400 Best Lake Quotes and Captions for Instagram Love

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Lake Life Quotes

I’m lucky enough to live on a lake so I know – you’ll love lake life!

Let these quotes help you express it.

A little tranquil lake is more significant to my life than any big city in the world.
~ Munia Khan

Life is simple. Add water.
~ Unknown

Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more that what we could learn from books.
~ John Lubbock

Skip a stone. Take a hike. Sit a spell. Listen. Daydream. Just breathe. This is lake living.
~ Unknown

Water creates so much beauty, life, and mystery.
~ Fennel Hudson

Of all the paths you take in life, make sure some lead to the lake.
~ Unknown

The lake of my mind, unbroken by oars, heaves placidly and soon sinks into an oily somnolence.
~ Virginia Woolf

Sometimes a misty lake becomes so calm in the early morning that a person who is boating thinks he is dead, as if there is only existence but not himself!
~ Mehmet Murat İldan

If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.
~ Loren Eiseley

Lake is jealous of mountain, mountain is jealous of lake.
~ Mehmet Murat İldan

Funny Lake Quotes

Funny quotes can create cute lake captions!

Funny fishing quotes here too 🙂

Know when to give up and just go to the lake.
~ Unknown

On a quiet night at the lake, you can almost hear the fish laughing.
~ Unknown

I’m a reel catch!
~ Unknown

When a stone is dropped into a pond, the water continues quivering even after the stone has sunk to the bottom.
~ Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

A man without courage is a boat in a frozen lake. Get rid of your fears.
~ Mehmet Murat İldan

Advice from a lake: Be clear. Make positive ripples. Look beneath the surface. Stay Calm. Shore up friendships. Take time to reflect. Be full of life.
~ Unknown

Not all who wander are lost.
~ J.R.R. Tolkien

Kiss my bass!
~ Unknown

Lake Day Quotes

Beautiful pictures deserve beautiful lake days quotes!

Even a pebble cast in the middle of a lake creates ripples that eventually reach the shore.
~ Jeffrey G. Duarte

Some days they last longer than others, but this day by the lake went too fast.
~ Rilo Kiley

People don’t take trips. Trips take people.
~ John Steinbeck

Every year my feet touch its murky water, my soul feels cleaner.
~ Thomm Quackenbush

A few days ago I walked along the edge of the lake and was treated to the crunch and rustle of leaves with each step I made. The acoustics of this season are different and all sounds, no matter how hushed, are as crisp as autumn air.
~ Eric Sloane

The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world.
~ Georges Simenon

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Lake House Quotes

There’s really nothing like a house on a lake! I know.

A clean cabin is a sign of wasted time at the lake.
~ Unknown

Heaven is a little closer in a home by the lake.
~ Unknown

My cottage is on Lake Huron and it’s always nice to have the chance to get away and hear the waves crashing while reading a good book.
~ Tessa Virtue

I’m an old-fashioned guy… I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something.
~ Johnny Depp

Short Lake Quotes

Your picture says a thousand words, so…

Let nature be your teacher.
~ William Wordsworth

So lovely was the loneliness of a wild lake.
~ Edgar Allan Poe.

Stay close to the serenity of a lake to meet your own peace of mind.
~ Unknown

This lake exceeds anything I ever beheld in beauty.
~ Percy Bysshe

When a lake’s doubt is shown as ripples, sunshine rays are flown to the hills.
~ Ankush Agarwal

For the contented minds, lakes are oceans!
~ Mehmet Murat İldan

Life is better at the lake.
~ Unknown

Time wasted at the lake is time well spent.
~ Unknown

When the mind is silent like a lake the lotus blossoms.
~ Amit Ray

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Lake Memories Quotes

Even if you have to leave the lake, you take memories with you.

Memories made at the lake last forever.
~ Unknown

A lake so vibrant in color that it looks like a fine art painting.
~ Stefanie Payne

When you have swam in the sea a lake will no longer do;
Everyone else has been a pond but the ocean was always you.
~ Tyler Knott Gregson

We went to a small lake, Bass Lake. It was beautiful. It was perfectly still when we got there in the morning. The fog was lifting off the water. It was just magical. And we did catch some fish, 13 fish.
~ Jennifer Granholm

Looking out over the lake, I felt enveloped in the most peaceful, loving utopia.
~ Laurie Kahn

All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
~ Toni Morrison

Lake Tahoe Quotes

Have you been? Lake Tahoe is beautiful! Even cynical Mark Twain knew.

Lake Tahoe would restore an Egyptian mummy to his pristine vigor.
~ Mark Twain

To breathe the same air as the angels, you must go to Tahoe.
~ Mark Twain

I am here at Lake Tahoe, and there is magic at 6,000 feet.
~Frederick Lenz

Tahoe is a magical place full of positive energy, beautiful mountains, and lakes all around.
~ Jamie Anderson

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Lake Michigan Quotes

A stunner of a big (great) lake.

We need to continue to make the case that Michigan is where you ought to be.
~ Jennifer Granholm

Northern Michigan is a tourist’s sanctuary. There are miles and miles of calm teal blue saltless silky smooth water and also miles and miles of million white-capped deep blue bottomless water.
~ Yasmina Haque

Lake Michigan’s definitely moody. It’s not just bi-polar, but beyond schizophrenic. Its dozens of surrounding lakes and waterways never know what to expect on a day-to-day basis. She is awesome at calm and awesome at dangerous.
~ Yasmina Haque

A star is born in the teeth of the Lake Michigan wind.
~ Brent Musburger

There’s only one way to tackle life, enjoy a day at the beach, and jump into a Great Lake: Headfirst!
~ Viola Shipman

A normal lake is knowable. A Great Lake can hold all the mysteries of an ocean, and then some.
~ Dan Egan

Lake Placid Quotes

Placid lakes and Lake Placid.

Yeah, no one really grows up competing in the bobsled. You have to be 16 years old before you can even drive one. And there are really only two places in the country where you can bobsled – Park City, Utah, and Lake Placid, New York.
~ Elana Meyers

How had she ever thought his blue eyes placid as a lake? But there was untold power in any water: to buoy, to drown, to toss, to carry one to the safety of shore.
~ Julie Anne Long

Skip a stone. Take a hike. Sit a spell. Listen. Daydream. Just breathe. This is lake living.
~ Unknown

Absolutely nothing was happening in my marriage. I nicknamed my waterbed, Lake Placid!
~ Phyllis Diller

Lake Sunset Quotes

What could be more stunning than a sunset over the lake?

As the sun sinks,
It casts that silver bridge,
Across the lake.
~ Richard L. Ratliff

Nothing like sunsets, especially when on the lake.
~ Unknown

It’s not just a sunset; it’s a moonrise too.
~ P. C. Cast

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.
~ Stephen King

Sunsets are proof that no matter what happens, every day can end beautifully.
~ Kristen Butler

Beautiful sunsets need cloudy skies.
~ Paulo Coelho

I could never in a hundred summers get tired of this.
~ Susan Branch

It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream.
~ Bernard Williams

As angry as the sky looks, it’s still full of the colors of love.
~ Anthony T. Hincks

Every sunset is an opportunity to reset.
~ Richie Norton

A sunset will color your dreams.
~ Anthony Hincks

Lake Reflections Quotes

Reflections on the beauty of lakes.

There is something more beautiful than a beautiful thing and that is a beautiful thing which has a beautiful reflection on the water.
~ Mehmet Murat İldan

In the hearts captivated by innocence, the eternal peace of a quiet lake is experienced!
~ Mehmet Murat İldan

Meet me where the sky touches the sea.
~ Jennifer Donnelly

A lake is a landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.
~ Henry David Thoreau

I believe that water is the closest thing to a god we have here on Earth.
~ Alex Z. Moores

We cannot see our reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.
~ Zen Saying

Who could be so lucky? Who comes to a lake for water and sees the reflection of moon.
~ Rumi

The still waters of a lake reflect the beauty around it. When the mind is still, the beauty of the Self is seen reflected in it.
~ B.K.S Iyengar

The sky loves lakes rather than oceans because it finds the opportunity to watch itself in the crystal clear mirrors of the lakes!
~ Mehmet Murat İldan

A lake and a fairy boat,
To sail in the moonlight clear,
Where merrily you might float
From the dragons that watch you here!
~ Thomas Hood

More Lake Quotes

Because you can’t have too many!

Be calm like a calm lake, then you will look beautiful like a beautiful calm lake!
~ Mehmet Murat İldan

Becoming a lake has put a lot of things in perspective for me.
~ Heather Christle

I can’t wait for long summer nights out on the lake, wakeboarding til sundown. Nothing like being on the lake all day and all night long.
~ Unknown

The ocean is not a big lake; the lake is not a small ocean! Ocean is ocean, lake is lake!
~ Mehmet Murat İldan

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.
~ Wallace Stevens

Foam is white and waves are grey; Beyond the sunset leads my way.
~ J.R.R. Tolkien

Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horsepond.
~ Thomas Love Peacock

The little lake you love is the biggest ocean for you!
~ Mehmet Murat İldan

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Lake Day Captions

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I miss it already.

Memories made at the lake last forever.

The lake is my happy place.

Living the lake life.

Skip a stone. Take a hike. Sit a spell. Listen. Daydream. Just breathe. This is lake living.

Life is at ease with a lake breeze.

Take the scenic route

Nature’s poolside.

Lake days are my therapy.

Meet me at the lake.

Lake day are the best days.

There’s nothing quite like life by the water

A day at the lake restores the soul.

There is nothing more peaceful than a day on the lake.

The lake is no place for stress!

Paradise found at the lakes.

‘Nature is not a place to visit. It is at home.

Time at the lake is a treasure

When we count our blessings, we count days at the lake.

Know when to give up and just go to the lake.

I’ll never love any place as much as I love this lake.

Another lovely day in lakes.

You can keep your ocean, I’ll take the lake.

It’s always time to have a cocktail when you’re at the lake!

Peace and contentment all day.

I love places that make you realize how tiny you and your problems are.

So lovely was the loneliness of a wild lake.

A lake is the landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature.

I love to wake at the lake

Welcome to the lake house.

Nothing like sunsets, especially when on the lake

Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.

The early bird catches the sunrise.

My music is the breeze.

Fill your life with lakes, not things.

If heaven were a place on earth, the lake would be the top contender.

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Funny Lake Captions

Living life to the fullest!

If you need me, I’ll be on lake time.

I’m a lakeaholic.

I’m lost at the lake. Don’t bother me.

I like big boats and I cannot lie.

It’s lake o’clock somewhere.

The lake called, they want me back right away!

The lake is calling and I must go.

Pier pressure!

If you need me, I’ll be at the lake. PS: don’t need me.

Lake rules: Sleep in. Read. Nature. Memories. Relax. Fish. Enjoy each moment.

Lake hair. Don’t care.

Lake mode: activated.

I’m living by lake rules, and no one can stop me!

This is my resting beach face

So you keep your ocean, I’ll take the Lake.

What happens on the deck, stays on the deck.

I’m lost at the lake. Don’t bother me.

This is living.

I don’t need therapy, I just need the lake

There’s no place like home – except the lake

I’m on lake time

Beer tastes better at the lake.

It’s a bit lake to start now.

Lake breeze puts me at ease.

You keep your ocean, I’ll take the lake

Got the lake on my mind.

Life is better when you are camping at the lake

Going to the lake. Bear with me.

The lake is good for the soul.

Home is where the waves are.

Lake Captions for Couples

All you need is love. And the lake…

Lake times are the best times!

High tide or low tide, I’ll be on your side.

Memories made at the lake last a lifetime.

Live, love, laugh, and lake.

Life is s’more fun with you.

Make your heart like a lake, with a calm, still, surface, and great depth of kindness.

I lake you a lot!

Lake Life Captions

Here’s where you get your mind right.

Take me to the lake.

Sunshine and lake water are all I need.

There’s no wifi at the lake, but you’ll find a better connection.

There’s nothing quite like life by the water.

Lake life is my life.

Lake life for me.

Keep your ocean, it’s lake life for me.

Reading while sunbathing makes you wel-red

The mind is like water. When it’s turbulent, it’s difficult to see. When it’s calm, everything becomes clear

There’s no place like home except the lake.

Decks, docks, and flip flops.

Live life to the fullest at the lake.

The lake… Stirs the heart. It inspires the imagination, and brings joy to the soul!

It’s a beautiful day in the lake-hood!

Lake life.

Lake your worries disappear!

The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.

Worry less, paddle more.

Go jump in the lake!

Sometimes in the waves of change, we find our true direction.

At the lake, every hour is happy hour.

Sunshine on my mind.

Lake life is the best life for everyone.

Sunning on the lake is the best therapy!

Lake is the life.

Lake Captions for Best Friend Photos

The lake: Life slows down. Friends stay longer.

Life by the lake is better with friends in tow.

Follow me to the lake.

She says you were being a bit beachy.

Food, friends, sunshine.

Everything’s s’more fun with you around.

Tell good ghost stories. Make great friends.

Lake Vacation Captions

Vacation mode has been activated!

I love to wake at the lake.

Great things come to those who book lake vacations

Packing my bag is easy when it’s for the lake!

Another day, another dip.

Summertime is coming … What’s your favorite time of year on the lake?

Lake vacation mode on.

The tans will fade, but the memories will last forever.

Better to wake at the lake.

Sunshine and lake water is all I need.

There’s no place to vacation like the lake.

Livin’ la Vida Loca at the lake!

Another day, another adventure

Lake Paradise

If anyone needs me, I will be lost on the lake.

Making time for a lake vacation

Sleep under the stars and swim under the sun

Sunny days at the lake are my idea of heaven.

Splish Splash

Vacations are better at the lake!

Stay close to the serenity of a lake to meet your own peace of mind.

Let’s run away to the lakes.

Captions for Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe: God’s own swimming pool.

Snow place like Tahoe.

Tahoe: the jewel of the Sierras.

Sorry, darling, it’s Tahoe time.

Stop: it’s Tahoe time.

Lake me away to Tahoe.

Keeping it reel in Lake Tahoe.

Lake Boating Captions

Boat waves, Sun rays, Ain’t nothing like Lake Days.

Home is where you dock your boat

I don’t need therapy, I just need my boat.

Life is better on a boat.

I’m outdoorsy, I like to drink on boats.

It’s a-boat time we got to the lake

Eat. Sleep. Boat. Repeat.

Aboat time.

Just keep paddling!

Home is where the boat is docked.

Lake rules: fish fish fish fish fish fish

Keeping it reel at the lake.

I like big boats and I cannot lie

Floatin’ along

Work like a captain, play like a pirate

You bring the boat, and I’ll bring the bubbles.

Row, row, row my boat.

It’s a-boat time we got to the lake.

One Word Lake Captions

If brevity is the soul of wit, then these one-word captions are soulful and full of wit! Find your perfect caption here.

Laketastic!

Paradise

Sunkissed

Golden

Sparkling

Lovely

Happy

Enjoy

Dream

Memories

Wild

Boom!

Savage

Badass

Grand

Splendid

Rare

Relax

Explore

Deep

Wander

Incredible

Endless

Refreshing

Everything

Summer

Intents

Deep

Enigmatic

Ageless

Dope

Flawless

Marvelous

Living

Escape

Freedom

Vacay

Pause

Vacation!

Weekend

Holidays

Love

Smile

Nature

Colorific!

Bluetiful

OMG

Speechless

Listen

Lakeation

Treasure

Reel

Dreamy

Look!

Joy

Ecstatic

Lucky

Perfection

Awesome

Chill

Ravishing

Life!

Breezy

Feelings!

Happiness!

Enjoying

Acceptable 😉

One Word Lake Captions about Peace

Serenity

Balance

Peace

Carefree

Zen

Thankful

Gratitude

Blessed

Relaxing

Focus

Tranquility

Clarity

Daydreaming

Simplify

Reset

Quietude

Calm

Chillin’

Karma

One Word Lake Captions for Evening Fun

Sunset

Moonwake

Nocturnal

Moonwalk

Stargazer

Shindig

Cheers!

Party!

Bonfire

Fiery

Funtastic

Hot!

Eating

S’mores

One Word Lake Captions for Swimming Pics

Aquaholic

Cool

Refreshed

Floating

Dip

Lakeaholic

Dive

Aquatics

Bracing

Float

One Word Lake Captions for Fishing and Boating

Reely?

Fishing

Nauti

Paddling

Canoe?

Trying

One Word Lake Life Captions for Friend Photos

Captain

Firstmate

Buoys

Fearless

Wayfarer

Scout

Explorer

Wanderer

Eagle

Playmate

Seeker

Relaxed

Newbie

One Word Nature Captions for Friend Photos

Didn’t find what you need above? Here are more nature-themed captions for your friend photos. You can also find more best friend nicknames here.

Bug

Daisy

Chipmunk

Bunny

Buttercup

Tiger

Bee

Honey

Sunshine

Rock

Blossom

Rat

Animal

Chickie

Bud

Bambi

Fox

Strawberry

Bear

Mouse

Bubbles

Rose

Firefly

Beast

Cherry

Monkey

Lake Life is my Life!

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