Quotes about Outdoors

Touch nature. I'm serious—every day, your soul needs to engage creation.

Encounter weather whenever you can. Don't hide from it; experience it.

He didn't make Adam from polyester, but from the dust of the earth, and he didn't set him down at the mall, but in the outdoors, in nature. The created world, with all its beauty and diversity and wildness, this is the world God intended for us to live in relationship to.

The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books

I suppose I should make all the skis six foot and let Leif grow into them. That way we could all use them easy enough." He shook his head. "I know my wife would love to ski again. You ever seen anyone carry a baby in a sling or backpack while on skis?

No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden

No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, and no culture comparable to that of the garden.

He'd bivouacked on the north side of the town

Whenever you go out-of-doors, draw the chin in, carry the crown of the head high, and fill the lungs to the utmost; drink in the sunshine; greet your friends with a smile, and put soul into every handclasp.

I stood too. I didn't want to return to the village. I disliked even more the thought of returning to the small cabin. I was so thankful that it would soon be spring again and I could enjoy more and more of the outdoors.

But for one's health as you say, it is very necessary to work in the garden and see the flowers growing.

Every man is better for a period of work under the open sky.