Quotes about Nature
Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature.
— Alexander Hamilton
By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
— Confucius
A free people [claim] their rights as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate.
— Thomas Jefferson
To call everything that appears illogical, fantasy, fairy tale, or chimera would be practically to admit not understanding nature.
— Marc Chagall
I experience a period of frightening clarity in those moments when nature is so beautiful. I am no longer sure of myself, and the paintings appear as in a dream.
— Vincent Van Gogh
I guess it all depends on your nature. Some people can't stand being alone. I love solitude and silence. But when I come out of it, I'm a regular talking machine. It's all or nothing for me.
— Celine Dion
Nature is a vast repository of manly enjoyments.
— Henry Ward Beecher
He who would study nature in its wildness and variety, must plunge into the forest, must explore the glen, must stem the torrent, and dare the precipice.
— Washington Irving
Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
— Joseph Addison
It is his nature, not his standing, that makes the good man.
— Publilius Syrus
The nature of the leadership spirit is the inherent desire of all mankind to control and regulate both environment and circumstance.
— Myles Munroe
It is not only vain, but wicked, in a legislator to frame laws in opposition to the laws of nature, and to arm them with the terrors of death. This is truly creating crimes in order to punish them.
— Thomas Jefferson