emily Dickinson

"Many eyes pass through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Earth has music for those who listen."

-William Shakespeare

“Nature teaches more than it preaches. There are no sermons in stones. It is easier to get a spark out of a stone than a moral.”

-John Burroughs

"A weed is no more than a flower in disguise."

-James Russel Lowell

"Though we say mountains belong to the land, they actually belong to those who love them."

-Dogen

"Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain hit your head with silver drops of liquid. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.”

-Langston Hughes

"Nature is loved by what is best in us."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A morning glory at my window gives me more satisfaction than the metaphysics of books."

-Walt Whitman

"Never, no, nature has never said one thing and wisdom another."

-Edmund Burke

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