WWF Words of Inspiration

We can learn a lot from nature, even on the days we can't get outside. Check out our favorite nature quotes from famous thinkers by selecting the emotion closest to how you're feeling.

How are you feeling today?

happy sniffer dog

HAPPY

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HAPPY

  • “Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.”
    Gerard de Nerval

  • “Go where you feel most alive.”
    Unknown

  • “How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!”
    John Muir

Golden-haired monkey sitting in tree

SAD

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SAD

  • “Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.”
    Christopher Morley

  • “It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses, we must plant more roses.”
    George Eliot

  • “Storms make trees take deeper roots.”
    Dolly Parton

Chimpanzee

ANXIOUS

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ANXIOUS

  • “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
    Lao Tzu

  • “Time spent around trees is never wasted time.”
    Katrina Mayer

  • “Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience.”
    Ralph Waldo Emerson

African Forest Elephant calf with mother running

EXCITED

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EXCITED

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

  • “Colors are the smiles of nature.”
    Leigh Hunt

  • “When you stop and look around, the world is pretty amazing.”
    Dr. Seuss

tiger growling

ANGRY

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ANGRY

  • “I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.”
    Henry David Thoreau

  • “The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”
    Rabindranath Tagore

  • “Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.”
    Rumi

fennec fox sleeping

CALM

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CALM

  • “My soul steers me into nature's silence.”
    Angie Weiland-Crosby

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

  • “Green calmness below, blue quietness above.”
    Unknown

PHOTO CREDITS: Sniffer dog ©Wayne Wu/TRAFFIC; Monkey ©WWF-US/AARON CLAUSEN; Chimpanzee ©WWF/Megan Smith; Baby elephant ©naturepl.com/Jabruson/WWF; Tiger ©Chris Martin Bahr / WWF-Canon; Fennec fox ©Shutterstock.