Spending time at the lake is when you get to slow down and really enjoy time with your friends and family. These lake life quotes are all about that feeling the lake gives you and include the classic life is better at the lake quotes.
And if you are looking for simple lake life quotes, we also have you covered.
Pick one of the following lake life sayings that best describes what you are feeling, whether it is in a fun and irreverent way or something a little more serious.
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- Swimming Captions
- Jet Ski Captions
- Paddle Board Captions
- Boat Captions and Boat Quotes
- Fishing Captions, Fishing Quotes and Funny Fishing Quotes
- Camping Captions and Camping Quotes
- Water Quotes and Captions
- Sailboat Quotes
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Lake Life Quotes
You’ll love these lake life quotes.
“The lake: Life slows down. Friends stay longer.”
“Memories made at the lake last forever.”
“Lake hair, don’t care.”
“Better to wake at the lake.”
“Of all the paths you take in life make some lead to the lake.”
“There’s nothing quite like life by the water.”
“The tans will fade, but the memories will last forever.”
“I love to wake at the lake.”
“Another day, another dip.”
“Skip a stone. Take a hike. Sit a spell. Listen. Daydream. Just breathe. This is lake living.”

“When we count our blessings, we count days at the lake.”
“At the lake, every hour is happy hour.”
“If you’re lucky enough to live at the lake, you’re lucky enough.”
“A clean cabin is a sign of wasted time at the lake.”
“There’s no place like home except the lake.”
“Lake rules: Sleep in. Read. Nature. Memories. Relax. Fish. Enjoy each moment.”
“Time wasted at the lake is time well spent.”
Short and Simple Lake Life Quotes for Instagram
If you are looking for short and simple lake life quotes for Instagram, here are a few of our favorites from our list of Lake Quotes. And if you like short quotes, also check out our lists of Short Inspirational Quotes, Short Quotes About Life, Short Positive Quotes, Short Deep Quotes, Funny Short Quotes, Short Cute Quotes, Short Friendship Quotes, Short Quotes About Change, Short Travel Quotes and Best Short Quotes.
“So lovely was the loneliness of a wild lake.” – Edgar Allan Poe
“I’m gonna soak up the sun.” – Sheryl Crow
“If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water.” – Loren Eiseley
“A lake carries you into recesses of feeling otherwise impenetrable.” -William Wordsworth
“A lake so vibrant in color that it looks like a fine art painting.” ― Stefanie Payne
“This lake exceeds anything I ever beheld in beauty.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
“Water creates so much beauty, life and mystery.” ― Fennel Hudson
“I grew up with the smell of the lake and the feeling of the woods.” – Steven Tyler

“I could never in a hundred summers get tired of this.” — Susan Branch
“We didn’t realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun.” — Winnie The Pooh
Stay close to the serenity of a lake to meet your own peace of mind.” – Munia Khan
“Be calm like a calm lake, then you will look beautiful like a beautiful calm lake!” – Mehmet Murat ildan
“We cannot see our reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.” – Zen Saying
“Make your heart like a lake, with a calm, still surface, and great depths of kindness.” – Lao Tzu
“It is life, I think, to watch the water. A man can learn so many things.” – Nicholas Sparks
“Who could be so lucky? Who comes to a lake for water and sees the reflection of moon.” – Rumi
Funny Quotes About Lake Life
Check out these funny quotes about lake life.
I love to wake at the lake
Life is better at the lake
Life by the lake is better with friends in tow
Sleep under the stars and swim under the sun
There’s no place like home except the lake
Life is at ease with a lake breeze

Memories made at the lake last a lifetime
Lake breeze puts me at ease
It’s a-boat time we got to the lake
Leaving worries in our wake
The lake: Life slows down. Friends stay longer.
When we count our blessings, we count days at the lake
If you’re lucky enough to live at the lake, you’re lucky enough
I’m lost at the lake. Don’t bother me.

Eat. Sleep. Boat. Repeat.
I don’t need therapy, I just need the lake
I lake you a lot!
What happens on the deck, stays on the deck
Summer at the Lake Quotes
Lake life is all about summer. If you like these quotes, you will love our lists of Short Summer Quotes and Funny Summer Quotes.
“Summer is singing with joy, and the beaches are inviting you with dancing waves.” – Debasish Mridha
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Life is a summer, full of fun, at the beach, under the sun.” – Debasish Mridha
“Summertime and the livin’ is easy.” – Porgy and Bess
“Summertime is always the best of what might be.” ― Charles Bowden

“I love summertime more than anything else in the world.” — Jack McBrayer
“In the summertime, when the weather is hot, you can reach right up and touch the sky.” – Mungo Jerry
“Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy.”- Regina Brett
“The brief flashbacks are sun-kissed, summery and optimistic.” – Steven Soderbergh
“Some of the best memories are made in flip flops.” ― Kellie Elmore
“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” ― Henry James
“In summer, the song sings itself.” -William Carlos Williams
“Sunrays must be the sun’s way of dancing alone.” – Prem

“Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair…” ― Susan Polis Schutz
“Sun is shining. Weather is sweet. Make you wanna move your dancing feet.”- Bob Marley
“A summer’s sun is worth the having.” – French Proverb
“And at the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling.” ― Shanti
“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.”- Sam Keen

“Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer.” – Nat King Cole
“In the summer, the days were long, stretching into each other.” ―Sarah Dessen
“The wind plays the blues on hot summer days.” ― Bert McCoy
“Celebrate Summer – Sun drenched days and starlit nights” – Gooseberry Patch
“The summer night is like a perfection of thought.”- Wallace Stevens
“I liked the deep, sad summer nights.” ― Haruki Murakami
Life at the Lake Quotes
Check out these life at the lake quotes.
“Even a pebble cast in the middle of a lake creates ripples that eventually reach the shore.” – Jeffrey G. Duarte
“A lake is the 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
“Find a calm lake and wait for the twilight in silence! There, existence will visit you with all its magnificence!” – Mehmet Murat ildan
“Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains…” – Diane Ackerman
“There’s only one way to tackle life, enjoy a day at the beach, and jump into a Great Lake: Headfirst!” – Viola Shipman
“The lake and the mountains have become my landscape, my real world.” – Georges Simenon

“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
“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 Ildan
“A little tranquil lake is more significant to my life than any big city in the world.” – Munia Khan
“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 Ildan
Lake Life Sayings
We love these lake life sayings.
What happens at the lake stays at the lake
Heaven is a little closer in a home by the lake
Sunshine and lake water is all I need

All you need is love. And the lake…
Nothing like sunsets, especially when on the lake
If you’re lucky enough to live at the lake, you’re lucky enough
Lake rules: Sleep in. Read. Nature. Memories. Relax. Fish. Enjoy each moment.
Going to the lake. Bear with me.
Welcome to the lake house
Lake vacations are the best vacations

The best friends are around a campfire
A clean cabin is a sign of wasted time at the lake
When we count our blessings, we count days at the lake
Time wasted at the lake is time well wasted
Lake Life Captions
If you like these lake life captions, head to our list of Lake Captions for more.
Sunshine and lake water is all I need
Smell like a campfire
The lake is my happy place
Live. Love. Lake.
It’s a-boat time we got to the lake

This is living
Lake colours
Fluent in s’mores code
It’s a-boat time we got to the lake
Family, lake, sunset, perfect

Life is best with a lake and a boat
Home is where the boat is docked
Lake life = Go boating, Nap often, Enjoy every sunset
I don’t need therapy, I just need my boat and a lake
Time on the Lake Captions
If you are spending time on the lake, you might also like our lists of Jet Ski Captions, Swimming Captions, Paddle Board Captions, Fishing Captions and Boat Captions to cover all the best water activities.
Back in the swim of things
Swimming is dancing under the water
All a girl really needs is a board and some sun.
Born to jet ski, forced to work.
I paddle to add balance to my life.

‘Cuz life is better when you’re on a paddle board!
My milkshake brings all the buoys to the yard
I got 99 problems, but the boat aint one
Having a reel good time with my besties
I’m not saying I want to live on a jet ski, but I wouldn’t mind it.
You can never buy happiness, but you can paddle board all day and be pretty darn close.
Capture the feeling of freedom and fun that define paddleboarding.
There’s always time for one more cast

Life is a performance and your paddle is your instrument. Love what you do and do it forever!
The water is calling.
Hooked on this. Like, for reels.
Happiness is all about making your own waves
So, this is the mermaid life
Let’s get nauti
You can’t be crabby when you’re on a boat
I live for taking the sea-nic route
Keep calm and boat on

It’s aboat time we all made it out on the water
Some people call me an aquaholic
Rise and shine it’s fishing time
I’d rather be fishing
Fishing life
Happiness is all about making your own waves

Early to bed…early to rise…fish all day…make up lies
Lost fishing, don’t try to find me
We mermaid for each other
Having a fintastic time
Its time to jump into the blue!
Summer at the Lake Captions
Check out our list of Funny Summer Captions for more.
Wake me up when it’s summer
Summer is a state of mind
Summer should get a speeding ticket
Summer’s a wave, catch it
Summer is better at the lake

Feeling that summery feeling
Spending my summer on the water
Good times and tan lines
Watch more summer sunsets than Netflix
Every summer has a story
I dream of summers that last forever
Summer is always good for lazy days
Feeling the summer vibes
Floating into summer vacation like…

Nothing but good vibes and blue skies
Summer nights and lake lights
I’m in a flip flop state of mind
Nothing but sandy skin and summer smiles
Gone to the beach. Be back never
Spending my summer on the beach
Lake Life Puns
These lake life puns will make you smile.
Life’s a beach, enjoy the waves
I lake you a lot!
Girls just wanna have sun
Reading while sunbathing makes you wel-red
I’m a lakeaholic

Keeping it reel at the lake
Avoid pier pressure
Of all the fish… you mer-maid for me
This is my resting beach face
It’s a bit lake to start now
Feeling a bit beachy

Lake a fish out of water
Adios beaches
Let minnow if you need anything
Nobody likes a shady beach
And that is our list of Life at the Lake Quotes and Sayings About Lake Life. We hope you found the perfect one.
Now go enjoy your time at the lake!
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