Mother Nature is the ultimate inspiration. When you’re feeling sluggish, simply walking outside and getting fresh air can do wonders for your mood and outlook. Often, nature’s beauty can take your breath (and words) away. In those moments of awe, we like to turn to some of our favorite nature quotes that sum up how we’re feeling. These inspirational nature quotes will make you want to go on a hike, sit by the lake, or just step outside to your yard. Plus, short nature quotes with simple and concise language make great captions for Instagram. When words escape you, turn to some of the best literary minds for these beautiful nature quotes. Now get outside and get inspired!

“Nature is not a place to visit, it is home.” –Gary Snyder

“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” –John Muir

“What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?” –E.M. Forster

“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity, and by these I shall not regulate my propositions. And some see no nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.” –William Blake

“Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.” –Laura Ingalls Wilder

“My wish is to stay always like this, living quietly in a corner of nature.” –Claude Monet

“For a time, I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.” –Wendell Berry

“Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.” –Henry David Thoreau

“Fresh air is as good for the mind as for the body. Nature always seems trying to talk to us as if she had some great secret to tell. And so she has.” –John Lubbock

“Nature is pleased with simplicity.” –Sir Isaac Newton