Soulful Serenades: Country Life Quotes That Resonate

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Inspirational Country Quotes About Life

If country life be healthful to the body, it is no less so to the mind.

People have a tendency to see country life through rose-colored glasses.

The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men. And the one makes a better subject for contemplation than the other.

There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.

City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life.

I hate the countrie’s dirt and manners, yet I love the silence; I embrace the wit; A courtship, flowing here in full tide. But loathe the expense, the vanity and pride. No place each way is happy.

One gets, sensitive about losing mornings after getting a little used to them with living in a country. Each one of these endlessly varied daybreaks is an opera but once performed.

I prefer the country life. I live in Kingston, but there is lots of trees.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.

Knowledge and power in the city; peace and decency in the country.

Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.

The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for country life.

Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature.

To one who has been long in city pent, ’Tis very sweet to look into the fair And open face of heaven, — to breathe a prayer Full in the smile of the blue firmament.

In the end, for congenial sympathy, for poetry, for work, for original feeling and expression, for perfect companionship with one’s friends–give me the country.

How blessed is he, who leads a country life, Unvex’d with anxious cares, and void of strife! Who studying peace, and shunning civil rage, Enjoy’d his youth, and now enjoys his age: All who deserve his love, he makes his own; And, to be lov’d himself, needs only to be known.

Country acquaintances are charming only in the country and only in the summer. In the city in winter they lose half of their appeal.

All of us – we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children’s expectations.

English country life is more like Chekhov than The Archers or Thomas Hardy or even the Updike ethic with which it is sometimes compared.

The cities drain the country of the best part of its population: the flower of the youth, of both sexes, goes into the towns, andthe country is cultivated by a so much inferior class. The land,–travel a whole day together,–looks poverty-stricken, and the buildings plain and poor.

Whatever events in progress shall disgust men with cities, and infuse into them the passion for country life, and country pleasures, will render a service to the whole face of this continent, and will further the most poetic of all the occupations of real life, the bringing out by art the native but hidden graces of the landscape.

I do not compare the past with the present without a prejudice for either, but, great as the improvement in country life is in many respects, it seems a pity the old cheap, wholesome dishes have gone to make way for tinned and preserved foods.

The true India resides in its villages.

There is a city myth that country life was isolated and lonely; the truth is that farmers and their families then had a richer social life than they have now. They enjoyed a society organic, satisfying and whole, not mixed and thinned with the life of town, city and nation as it now is.

I’ll walk where my own nature would be leading: It vexes me to choose another guide: Where the grey flocks in ferny glens are feeding; Where the wild wind blows on the mountain-side.

I showed what I can do with butter, right? Eighty-five percent increase in sales. I’m very proud of them Country Life ads. They were funny and clever and classy like the Toblerone ads I grew up with.

The deadly monotony of Christian country life where there are no beggars to feed, no drunkards to credit, which are among the moral duties of Christians in cities, leads as naturally to the outvent of what Methodists call “revivals” as did the backslidings of the people in those days.

There is a vast deal of make-believe in the carefully nurtured sentiment for country life, and the barefoot boy, and the mountain girl.

A disciple said to him, “I am ready, in the quest for God , to give up anything: wealth, friends, family, country, life itself. What else can a person give up?” The Master calmly replied, “One’s beliefs about God.

America is woven of many strands; I would recognize them and let it so remain. It’s ‘winner take nothing’ that is the great truth of our country or of any country. Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat. Our fate is to become one, and yet many – This in not prophecy, but description.

When I was a kid, I lived in this small town way out in the country. We had three TV channels and one radio station. I couldn’t even get my hands on good comic books. My aunt, who is a librarian, gave me Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings,” Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House on the Prairie,” and Lewis’s “The Chronicles of Narnia.” They were such incredible treasures to have in my somewhat mundane country life.

Well, the first thing I had to do was to read a lot. First of all, about education… and looking at education from the Middle Ages right through to the 20th Century. The second major area was country life in the 19th Century, which I don’t know much about these days.

O Lord! I don’t know which is the worst of the country, the walking or the sitting at home with nothing to do.

The handling of our forests as a continuous, renewable resource means permanent employment and stability to our country life. The forests are also needed for mitigating extreme climatic fluctuations, holding the soil on the slopes, retaining the moisture in the ground, and controlling the equable flow of water in our streams.

I suppose the pleasure of the country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidences of the determination to live. That is a truism when said, but anything but a truism when daily observed. Nothing shows up the difference between the thing said or read, so much as the daily experience of it.

The ecology of the valley was complex beyond our understanding, and it began to die as we went on manipulating it in ever more frantic ways. As it went dead and empty of the old life it became a place where no one wanted to live. In our right minds we want to seek out places that reek of complexity. Our drive to industrialize soured and undercut the intimacies that drew most people to country life in the first place.

Who keeps the tavern and serves up the drinks? The peasant. Who squanders and drinks up money belonging to the peasant commune, the school, the church? The peasant. Who would steal from his neighbor, commit arson, and falsely denounce another for a bottle of vodka? The peasant.

The village had institutionalized all human functions in forms of low intensity…. Participation was high and organization was low. This is the formula for stability.

No, in country money, the country scale of gain, the requisite lift of spirit has never been found.

The old brown hen and the old blue sky, Between the two we live and die the broken cartwheel on the hill.

True country music is honesty, sincerity, and real life to the hilt. – Garth Brooks

There is a vast deal of make-believe in the carefully nurtured sentiment for country life, and the barefoot boy, and the mountain girl. – Agnes Repplier

The whole race of scribblers flies from the town and yearns for country life. – Horace

The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God. – William Penn

The country does what the city cannot. It quietens the mind and brings simplicity into one’s life. – Donna Goddard

The city reveals the moral ends of being and sets the awful problem of life. The country soothes us, refreshes us… – Edwin Hubbel Chapin

People have a tendency to see country life through rose-colored glasses. – PJ Harvey

Once wealth and beauty are gone, there is always rural life. – Mason Cooley

Now it’s the little moments that stop me in my tracks, because that’s what life is all about. – Joanna Gaines

Not by human dwellings – not in crowded cities alone, are the sights and sounds of life. The wildest places of the earth are full of them. – Solomon Northup

In the country, without any interference from the law, the agricultural life favors the permanence of families. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

I would choose country life over city life any day.

If country life is healthful to the body, it is no less so to the mind. – Giovanni Ruffini

I really feel that my body craves to be in the mountains or by the ocean or in the countryside. – Miranda Kerr

I prefer the country life. – Ziggy Marley

I suppose the pleasure of country life lies really in the eternally renewed evidences of the determination to live. – Vita Sackville-West

I think the jokes would have been a bit broader and a bit more obvious in terms of the day-to-day of country life. – Simon Pegg

I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind. – Albert Einstein

I have thought that a good test of civilization, perhaps one of the best, is country life. Where country life is safe and enjoyable, a high state of civilization prevails. – John Burroughs

Country things are the necessary root of our life – and that remains true even of a rootless and tragically urban civilization… – Esther Meynell

Meaningful Country Life Quotes

Country style dating doesn’t require a lot of money because we enjoy the simple things in life. Things like picnics, fishing, BBQ’s, bonfires, muddin, sunrises, sunsets and truck bed star gazing.

Country life has its advantages… You sit on the veranda drinking tea and your ducklings swim on the pond… – Anton Chekhov

City people make most of the fuss about the charms of country life. – Mason Cooley

City life is no life for a country man; for such a man that life is a kind of damnation in itself. – Stephen King

Life is either a great adventure or nothing. – Helen Keller

In cities no one is quiet but many are lonely; in the country, people are quiet but few are lonely. – Geoffrey F. Fisher

If you violate Nature’s laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman. – Luther Burbank

I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. – Sylvia Plath

I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country. – Amos Bronson Alcott

I can be as stubborn as a mule, sweet as tea, angry as a hornet, or loyal like a soldier. It all depends on you.

I believe this world ain’t half as bad as it looks. I believe most people are good. – Luke Bryan

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will. – Charlotte Brontë

I am glad I will not be young in a future without wilderness. – Aldo Leopold

You will love your country even more once you understand that it’s completely yours.

Two things revolutionized my life: moving to the countryside and falling in love. – Nick Love

There’s no such thing as standing still and just singing a song. I love jumping into the crowd. I love to dance. – Thomas Rhett

Sunset skies, bonfire nights. I love the simple things. That’s how I’ll always be.

People who love their country are the ones who can change it.

Modern war is not for the love of country.

Men are taught virtue and a love of independence by living in the country. – Menander

Loving your home means you love your homeland.

Love for your native country makes you the best cosmopolite.

Love for your country doesn’t mean love for the president.

It’s our duty to make our countries a good place to love in for everyone.

In all the world you’ll never find a love as true as mine. – George Strait

I’m a country singer. I love all kinds of music, but country is where my loyalty lies. That’s just me and what I do, and I’m not going to change it. – -George Strait

I loved making Pure Country. It was a great learning experience for me, seeing another part of the entertainment industry. – George Strait

A true nationalist works for the love of country.

I love not man the less, but Nature more. – Lord Byron

Patriotism is a permanent dedication to your country.

You will appreciate your country more after residing in a foreign one.

You know you’ve got the keys to a country boy’s heart when you have the keys to his truck.

You get your hands in it, plant your roots in it. Dusty head lights dance with your boots in it. – Florida Georgia Line

You can dress like a country girl. But can you work like one?

When I… moved to the country, I felt as if I could finally exhale that little bit of breath I’d been unconsciously holding in my lungs. – Cecily Schmidt

When I am in the country I wish to vegetate like the country. – William Hazlitt

When citizens are united, there’s no wrong that cannot be fixed.

A country remains free as long as its citizens are brave.

We’re like fire and gasoline. I’m no good for you, you’re no goof for me. We only bring each other tears and sorrow. – Chris Young

We must return to nature and nature’s god. – Luther Burbank

You’re the rock in my roll. You’re good for my soul. It’s true. I’m head over boots for you. – Jon Pardi

Warm familiar scents drift softly from the oven, and imprint forever upon our hearts that this is home and that we are loved. – Arlene Stafford-Wilson

Tumble outta bed and stumble to the kitchen… pour myself a cup of ambition. – Dolly Parton

Townsfolk have no conception of the peace that mother nature bestows. – Halldor Laxness

Those shining stars, he liked to point out, were one of the special treats for people like us who lived out in the wilderness. – Jeannette Walls

This world could use more Yes sir and no ma’am and less swag and yolo.

This pure air braces the listless nerves, and warms the blood: I feel in freedom here. – Joanna Baillie

No other land but our own country offers the highest good.

Never trust a guy that doesn’t like to fish, can’t shoot a gun or won’t shake your daddy’s hand.

Never forget your roots and show understanding towards everyone.

Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. – John Muir

My mama taught me never throw the first punch. But you can bet your sweet ass I WILL throw the last one!

Music is the universal language of mankind. – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Most girls want a prince charming but what I want is a truck driving, boot wearing, southern rooted, sweet hearted country boy.

Might have a little mud on my boots but we’re gonna dance the dust right off them tonight. – Jon Pardi

Mama tried to raise a lady but daddy won. He raised a lady who doesn’t take shit from anyone.

Loving your country doesn’t necessarily mean supporting your government.

City life is no life for a country man; for such a man that life is a kind of damnation in itself.

There is no practice… which tends to renovate the constitution, than a temporary retirement to the country…

It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book.

God made the country, and man made the town.

Being in the country is like being in a dream, one doesn’t quite know who one is. There is an anonymity to it all, that strange human creature that is me, one among all.

The Town is merely the Country with its hat on.

I live not in myself, but I become Portion of that around me; and to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum Of human cities torture.

When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!

When I… moved to the country, I felt as if I could finally exhale that little bit of breath I’d been unconsciously holding in my lungs. Time is not so relentless when it is possible to watch the sun make an uninhibited arc across the day, when the stars take up more of the night’s space than the darkness, when a footprint lives for days in its moist soil bed, when the only motor to be heard is the occasional tractor several miles away.

Short Country Quotes About Life

Love your country, but don’t do it blindly.

Love your country, as well as the others.

Love your country because it’s your own.

Love peace for all.

Love of one’s country keeps patriotism glowing.

Love of country is a splendid thing.

I love the smell of fresh hay bales.

I love country boys.

Life is good today. – — Zac Brown Band

Life is better in boots. Even on Mondays.

A country’s flag is an embodiment of its history.

Always stay humble and kind. – Tim McGraw

Believe in the equality of rights for countrymen.

Country is the way you live. Not the way you look.

Country is in your blood not in your closet.

Country girls don’t retreat. They reload.

City lights got nothin’ on country nights.

Choose the right path for your country.

Country music is good for the soul.

Don’t let the selfish men govern you.

Extreme patriotism can be harmful.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Every country will become more developed eventually.

Embrace dirty boots and smelling like your horse.

Earth laughs in flowers. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Forget glass slippers. This princess wears boots.

Fighting for country and its rights is a noble deed.

I own too much Camo. Said no one ever.

Let your country be proud of you.

Keep your soul clean. And your boots dirty.

Keep calm and stay country.

It’s special because you were born here.

Loyalty to country, no matter what.

Patriotism overrules government.

Strive to make your country best.

We all are the citizens of the world.

What makes a nation united is a common past.

What can you do for your country?

We all do.

Your dream closet vs. my dream closet.

Unity brings peace and harmony.

They accepted death to set you free.

Their sacrifices must not be forgotten.

She’s whiskey in a teacup.

I was raised on country sunshine.

Humanism at its best.

Life is simple, it’s just not easy.

In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. – Abraham Lincoln

Life is like a rodeo, full of ups and downs, but it’s how you handle the ride that matters.

Life’s a dance, you learn as you go. – John Michael Montgomery