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The 25 most famous travel quotes of all time

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1- No one realises how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. – Lin Yutang

2- The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. – Agustine of Hippo

3- Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.- Anonymous

4- Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. – Helen Keller

5- Not all those who wander are lost. -J .R.R. Tolkien

6- Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.- Mark Twain

7- I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. – Robert Louis Stevenson

8- A good traveller has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. – Lao Tzu

9- Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

10- Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. – Gustave Flaubert

11- The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. –  Marcel Proust

12- Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life. – Jack Kerouac

13- I love to travel, but hate to arrive. – Albert Einstein

14- If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home. – James Michener

15- Travel makes a wise man better but a fool worse. – Thomas Fuller

16- The journey not the arrival matters. ― T.S. Eliot

17- To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. – Freya Stark

18- Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.- Andre Gide

19- I travel not to cross countries off a list, but to ignite passionate affairs with destinations. – Nyssa P. Chopra

20- At its best, travel should challenge our preconceptions and most cherished views, cause us to rethink our assumptions, shake us a bit, make us broader minded and more understanding. – Arthur Frommer

21- One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. – Henry Miller

22- All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.- – Martin Buber

23- When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money. – Susan Heller

24- Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe. — Anatole Franc

25- Own only what you can always carry with you: known languages, known countries, known people. Let your memory be your travel bag. – Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

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95 most inspirational travel quotes ever penned

Our favourite inspirational travel quotes have encouraged us to travel with abandon over the years. Perhaps they will do the same for you…

For us, there is no such thing as luxury travel; travel is, by default, a luxury. It is a privilege provided by the country of our birth, a privilege that many are not as fortunate to enjoy.

Sometimes, we have to pinch ourselves at just how ridiculous our lives have become: an ex-teacher and jobbing writer travelling the world for a living. It is absurd, it is astonishing, it is luxury.

When I first went travelling at 21 years old, my father gave me this quote scrawled on a piece of card.

It infused me with wanderlust. It encouraged me to get out of my comfort zone, make the most of my time, see the world and enjoy the freedom that comes with being on the road. It remains one of the most inspirational travel quotes I’ve read (even if Twain did not actually say it).

Today, 20 years and almost 100 countries later, it’s still in my wallet. Despite its tattered and dishevelled appearance, it’s every bit as important to me now as it was then.

With that in mind, we’ve collated our most beloved inspirational travel quotes to encourage readers to “explore, dream and discover” for themselves.

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1. “To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” – Bill Bryson

2. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine

3. “Travel is never a matter of money, but of courage.” – Paulo Coelho

4. “With age, comes wisdom. With travel, comes understanding.” – Sandra Lake

5. “When overseas you learn more about your own country, than you do the place you’re visiting.” – Clint Borgen

6. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” – Mark Twain

7. “Don’t tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon.” – Paul Brandt

8. “The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” – Henry David Thoreau

9. “The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.” – Rudyard Kipling

10. “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” – Lao Tzu

11. “When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.” – Susan Heller Anderson

12. “No place is ever as bad as they tell you it’s going to be.” – Chuck Thompson

13. “We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharlal Nehru

14. “A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu

15. “There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.” – Charles Dudley Warner

16. “A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships were built for.” – John A. Shedd

17. “Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” – Paul Theroux

18. “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J. R. R. Tolkien

19. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

20. “Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.” – Benjamin Disraeli

21. “Once a year, go somewhere you’ve never been before.” – The Dalai Lama

22. “No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” – Lin Yutang

23. “What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do – especially in other people’s minds. When you’re travelling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.” – William Least Heat Moon

24. “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveller only who is foreign.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

25. “Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.” – Paul Theroux

26. “A traveller without observation is a bird without wings.” – Moslih Eddin Saadi

27. “Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty-his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.” – Aldous Huxley

28. “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller

29. “All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.” – Samuel Johnson

30. “Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.” – Anatole France

31. “I can’t control the wind but I can adjust the sail.” – Ricky Skaggs

32. “We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfilment.” – Hilaire Belloc

33. “People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.” – Dagobert D. Runes

34. “If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” – James Michener

35. “The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.” – Samuel Johnson

36. “You don’t have to be rich to travel well.” – Eugene Fodor

37. “Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” – Maya Angelou

38. “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” – Martin Buber

39. “Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by.” – Robert Frost

40. “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca

41. “Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things – air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky – all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” – Cesare Pavese

42. “Once the travel bug bites, there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.” ― Michael Palin

43. “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill

44. “A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” – John Steinbeck

45. “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.” – Clifton Fadiman

46. “There are far, far better things ahead than we leave behind.” – C.S. Lewis

47. “Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its setting, so that the intrinsic qualities are made more clear. Travel does this with the very stuff that everyday life is made of, giving to it the sharp contour and meaning of art.” – Freya Stark

48. “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” – Aldous Huxley

49. “All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveller learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.” – Paul Fussell

50. “I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” – Mark Twain

51. “The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land.” – G.K. Chesterton

52. “Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation.” – Elizabeth Drew

53. “People don’t take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinbeck

54. “Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.” – Ray Bradbury

55. “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustave Flaubert

56. “The journey not the arrival matters.” – T. S. Eliot

57. “Time flies. It’s up to you to be the navigator.” – Robert Orben

58. “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust

59. “I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” – Oscar Wilde

60. “For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

61. “If an ass goes travelling, he’ll not come home a horse.” – Thomas Fuller

62. “Travelling tends to magnify all human emotions.” – Peter Hoeg

63. “To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote: To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen

64. “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark

65. “I am not the same having seen the moon shine from the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

66. “I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on earth. Then I ask myself the same question.” – Harun Yahya

67. “I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.” – George Bernard Shaw

68. “A wise traveler never despises his own country.” – Carlo Goldoni

69. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide

70 “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

71. “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Nin

72. “Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard

73. “The gladdest moment in human life, methinks, is a departure into unknown lands.” – Sir Richard Burton

74. “A man of ordinary talent will always be ordinary, whether he travels or not; but a man of superior talent will go to pieces if he remains forever in the same place.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

75. “He who would travel happily must travel light.” – Antoine de St. Exupery

76. “Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” – Jack Kerouac

77. “The more I travelled the more I realised that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine

78. “Live your life by a compass, not a clock.” – Stephen Covey

78. “Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.” – Lawrence Block

80. “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle – or Si’ahl

81. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller

82. “It is not down in any map; true places never are.” – Herman Melville

83. “We live in a world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharlal Nehru

84. “The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself” – Wallace Stevens

85. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch

86. “Paris is always a good idea.” – Julia Ormond (although it is often wrongly attributed to Audrey Hepburn)

87. “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the trip.” – Babs Hoffman

88. “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” – Anthony Bourdain

89. “Jobs fill your pocket but adventures fill your soul.” – Jaime Lyn Beatty

90. “It is in our nature to explore, to reach out into the unknown. The only true failure would be not to explore at all.” – Sir Ernest Shackleton

91. “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” –  Jack Kerouac

92. “Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things can not be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” – Mark Twain

93. “Live with no excuses and travel with no regrets.” – Oscar Wilde

94. “Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” – Roy M Goodman

95. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain (or possibly H Jackson Brown Jr )

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Best Travel Quotes By Famous Authors

This collection of the best quotes about travel by famous writers and public figures can help inspire and motivate your wanderlust.

Famous Quotes About Travelling

This collection of the most famous travel related quotes draws together the words of philosophers, adventurers, explorers and writers. Each one is inspiring, especially as they are paired with some great travel pictures!

If you feel the travel bug, but are still in the planning stages for your trip, it's quotes like these that will keep your wanderlust alive. Remember, life begins at the end of your comfort zone!

Famous Travel Quotes

1. Jobs fill your pockets, adventures fill your soul.

― Jamie Lyn Beatty

2. Its the not the Destination, It's the journey.

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.

― Mark Twain

4. Adventure is worthwhile.

– Aesop

5. Traveling—it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.

― Ibn Battuta

6. Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of Habit, the leaden weight of Routine, the cloak of many Cares and the slavery of Civilization, man feels once more happy.

― Richard Francis Burton

7. Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

– Andre Gide

8. Take only memories, leave only footprints.

– Chief Seattle

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9. The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

– Lao Tzu

10. Once a year go some place you've never been before

― Dalai Lama

11. A journey is best measured in friends, not in miles.  

― Tim Cahill

12. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.

– Helen Keller

13. No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.

– Lin Yutang

14. Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

~Andre Gide

15. Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.

– Jack Kerouac

16. One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.

– Henry Miller

17. Go, fly, roam, travel, voyage, explore, journey, discover, adventure.

18. If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home.

– James Michener

19. To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.

– Freya Stark

20. All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.

– Martin Buber

21. Travel makes a wise man better but a fool worse.

– Thomas Fuller

22. The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

– Agustine of Hippo

23. Not all those who wander are lost.

-J .R.R. Tolkien

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24. We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.

– Anaïs Nin

25. A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.

26. Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty – his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.

– Aldous Huxley

27. Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer

28. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

29. Own only what you can always carry with you: known languages, known countries, known people. Let your memory be your travel bag

– Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

30. When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.

– Susan Heller

31. Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world

– Gustave Flaubert

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32. At its best, travel should challenge our preconceptions and most cherished views, cause us to rethink our assumptions, shake us a bit, make us broader minded and more understanding.

– Arthur Frommer

33. Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

– Robert Louis Stevenson

35. The journey not the arrival matters.

― T.S. Eliot

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36. I travel not to cross countries off a list, but to ignite passionate affairs with destinations.

– Nyssa P. Chopra

37. If you travel first class, you think first class and you are more likely to play first class. 

– Raymond Floyd

38. The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.

–  Marcel Proust

39. One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.

– Ella Maillart

40. We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

– Swami Vivekananda

41. I love to travel, but hate to arrive

– Albert Einstein

42. It matters not where or how far you travel,–the farther commonly the worse,–but how much alive you are.

― Henry David Thoreau

43. A zero-gravity flight is a first step toward space travel.

– Stephen Hawking

44. The land created me. I'm wild and lonesome. Even as I travel the cities, I'm more at home in the vacant lots.

– Bob Dylan

45. Even if it turns out that time travel is impossible, it is important that we understand why it is impossible.

46. Travel teaches toleration.

– Benjamin Disraeli

47. Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.

— Anatole France

48. I just travel the world with my backpack and my cameras and a bunch of Clif bars.

– Henry Rollins

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49. I want to see friends more and travel more.

– Jennifer Aniston

50. I want to teach. I want to speak. I want to travel.

– Hillary Clinton

51. We travel often to Asia, Africa, Europe, where they were born.

– Angelina Jolie

52. Let me be a free man – free to travel, free to stop, free to work.

– Chief Joseph

53. You should make travel as comfortable as possible.

– Tom Segura

54. Travel, of course, narrows the mind.

– Malcolm Muggeridge

55. I travel light. I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are.

– Diane von Furstenberg

56. Travel works best when you're forced to come to terms with the place you're in.

– Paul Theroux

57. My fans are honestly so unique and so similar. Wherever I travel, they are so, so different but so the same.

– Lilly Singh

58. The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.

– Xun Kuang

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59. An English man does not travel to see English men.

– Laurence Sterne

60. My ideal travel companions are my family.

– Pharrell Williams

61. I take a cooking class everywhere I travel. I find it's the best way to get to know a culture.

– Blake Lively

62. Travel like a pro, not like a hobo. That's my motto.

– Greg Gutfeld

63. When you travel so many weeks a year, it's always nice to have a home-cooked meal.

– Maria Sharapova

64. Travel is hard, but entertaining is joy.

– Debbie Reynolds

65. Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.

– Ernest Hemingway

66. Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

67. If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.

– Dan Rather

68. I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.

– Mary Anne Radmacher

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What did Mark Twain say about travel?

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.

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Some of the best travel quotes include: ‘Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer' – Anonymous. ‘The journey is my home' – Muriel Rukeyser. ‘To travel is to live' – Hans Christian Anderson. ‘It feels good to be lost in the right direction' – Unknown. ‘Life is a journey, not a destination' – Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Why do people travel?

Many of us have our own motives for traveling: wanderlust, the desire to experience another culture, or an urge to experience something new. One quote that sums it up is – We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.

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101 Best Travel Quotes in the World with Pictures

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Updated On: April 7, 2024

We all know that travel quotes can be powerful. From inspirational travel quotes to motivational quotes about traveling we find that other people often say the words better than we can so we put together these inspiring words of wisdom with our favorite quote photos.

101 Best Travel Quotes

Famous travel quotes, adventure travel quotes, funny travel quotes.

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Travel Quotes by Famous People

Through inspirational quotes, Dave and I have been motivated to take chances, we’ve been inspired to travel,  and strive to live a better life. When we started our travel blog in 2008, we gathered travel quotes to share and were the original bloggers who shared daily inspiring quotes on Twitter more than 15 years ago. Whether you enjoy short quotes or longer ones you are going to enjoy these motivational quotes about traveling .

Favorite Travel Quotes

Inspiring travel quotes have certainly ignited our spirit of exploration and captured the essence of why we travel. For example,

• “A journey is best measured in friends, not in miles,” by Tim Cahill reminds us that experiences and connections matter more than distances traveled.
• Another stirring quote is “Life is short and the world is wide,” attributed to Simon Raven, emphasizing our limited time to explore a vast world.
• The wisdom in St. Augustine’s words, “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page,” encourages us to broaden our horizons through travel.
• John Steinbeck’s famous saying, “People don’t take trips, trips take people,” reflects the transformative power of travel.
• “Travel far, pay no fare… a book can take you anywhere,” by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, suggests that even in the absence of physical travel, we can journey through the pages of a good book.
• “A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving” ~ Lao Tzu

Each of these travel quotes offers a unique perspective on the enriching experiences travel brings to life.

Feel free to pin, use as Instagram captions, download, and print these best travel quotes to put up these best travel quotes around your house for inspiration!

1. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” ~ Saint Augustine

Let’s kick our list off with some of the more famous travel quotes by famous people. We’ll get to the more obscure as we go down the list.

This is definitely one of the best travel quotes of all time, but it certainly reads true. One of our favorite travel quotes is “The World is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

When you travel, the whole world opens up. Travel has helped us to understand the meaning of life and it has helped us become better people. Each time we travel, we see the world with new eyes. Just like reading a book, when you travel, you experience more than only one page of life. Make your life a novel, not a page.

2. “Not all those who wander are lost” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

This is one of our favorite travel quotes because it gets us. Throughout our lives, people have thought that because we keep traveling and searching for new things to do, we are not focused.

They have often thought we were flaky or unfocused. But travel helped us find our purpose and put focus into our lives. The more we got lost in our travels, the richer our lives became.

Seriously people, not all those who wander are lost. That’s a statement and a quote.

So when you think that the travelers in your life are flighty remember, “not all who wander are lost “

3. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all” ~ Helen Keller

If Helen Keller can look at life as a great adventure, what excuse do the rest of us have? Take a chance and live life to the fullest. When we are at our most daring is when we feel the most fulfillment.

When we think of this travel quote, we live by it. Adventure is different for everyone, but we try to treat each day by doing something daring and adventurous, it keeps things exciting.

I wonder what she would think now knowing that she is quotes as having one of the most popular travel quotes in the world.

4. “Take only memories, leave only footprints” ~ Chief Seattle

Chief Seattle had many inspiring quotes, but this is probably the most famous of travel quotes, it is also a motto everyone should live by in life.

We need to give back to this world. People often feel they can take home a trophy, sneak a piece of stone from a historic site , or take something from nature.

Travel isn’t about taking, it is about absorbing the beauty of the world. So remember, sometimes only memories are all you need. They are your only private moments to enjoy. So try to take only memories.

5. “Travel is  fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.” ~ Mark Twain

Travel opens our minds and heart and makes us better people. One of our favorite travel quotes by Mark Twain.

6. ” The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” ~ Marcel Proust

When thinking about travel quotes, we often look to the most popular ones, but quote really make me think. Sure, we can set sail to different lands, but until you change your mind set, you’ll never really immerse in a voyage of discovery.

7. “Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” ~ Gustave Flaubert

Traveling quotes often mention the fact of how travel makes you humble and how life experiences are more important than accumulating things.

8. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do” ~ H. Jackson Brown Jr.

This doesn’t necessarily need to be related to travel quotes it can work for life quotes too. It can be scary to try something new, take a chance, and step out of your comfort zone. But when looking back on life, it’s the chances you didn’t take that you’ll regret.

9. Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.” ~ Hemmingway

As a travel couple, this is one of those travel quotes that is close to our hearts. We love traveling together and couldn’t imagine doing it alone.

10. “Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember and remember more than I have seen.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli

This is one of those travel quotes that sum up a traveler perfectly. Over the years, our memories of our travels change and our stories become larger than life. Not only do we forget the bad and remember only the good, but the senses stick with us.

11. “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

Before we started traveling in 2000, I only dreamed of writing for a living. But after our travels, I was so moved by many of our experiences I started writing stories to my friends and family.

When we first set off to begin our travel blog, a friend shared the works and travel quotes of Ibn Battuta with me it was through these early recommendations inspired me to become a storyteller.

No best travel quotes list would be complete without adventure quotes. Travel is an adventure and they go hand in hand. These are some of our favorite quotes about the adventure that we’ve collected over the years.

12. “If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal” ~ Paul Coelho

Travel quotes about adventure are our favorite because we are always pushing our boundaries and when we’re feeling a little afraid or lazy, we always think of this quote. Plus, I like this much better than his other quote: “Travel is never a matter of money, but of courage.”

13. “Great things never came from comfort zones.” ~ Anonymous

It’s true! Of all the travel quotes in this list, I really feel that it rings true to life. Even if you are not traveling, you need to step out of your comfort zone.

Be it taking on a new project, opening a business, or enrolling in a course. When you do something that scares you a little, you can do something great.

14. “If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” ~ Maya Angelou

When looking for travel quotes about adventure travel, this one really stuck out by Maya Angelou. It wasn’t until we started to live a life less ordinary that we understood how much control we had over our lives and just how amazing we could make it.

15. “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey” ~ Babs Hoffman

This doesn’t only have to be one of those quotes on travel alone. Life itself has a lot of potholes. Whether you are traveling or at home working at your job, you should definitely enjoy the journey.

16. “Fear is only temporary. Regrets last forever.”

Are you wanting to travel the world but are afraid to take the next step? The travel quote above says it all. Fear is only temporary , but if you don’t follow your dream, you may regret it forever.

We are not saying to follow travel quotes like this blindly. Don’t put yourself in dangerous situations, but don’t let being afraid of the unknown consume you either.

17. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”

This is one of my favorite travel quotes on adventure travel. It’s scary to step out of your comfort zone, but if you do so with proper training and guidance, a whole new life will begin!

18. “Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind”

Well to me this quote means you have to leave your burdens, your stress, and your preconceived notions behind. To understand travel, you must be open to new possibilities and it will change your life.

19. “Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you. ~ David McCullough

This is one of those quotes about travel that has never rung truer than in today’s society. Everyone is traveling to show off and brag or catch a selfie rather than to have an experience. But its the experience that you’ll remember, not the social share.

20. “Jobs fill your pocket but adventures fill your soul.” ~ Jamie Lyn Beatty

It’s true, we all have to do our job and have our careers. And that is important we need to make money to be able to live. But it is also important to take time to smell the roses and let go of work when you are not in the office.

We have always looked at our lives this way, jobs fill your pocket so that you can spend your down time having a great adventure. Be it travel or at home, life begins outside the office.

I love funny travel quotes. Sometimes when we get stressed out or frustrated with travel, we need to sit back and laugh about the little things.

21. “Don’t worry about the world ending today, it’s already tomorrow in Australia.” ~ Charles M. Schulz

We all have worries every day and more than ever the state of the world is in question. But travel makes you forget your troubles and Charles Schulz couldn’t have said it better. It’s the funniest of travel quotes.

22. “I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate people than to travel with them.” ~ Mark Twain

We have always given the advice that if you want to test to see if you are compatible in your relationship, go and travel together for a while.

Mark Twain could not be more correct. If you can travel with someone you’ll be friends for life! So put these travel quotes to the test and travel with someone right now!

23.  “A Journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you can control it. ” ~ John Steinbeck

When traveling, things are often out of our control and we have found that it is better to relax and let go. And that is true for our marriage as well. We can’t always be in control and that is half the fun!

24. “Drink Heavily with locals whenever possible.” ~ Anthony Bourdain

This is a rather funny travel quote by Anthony Bourdain, but it is also very true. Some of our best travel experiences have been when having a few drinks with the locals.

So when we are out late at night, we look to these types of travel quotes for justification. hah!

25. “I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places” ~ Henny Youngman

This quote reminds me of my dad. He’s always telling silly jokes like this and I love it!

26. “There is nothing safer than flying, it’s the crashing that’s dangerous.” ~ Theo Cowa

For those of you who are afraid to fly, I am afraid that you are not going to find the humor in this travel quote, but I find it quite cheeky.

27. “I always like to go to Washington D.C. It gives me a chance to visit my money.” ~ Bob Hope

This one made me chuckle because we were just in Ottawa (Canada’s National Capital) and we made a point of saying “ Now we know where our taxes go, look at all the beautiful museums and buildings in this city! ”

And even though Bob Hope was talking about his home country of the USA, it certainly rings true anywhere. So, we put it in our best travel quotes list, because everyone can relate!

28. “Jet Lag is for Amateurs.” ~ Dick Clark

While I think it’s a funny travel quote, I tend to disagree with Dick Clark. It seems that the more I travel, the worse jet lag gets. But then I suck it up and think of him and then I say “Deal with it Deb, Jet Lag is for amateurs.” See, travel quotes can be motivating!

29. “Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.” ~ Paul Theroux

I love this travel quote so much because it is very true. When we come home from our travels, we always forget the tough times and difficult experiences.

We only remember the beautiful things about our travels and the bad stuff fades away. But let me tell you, we’ve had some very unglamorous travels in our lives.

30. “I wish I had never gone traveling.” Said no one ever.

I don’t know who said this travel quote, but it is straightforward and to the point. If you are looking for travel quotes that capture the feeling of travel, this is it!

Inspirational Quotes About Travel

Inspirational travel quotes can be life-changing. I used to have quotes taped all over my house and now that we have moved into a house again, I’m collecting inspiring quotes about life and adventure. Words have meaning and can change mindsets.

31. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” ~Andre Gide

I am going to update this quote though and say Woman and Man Cannot discover new oceans until they lose sight of the shore.

When Dave and I first started our careers in travel, we kept one toe in our careers and one toe in travel. It wasn’t until we finally let go of our safe life in the film industry and took a chance to go all into our new adventure travel careers that everything changed.

32. “It’s Better to Travel Well than to Arrive” ~ Buddha

33. “it is not the destination where you end up but the mishaps and memories you create along the way.” ~ penelope riley.

We all make mistakes in life and travel. Travel quotes can be relatable in life as well. And it really is the mishaps and adventures you have along the road of life and travel that make for everlasting memories.

34. “The important thing is to never stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing” ~ Albert Einstein

35. “travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.”.

Okay so maybe it isn’t exactly the truest of travel quotes because if you buy a house, it may grow in value and if you buy stocks, you may get lucky and hit the jackpot, but you can never go wrong with travel.

But travel brings riches in life with experiences, learning, and making new friends.

36. “I would rather own a little and see the world than own the world and see a little of it.” ~ Alexander Sattler

Quotes about traveling often have a message of being free from possessions and things, and instead of having life experiences instead. It think this travel quote says it the best.

37.  “It is better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times.”

When we saw the Taj Mahal for the first time, we had heard about it many times. We had read about it and people had told us all about it. But it wasn’t until we saw it that we really understand its beauty and meaning.

38. Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow

We agree with this travel quote indeed. Travel changes a person and it is because of the people you meet and the experiences you have. It is true that you take a piece of a place home with you.

39. “When was the last time you did something for the first time.” ~ Anonymous

We have found that travel gives us the courage to try new things. When we are home in our routine, we become comfortable. But when we travel, we are inspired by others and inspired by the destination.

40. “Someday I’m going to be free and I’m going to travel the world.”

Before we started traveling full time we felt trapped. When we started putting our minds to living a life of travel, we felt the barriers break and soon we were living our dream. This quote is very close to our hearts.

41. “You may say that I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us and the world will be as one.” ~ John Lennon

Travel brings people together. It helps people understand other cultures and religions. What we think we know about other places is thrown out the window, once we land on their soil.

So get out there, meet other people and you’ll soon see that people around the world are just like you and me.

Short Travel Quotes Captions

Dave and I have been gathering quotes about travel for 20 years and shared them since we started our travel blog in 2008. They have always helped to pick us up when we’re down, put life in perspective, or just brought a smile to our faces.

These are our favorite traveling quotes we’ve posted on social media from Twitter to Pinterest .

42. “Live with no excuses and travel with no regrets” ~ Oscar Wilde

For life and travel, we all must follow our path without making excuses and we should never live with regrets.

43. “We travel not to escape life but for life not to escape us.”

Many people think traveling quotes are all about people escaping and dreaming. But to us, this quote captures exactly the essence of travel. We never traveled to escape life, we always traveled to find ourselves.

44. “People don’t take trips, trips take people.” ~ John Steinbeck

We all take trips, but most of the time the trip ends up taking a life of its own.

45. “Don’t listen to what they say, go see” ~ Chinese Proverb

Perhaps people tell you not to go to a place because they think it is awful when it is really beautiful. Or perhaps someone constantly tells you how wonderful a destination is.

Go and see for yourself and make up your own mind. That’s what this says to me.

46. “Don’t Quit Your Day Dream”

One of my favorite quotes about wanderlust. One of the things Dave and I are most thankful for is the fact that we never stopped dreaming.

If we settled (like we were supposed to in life) we’d still be working at our jobs thinking we weren’t allowed to have dreams once we reached a certain age. Never stop dreaming.

47. “I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way”

Isn’t this just the dream? I love it when I take a trip and clearly do not have a plan. That is when the real adventures happened in our travels.

48. “Oh, the places you’ll go.” ~ Dr Seuss

It’s a short one, but oh it’s a good one. Whenever we meet someone that is starting to travel or is thinking of traveling, we always think of this quote by Dr. Suess.

These words make us think of adventure. Oh the Places You’ll Go! Doesn’t this make you excited to get out and explore thw world?

49. “Try to Be a Rainbow in Someone Else’s Cloud” ~ Maya Angelou

50. “life’s a journey, not a destination” ~aerosmith.

Okay so maybe Ralph Waldo Emerson deserves the credit for Life is a journey, not a destination, but we heard it first through Aerosmith, so I’m giving it to Aerosmith. Because I couldn’t find the proof anyway.

I’ll never forget being in Vietnam in 2003 and while sitting in a bar, they encouraged travelers to write their favorite quotes on its wall.

What did Dave choose? Life’s a journey, not a destination naturally. We have always lived by this motto and of course adventure is for everyone.

51. “Where to next?”

“Where will you travel next? How will travel change you and how will you change the world?”

52. “To Travel is to Live” ~ Hans Christian Anderson

Why does this travel quote resonate so much with us? Before we traveled, we felt that we never truly lived. The more we worked, the more exhausted and disconnected we felt. When we introduced travel into our lives, we felt alive again.

53. “I want to make memories all over the world”

To us, memories mean more than things. When we are out with friends, we have so much to talk about. It’s way more meaningful to have a memory to share than to show off a “thing.”

Meaningful Quotes About Travel

54. “whenever you find yourself on the side of majority, it’s time to pause and reflect.” ~ mark twain.

Mark Twain is one of the greats when it comes to creating famous quotes about travel. We have always tried to live a life less ordinary and think outside the box. I do believe this has helped us have success in our business and our relationship.

55. “The world is changed by your example, not your opinion.” ~ Paul Coelho

I think in today’s society this travel quote couldn’t be truer. Many people are quick to attack others through social media and everyone has an opinion.

But what about “being the change?” Positive leadership can be powerful.

56. “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” ~ Aldous Huxley

We often have preconceived notions of what other countries are like. But once we visit a destination, we realize that we have it all wrong.

Travel helps us to understand and learn about different cultures and ways of life. We always encourage people to visit other countries to understand the people and cultures around the world.

It’s impossible to truly understand a place until you have met the people, and immersed in the culture.

57. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” ~ Gandhi

Travel often opens our eyes to different ways of thinking and understanding the world. We as travel bloggers love to preach what we have learned to the world, but we also need to live by example.

58. “There’s a sunrise and sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.”

59. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.”

I’ll never forget saying to Dave “I need meaning to my travels” when we first started traveling. It was by creating this blog, creating our videos, and creating our purpose to share our experience that I finally created myself.

60. “If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it.” ~ Johnathan Winters

This is certainly one of the best motivational quotes that have to do with travel.

I often hear people complaining that they can never catch a break. But you know what? You can’t wait for things to happen, you have to make them happen.

61. “Without new experiences, something inside us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken.”

Travel can awaken the giant within. It did for us!

62. “Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it.” ~ Rick Watson

Don’t get lost in the crowd. Be an individual. Think big and be brave. Stand out and live life to the fullest.

63. “Doing what you like is freedom, liking what you do is happiness.”

All my life, I worked hard and dreamed of what I might do one day when I retire. Once I learned that doing what you love is happiness. We don’t have to dream about what might be one day.

64. “Because when you stop and look around, this life is pretty amazing.”

Do you ever just stop and take a breath and look around? I am amazed at the little things. Too many of us wait until we are abroad to appreciate life and nature. Get out there now and start living today. From home!

65. “This heart of mine was made to travel this world”

Dave and I feel that our hearts were truly made to travel the world. Even when we worked in the film industry, we were always planning our next trip.

66. “The Impulse to Travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life”

It’s true. Whenever we have an upcoming trip, we always feel hopeful.

67. “Let’s find some beautiful place to get lost”

Do you get lost when you travel? Or are you a planner? Here, the anonymous traveler quotes an idea to go with the flow, just the way we like it.

68. “I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met.” ~ John Green

69. “Travel…the best way to be lost and found at the same time.” ~ Brenna Smith

71. “The journey is my home.”

Dave and I were on the road for seven solid years. We didn’t have a home. People often said to us that they couldn’t imagine not having a home base, but we felt at home on the road. We actually felt more at home on the road than at home.

Unique Travel Quotes

Not all of the best travel quotes are famous. We have dug deep down the rabbit hole of quotes to find some of the more unique quotes about travel out there. Enjoy!

71. “It’s a big world out there, it would be a shame not to experience it.”

We got this traveling quote from our friend JD of EarthXplorer. Well said JD! There is no better piece of advice. I wish my niece and nephews listened to me when I told them this.

72. “You can shake the sand from your shoes, but not from your soul.”

Whenever I read this quotation on travel, I always think of the singer Dido. Do you know that song ? “I’ve still got sand in my shoes and I can’t shake the thought of you.” When traveling to islands and beaches , this one always pops into my mind.

73. “Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and think of what could go right.” ~ Anonymous

Over the years we have had many people ask us, “how did we have the courage to do what we do.” Truthfully, we never thought too much about what could go wrong.

When we knew we wanted to cycle Africa or climb a mountain, we didn’t focus on what could go wrong, instead, we focused on the excitement and challenges ahead. So we recommend using this travel quote to help you overcome the “what ifs in life.”

74. “We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.” ~ Hilaire Belloc

When we first started traveling, people thought we were running away from things. But in truth, we were finding ourselves and we ran right toward our purpose in life. We have never felt so fulfilled as when we do when we’re traveling.

75. “It doesn’t matter where you’re going, it’s who you have beside you.”

We love traveling together and this is our favorite of all couple travel quotes. While we admire solo travelers we are so grateful to having someone to share special moments together.

76. “Traveling is not something you’re good at. It’s something you do, like breathing.” ~ Gayle Foreman

People often say to us “Oh, you must be such great travelers!” and we say, It’s not about being good at something, it is about enjoying what you do. If you enjoyed your travels and if you have a good time, you did a good job!

77. “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

As we get older, we have developed a deeper appreciation of the time we have on earth. After spending many years doing something we did NOT love, we realized that time goes by quickly and we have to make the most of our time.

Now that we have a passion for our careers and adventures, we understand even more how true this quote is.

78. “It feels good to be lost in the right direction.”

Dave and I often get lost when traveling and it is usually the times that we take a wrong turn that we have our greatest adventures.

Getting lost is part of the fun of travel, so don’t over plan too much when planning your travels.

79. “Traveling allows you to become so many different versions of yourself.”

When we started traveling we discovered so many new things about ourselves and each other.

By stepping out of our comfort zone and trying new things, travel helped us become better people and this quote is definitely true for us.

80. “Travel has a way of stretching the mind.” ~ Ralph Crawshaw

Travel expands the mind and without having to study or read books or take a course. We learn and grow without even trying when we travel.

81. “Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.” ~ Anotole France

Wow, this is certainly one of those deep travel quotes. But it is true! Humans are connected to the universe, when we get out and really travel, we feel that connection stronger.

82. “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.”

How many times have you gone traveling and thought that you have it all planned out? But it’s the surprises and secret destinations along the way that really stick with you for the rest of your life.

83. “A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.” ~ Tim Cayhill

People really do make the journey. We may only meet someone for a fleeting moment, but they often stay in our memories forever.

84. “Just Go. Go See all the Beauty in the World”

Each day we are grateful that we get to live in this beautiful world.

Not only is the earth’s scenery awe-inspiring, but there is a beauty in the people, culture, and wildlife that we have experienced.

I love hearing travel quotes from my favorite celebrities and people in history. Check these ones out and see what you think.

85. “I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel’s sake.” ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

We just love to travel. It doesn’t matter where. No matter where we go, we always learn something new.

86. “If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them — wherever you go.” ~ Anthony Bourdain

87. “because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in an office or mowing your lawn. climb that damn mountain.” ~ jack kerouak.

We have our tasks and chores to do each day, but it is the unique challenges that come with an adventure that we will remember at the end of our lives. I want to be able to say “I climbed the mountain and I lived well.”

88. Paris is Always a Good Idea ~ Audrey Hepburn

89. You go away for a long time and return a different person – you never come all the way back ~ Paul Theroux

90. “you only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ~ mae west.

Ah, Mae West. I can just hear her saying this quote in that fabulous accent. I am sure she wasn’t talking about travel, but we can make anything related to travel quotes.

91. “Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference” ~ Robert Frost

Robert Frost said it best, if you take the road less traveled in life, you will probably see success. And when it comes to travel, you can find something amazing if you go off the beaten path.

92. “We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel next, to find ourselves.” ~ Pico Iyer

93. “once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” ~ dalai lama.

94. Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

95. “the only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.” ~ henry david thoreau.

96. “There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it” ~ Charles Dudley Warner

My favorite part of traveling is the anticipation. This captures that perfectly.

97.  “The most beautiful in the world is, of course, the world itself.” – Wallace Stevens

98. “keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.” ~ walt whitman.

I have found that travel has helped me become an optimist. The more experiences I have, the more positive my life becomes.

99. “Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud” ~ Maya Angelou

100. “perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” ~ maya angelou, 101. “the biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams” ~ oprah winfrey.

It was Oprah Winfrey that got us hooked on inspiring quotes so how could we not finish off our best travel quotes list with words of wisdom by the Grand Dame of Show Biz, inspiration, and philanthropy? And it is definitely a great way to end.

Bonus Travel Quotes

And we leave you with not the most inspirational travel quote, but this one is practical for travel.

“When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money”  – Susan Heller .

Not truer words have been said about packing. The best way to travel is to travel light. You can always buy something if you forgot it or need it, but seriously, chances are you probably won’t.

You’ll be surprised just how few clothes and accessories you’ll need to travel. So when packing for your next trip remember… When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.

Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. ~ Sir Richard Burton

It’s getting more difficult to find unknown lands as the world shrinks in the age of Instagram and TikTok. But it is still possible so, start searching for those unknown lands today.

And I think to myself, what a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong

And we leave you with the wise words of Louis Armstrong. Seriously, do you ever just think to yourself, what a wonderful world? We do.

When we took our first travels in 2000, we felt a huge change in ourselves. Our lives were never the same. We never came all the way back, we have left a piece of ourselves around the world and we wouldn’t have it any other way.

What are your favorite travel quotes? Now that we’ve got your wanderlust juices flowing, please share your favorite travel quotes in the comments below. Whether you are looking for an Instagram caption or inspiration, we hope these travel quotes have ignited your wanderlust!

All images belong to The Planet D and are from our travels around the world to seven continents and 110 countries.

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Travel far, travel wide, and let your soul be your guide.”

Fantastic collection of travel quotes! Every single word goes well with the picture they’re pasted over. It is tough to say which one is the best travel quote.

Hi Dave and Deb,

I absolutely loved your article about the ultimate travel quotes! As someone who is always on the lookout for inspiration to travel, reading through these quotes made me feel excited and motivated to plan my next adventure. I especially loved the quote by Ibn Battuta that says “Traveling—it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” It perfectly captures the transformative power of travel and how it can change us in so many positive ways.

Overall, your article was beautifully written and showcased a diverse range of travel quotes that were both inspiring and thought-provoking.

great article.. and the quotes were really inspiring.. i loved them.. thanks for the quotes.. i literally took snaps from my phone and kept it safe for captions when i travel and post..

Very informative and eye catchy images. keep it up. thanks

Thanks for sharing these lovely informative travel quotes with pictures.

Really good post. I love all the travel quotes. thanks for the list.

What beautiful places, I will add them to my travel list with my husband this vacation!

The best way to learn and gain knowledge is through travel, and I admire your originality. Outstanding writing. I appreciate the post.

Awesome travel quotes. Great source of inspiration.

Lovely travel quotes with pictures. these quotes are inspirable for travelers. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome collection of quotes. These are very inspiring for travelers. Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful quotations with us. Love this post.

I was searching for the best traveling quotes, and I came across your blog and read a few of them. Really, I like them all. It will be helpful for writing Instagram captions. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for a ‘Wonderful article’, so many reasons given to ‘make smiling a habit’!

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”. Can add this too 🙂

It was nice to go through your post. Thanks for sharing the beautiful quotes here. Keep up the good work. https://www.cakesandbakes.in/stories/category/customized-cakes/

It would be great if the pandemic ended soon so I could travel again for adventures. Thank you for sharing your quotes.

Your quotes is one of the best quotes that i have seen. specially number 90 which is “you only live once,but if you do it right ,once is enough” is best. Thanks to you for sharing such a nice things.

Great! Thanks for sharing really

Hi, Dave and Deb really I appreciate your creativity. Fantastic writing. Thanks

My favourite: You travel to see things and visit places – but what you remember when you come back home is the people you met…..

Who said so?

Great Words

I was looking for the best quotes for travelling and after getting your blog, I read some quotes. Really i like these all quotes. It will be helpful to me for write Instagram caption. Good job and keep sharing!

Wonderful collection

I was hoping the pandemic will end up so I can free travel again for adventure. Thanks a lot for sharing your collection qoutes.

Thanks for the travel quotes. I’m going to save some and print them out. My favorite is like a lot of people here. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. This year has proven that. We can’t sit around all day and be happy. Let’s make it an adventure.

My choices for the best travel quotes are: Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all Travel makes one modest you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page

Great travel quotes, although I don’t get this one… The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. Does travel give you new eyes or do you have to have your eyes open before traveling? Hmm, things to think about.

These really are inspirational travel quotes. I love this one by Anthony Bourdain. “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.”

These are the best travel quotes I’ve seen! What a list! And thank you for the pictures. This phrase “Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” Really puts it all into perspective. When you travel (really travel, not as a tourist) you understand that you are not the center of the universe. And I agree travel really does make you richer. Thanks

Wow! What a list of inspirational travel quotes. I’m going to print these off to get motivated and start saving for travels. Here’s to traveling the world! My favourites are Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore But I agree with you, it should be “people”

Thanks for the inspiration with these travel quotes. I am looking forward to traveling again!

Amazing list of travel quotes!! Truly inspiring. Keep up the great work!!

Those are amazing travel quotes, thanks for sharing! My favourite is “Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before” by the Dalai Lama. May I share your picture of it on my social media? Of course, I’d mention that it belongs to you. Thanks and have a great day?

These are beautiful words to live by. Experience life and adventure.

Loved it: “KEEP YOUR FACE ALWAYS TOWARD THE SUNSHINE – AND SHADOWS WILL FALL BEHIND YOU.”

Congrats on the article and keep it updated! Love the one of: “Travel…the best way to be lost and found at the same time.” Travel is a mix of feeling with sometimes the fear of get lose but feeling free at the same time.

I wish you all a good holidays/travels for this 2021, if pandemics let us for sure! Keeping healthy is priority

Really amazing post on travel quotes, thanks for sharing these lovely quotes. And this particular quote “Doing what you like is freedom, liking what you do is happiness.” is the perfect example of happiness. Please keep sharing these types of posts. Thanks once again

Really this is a great post I love that quote. It’s short and sweet and right to the point. I always find that it is the journey that can be life-changing and that offers me the most inspiration. Thanks for you

traveling is my hobby. I love traveling thanks for sharing this post

I personally believe that all travelers must pick inspiring travel quotes in there mind. It helps to enjoy the trip. I always do the same for me. By the way a fantastic 101 travel quotes list.

Thank you, Dave and Deb, for this collection. I read all 101.

Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed these trafel quotes. Do you have a favourite?

I love to travel but these quotes make me so dizzy. I wish I had wings!!!

Thank you for sharing such a large collection of quotes, during quarantine this is an excuse to distract a little)

I am glad we could distract you a little bit. I find travel quotes to be so inspiring. They often relate to other things in lie as well. All the best to you!

Great article had fun reading it anyway my personal fav is “It’s good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters in the end”

I love that quote. It’s short and sweet and right to the point. I always find that it is the journey that can be life changing and that offers me the most inspirations.

My travels should be the freedom of your dreams…!!!

Thanks for sharing! I hadn’t heard this travel quote before! Cheers.

I love seeing the combinations of quotes matched with photos. I really should do this with a lot of our travel photos so I have something to look at and continually motivate me to keep adventuring and taking the path less followed.

Thanks! We actually had these travel quotes in a vault for years before finally posting them into one article. We used to share daily travel quotes on Instagram and Twitter and then a few years ago we decided that one comprehensive post would be a better idea. So we rounded them up and put them in. Quotes really are great motivators.

Yup, I agree, these quotes are nothing but brilliant.

Love it. Would save a few on my notebook, so that it can be a source of inspiration for me when I am actually traveling and need some inspirational juice.

Love this blog, may come back later to read other parts 🙂

Thanks so much for the kind words. I love having quotes handy for inspiration. Especially in these trying times. I used to keep sticky notes posted around the house for motivation. I think I’m going to have to do that again now that we are home more often (at least for a bit:)

This is another awesome post with loads of inspiring travel quotes. Thanks. 🙂

Thanks so much! We appreciate the kind words. Do you have a favourite? Or do you have any unique travel quotes to share? We always love finding new ones to inspire.

We have nothing to lose and a word to see!.

I love this! I assume that is “world to see?’. It’s another fantastic short travel quote that is completely to the point. Thanks for sharing.

wow!! It’s was quite overwhelming to read all these travel quotes. some of them which got stuck to my mind are- i) “THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IN THE WORLD IS, OF COURSE, THE WORLD ITSELF.” – WALLACE STEVENS ii)“TRAVELING ALLOWS YOU TO BECOME SO MANY DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF YOURSELF.” iii)“I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THERE AIN’T NO SURER WAY TO FIND OUT WHETHER YOU LIKE PEOPLE OR HATE THEM THAN TO TRAVEL WITH THEM.” ~ MARK TWAIN iv) “TWENTY YEARS FROM NOW YOU WILL BE MORE DISAPPOINTED BY THE THINGS YOU DIDN’T DO THAN BY THE ONES YOU DID DO” ~ H. JACKSON BROWN JR

Those are fantastic! My favourite is “I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THERE AIN’T NO SURER WAY TO FIND OUT WHETHER YOU LIKE PEOPLE OR HATE THEM THAN TO TRAVEL WITH THEM.” ~ MARK TWAIN” We have found this out first hand in our travels and there is no truer travel quote 😀

Didn’t see this one above but it’s one of my favorites and from a very well traveled Nat Geo photographer:

“Ibn Battuta never dwells on what drove him on.

Curiosity? Perhaps . . . More likely it was a quest for knowledge.

One never seduced by a foreign culture cannot appreciate the fetters of his own. Life, after all, is a journey – a voyage of discovery.

Why not take the high road?”

Thomas Abercrombie, National Geographic

Thanks for sharing, that’s a great message. I love finding new words of wisdom.

travel makes your mind opened wider than before dudes. so, let’s go to explore

Is that your own quote? I love it. It’s perfect, straightforward and bang on. Thanks for sharing.

My favourite quote isn’t above. “The Journey Is the Destination” Sorry, I don’t know the source. Jules (46 countries and still counting.)

Congratulations on the wonderful travels Jules! I love that quote too. I remember Aerosmith sang “Life’s a journey not a destination” and that always stuck with me as well. It is a very wise phrase.

I have really loved all the quotes, they speak into our lives. Thank you so much.

Thank you! I am glad that you scrolled through them all. All the best to you!

Travel is exciting. Your blog is great. I am very fascinated.

Thank you very much! all the best to you!

Awesome list of quotes. Thanks for sharing.

nice article dave and deb, really amazing to read…

Lovely collection of travel quotes, but you miss something in this. So, i share the new collection of Travel Quotes and Sayings. Please check and share your reviews.

Awesome quotes, my favorite is “great things never came from comfort zones” .

These quotes are mind blowing.i want to go all of the dream places.thanks for the uploads good stuff

thank you for giving me wonderful information

Best Travel quotes I found on this website. Thank you…!!

Thanks for sharing traveling quotes.

Thanks for these quotes…. To me, traveling is my life.

Hey, Thanks for this article I love traveling. In these blogs lots of ideas, motivational thoughts as well as photos that I have to get inspired. Thank You

“ Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.” – Jennifer

I love this! Thank so much for sharing.

Thanks, Great list of quotes for travelers.

Thanks! We love gathering travel quotes

Inspiring travel quotes, thanks for sharing them with us.

Nice, I’m a professional photographer and these travel quotes work great. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work!

Thanks very much for the kind words. That means a lot coming from a fellow photographer

Waving a big hello to you, friend! I like the “35. Doing what you like is freedom, liking what you do is happiness” Looking forward to more recap posts from you!

A Big hello right back at ya! I love that quote too and the pride of the lion really captures the feeling.

I am so much motivated to travel, because of these quotes.

Awesome! So glad we could motivate you with these traveling quotes!

Travel is the best way to rejoin the world with your eyes.

Great list of quotes for travelers.

Nice Quotes, I like “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone”

Thanks for the post. “Don’t listen to what they say, Go see” is my favorite quote.

All are the best travel quotes, I have read in my life. Yes, Travelling provide a new direction and new motive to live a happy life. As I am concerned, Travel teaches various new lesson about life experiences, a strong will power for understanding others people.

This is just an amazing list! One of my favorite quotes is: “It is better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times.”

The quotes are very cool.please keep writing. Thanks.

This is fantastic. Nice inspirational images with the nice line. I really appreciate your work

Really wonderful quotes I love seeing the combinations of quotes matched with photos.

I love this! It’s one thing to read a quote, but having an image attached really helps you to FEEL the quote.

I am so much motivated to travel, because of these quotes. Thanks for sharing…

First of all, thanks for sharing these lovely quotes. And this particular quote “Doing what you like is freedom, liking what you do is happiness.” is the perfect example of happiness. Please keep sharing these type of posts.

Nice article and thanks for sharing! There are many good quotes in between but I think this is my favorite “I’m in love with cities I’ve never been with.”

We love reading travel quotes too – always a great source of inspiration!

Thanks, PlanetD You are Amazing …

These all quotes are amazing ”” I like to read again and again

Best quotes ever, i’ll use them in my travel blog! Keep it up

1. “You might not have been my first love but you were the love that made all the other love irrelevant”. 2. “How you love yourself is how you teach others to love you”. 3. “I din’t leave because I stopped loving you I left because the longer I stayed the less i loved myself”.

Quotes to motivate you by Rupi Kaur.

Great article travel is life , birth to death you get all the experiences comes from people and you meet with people with help of travel. Travel is major part of our life live life travelish.

this whole post was amazing especially the pictures

Great collection of quotes! May I add another favorite quote of mine from John Galliano? ” I’m passionate and I travel the world not just as a tourist but to understand cultures… I’ve lived with Masai tribe… I travel the world and bring it back in the form of a research book that would become the starting point for the collection. ” John Galliano

Great list of travel quotes!

Awesome quotes collection. Thanks for sharing such an amazing quotes stuff.

Very nice quotes.

Amazing quotes! That is true, nothing great can happen until we get out of the comfort zone. It’s just it can be so hard to take a first step and a lack of motivation is not really helping 🙂 But I think these quotes can give all the motivation and inspiration a person needs to start living a new exciting life. Thank you for posting!

Awesome post! I love all of these! Great blog too, really inspiring ?? I have just taken the plunge and started a travel blog. Ohh!

Thanks for sharing such a great collection bank of quotes,

I truly loved this post! And your images are unbelievable! I have traveled to Morocco a few times, but never during in winter. I did travel to Turkey during winter and it was not difficult at all to find best places for visit, like you said, it is fairly an exciting time to travel and the energy is really superior. Thanks to this post, I am not wanting to going back to Morocco!

inspiring quotes <3.. i also do blog about them regularly to remind me of bits and wisdom of life.

”I DONT WANT TO BE A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE RATHER I WANT TO BE A TRAVELLER OF MY LIFE……

Wonderful quotes I love seeing the combinations of quotes matched with photos. I really should do this with a lot of our travel photos so I have something to look at and continually motivate me to keep adventuring and taking the path less followed. Really thanks for sharing such beautiful quotes.

Thank you! Really good post and alive.

I love travel quotes…so inspiring and full of insight. Great collection.

Best quote is ” Great Things Never Came From Comfort Zone ” that is my motto too

” A JOURNEY IS BEST MEASURED IN FRIENDS RATHER THAN MILES ” this my favo quote 😀 share it if care it

Nice collection of inspiring travel quotes! I like it when one uses own pictures as inspiration for those quotes 🙂 One of my favourite quotes is “a ship is safe in harbour, but that’s not what ships are built for”. When browsing the internet for more info about this quote, I came across a poem with this quote in, and it’s really beautiful. I think at least 🙂 Here’s the link to that poem: http://www.thetravellingchilli.com/2014/11/ship-safe-harbour-thats-ships-built/

Thanks for this nice post!

You miss 100% of every shot you don’t take.–Wayne Gretzky This is how I live my life and view travel. I cannot see the world if I don’t take the shot to get out there.

That is an amazing one! And from a fellow Canuck! I’m going to use that if you don’t mind. I’ll be sure to tag you when I do! thanks for sharing.

Oh, I love this! It’s one thing to read a quote, but having an image attached really helps you to FEEL the quote. My favorite is the one about getting “lost in the right direction.” I feel that way very often 🙂

Thanks Jessica. It’s one of my favourite things to do each day. look for inspiring quotes and then look through Dave’s photos to match them up.

Travel is the best form of education!

Agreed! We’ve always said that is the best way to learn about culture, history, politics…so much!

Hi.! Thanks for sharing this lovely informations with pictures…I feel like saving them for futures references and facebook sharing…ofcourse your link will be there 🙂

Thank you. If you could credit ThePlanetD on facebook when you do that would be fabulous. Cheers!

Wow!! It is Very good through. I love to read that type thought. I am getting a good inspiration. thanks for sharing nice views.

So happy to hear we could inspire you! Cheers.

Really good post and alive photos! all photos are so nice, Our life is too short but we can make it very nice and most enjoyable to tour nice places in the world, Thanks for your nice post and some alive photos, have a enjoyable life!

Thank you! We enjoy putting the photos with the quotes, it helps them to come alive I think.

A couple on here I’ve not heard before.

My favourite quote is “Cover the earth before it covers you.” 🙂

That’s fantastic Raymond. I hadn’t heard of that one either! I’m glad that we could introduce you to a few new ones. I’m always trying to find new inspiration, but often it’s the oldies that are the goodies 🙂

Thank you! We enjoy putting the photos with the quotes

The 100 Most Inspirational Travel Quotes Of All Time

• Quotes , Travel Tips
• November 8, 2020 November 17, 2020
• 12 min read

If you’re planning a holiday, fighting post-trip blues, or just scrolling through instagram travel photos, you can be sure there’s a quote about traveling out there that hits the spot for you.

Travel quotes to discover yourself, travel quotes to motivate your next journey, fantastic travel quotes to drive you to live your best life and more. We can all relate to inspirational travel quotes, making them so fun to read.

In this article, I gathered some of the most popular travel quotes (and my personal favourites). I hope you’ll find these incredible travel quotes inspiring, and they’ll make you want to go out and see the world.

Famous travel quotes

1. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”–Andre Gide

2. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all” – Helen Keller

3. “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

4. “Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you have travelled.” – Mohammed

5. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” –Mark Twain

6. “Surely, of all the wonders of the world, the horizon is the greatest.” – Freya Stark

7. “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” – Anthony Bourdain

8. “A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu 

9. “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign” – Robert Louis Stevenson

10. “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” –Saint Augustine

11. “Life is meant for good friends and great adventures” – Anonymous

12. “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” –Susan Sontag

13. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by” —Robert Frost

14. “Once a year, go somewhere you have never been before.” –Dalai Lama

15. “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” –Tim Cahill

16. “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”  – Anita Desai

17. “Don’t listen to what they say. Go see.”-Anonymous

18. “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle

19. “Collect Moment, Not Things.”-Anonymous

20. “Blessed are the curious for they shall have adventures.” – Lovelle Drachman

21. “We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfilment.” — Hilaire Belloc

22. “For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

23. “I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met.” ― Melody Truong

24. “This wasn’t a strange place; it was a new one.” – Paulo Coelho

25. “If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet” – Rachel Wolchin

26. “Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.” – Michael Palin

27. “We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.” – Ray Bradbury

28. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did.” ― Mark Twain

29. “People don’t take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinbeck

30. “Travel is never a matter of money but of courage.” – Paulo Coelho

31. “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust

32. “I travel because it makes me realize how much I haven’t seen, how much I’m not going to see, and how much I still need to see.” – Carew Papritz

33. “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” – John A. Shedd

34. “Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” – Terry Pratchett

35. “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller

36. “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

37. “Travel far enough, you meet yourself.”― David Mitchell

38. “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” – Aldous Huxley

39. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” – Lao Tzu

40. “Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it?” – Caroline Myss

41. “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” – Anonymous

42. “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” ― Jack Kerouac

43. “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustave Flaubert

44. “Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret” – Oscar Wilde

45. “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” – Anonymous

46. “And then there is the most dangerous risk of all – the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.” –Randy Komisar

47. “I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on earth, then I ask myself the same question.” –Harun Yahya

48. “Fill your life with experiences, not things. Have stories to tell, not stuff to show.” –Unknown

49. “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” – Anthony Bourdain

50. “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

51. “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Nin

52. “No place is ever as bad as they tell you it’s going to be.” – Chuck Thompson

53. “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

54. “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustave Flaubert

55. “He who would travel happily must travel light.” – Antoine de St. Exupery

56. “To awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark

57. “The use of traveling is to regulate imagination with reality, and instead of thinking of how things may be, see them as they are.” – Samuel Johnson

58. “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine

59. “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca

60. “With age, comes wisdom. With travel, comes understanding.” – Sandra Lake

61. “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” – Anonymous

62. “Traveling tends to magnify all human emotions.” — Peter Hoeg

63. “You don’t have to be rich to travel well.” – Eugene Fodor

64. “When overseas you learn more about your own country, than you do the place you’re visiting.” – Clint Borgen

65. “The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine

66. “I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.” – Caskie Stinnett

67. “Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” – Roy M. Goodman

68. “Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by.” – Robert Frost

69. “It is not down in any map; true places never are.” – Herman Melville

70. “For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

71. “Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.” — Lawrence Block

72. “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” – Aldous Huxley

73. “Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” – Jack Kerouac

74. “Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comforts of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things — air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky. All things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” – Cesare Pavese

75. “And then there is the most dangerous risk of all — the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.” – Randy Komisar

76. “To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” – Bill Bryson

77. “To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen

78. “What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do — especially in other people’s minds. When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.” – William Least Heat Moon

79. “Travel makes a wise man better but a fool worse.” – Thomas Fuller

80. “When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.” – Susan Heller

81. “Travel far enough, you meet yourself.” – David Mitchell

82. “Live your life by a compass, not a clock.” – Stephen Covey

83. “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” – Anita Desai

84. “We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.” – Ray Bradbury

85. “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca

86. “He who would travel happily must travel light.” -Antoine de St. Exupery

87. “And then there is the most dangerous risk of all — the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.” – Randy Komisar

88. No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” – Lin Yutang

89. “Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” -Jack Kerouac

90. “Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.” -Benjamin Disraeli

91. “Own only what you can always carry with you: known languages, known countries, known people. Let your memory be your travel bag” -Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

92. “When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.”   -Susan Heller

93. “What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do – especially in other people’s minds. When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.” – William Least Heat Moon

94. “Conventional wisdom tells us… we take our baggage with us. I’m not so sure. Travel, at its best, transforms us in ways that aren’t always apparent until we’re back home. Sometimes we do leave our baggage behind, or, even better, it’s misrouted to Cleveland and is never heard from again.”   -Eric Weiner

95. “Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by.” -Robert Frost

96. “There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.” – Jack Kerouac

97. “If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.” – Anthony Bourdain

98. “At its best, travel should challenge our preconceptions and most cherished views, cause us to rethink our assumptions, shake us a bit, make us broader minded and more understanding.” –Arthur Frommer

99. “I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train.” -Oscar Wilde

100. “Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret” -Oscar Wilde

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Best Travel Quotes: The 55 Most Inspirational Travel Quotes Of All Time

Posted on Last updated: November 10, 2021

As cheesy as it may sound, I love inspirational travel quotes!

Whether you’re planning a trip, battling post-trip blues, or just aimlessly scrolling through your phone, you can be sure there is a quote about travelling somewhere out there that will hit the spot for you.

There are travel quotes about finding yourself, travel quotes to inspire your next trip, great travel quotes that push you to live your best life and more.

We can all relate to inspiring travel quotes, which is what makes them so fun to read. In this post I’ve put together some of the most famous travel quotes (and my personal favourites).

I hope you will find these awesome travel quotes inspiring and they will make you want to head out and see some more of the world!

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Famous travel quotes

1. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” –  Andre Gide

2. “Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing at all” –  Helen Keller

3. “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” –  Mary Anne Radmacher

4. “Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you have travelled.” –  Mohammed

5. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” – Mark Twain

6. “Surely, of all the wonders of the world, the horizon is the greatest.”   – Freya Stark

7. “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind.” –   Anthony Bourdain

8. “A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” –   Lao Tzu 

9. “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign” –   Robert Louis Stevenson

Short travel quotes

10. “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine

11. “Life is meant for good friends and great adventures” –  Anonymous

12. “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag

13. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by” — Robert Frost

14. “Once a year, go somewhere you have never been before.” – Dalai Lama

15. “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill

16. “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”  –   Anita Desai

17. “Don’t listen to what they say. Go see.”

18. “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” –   Chief Seattle

19. “Collect Moment, Not Things.”

20. “Blessed are the curious for they shall have adventures.” –   Lovelle Drachman

Travel the world quotes

21. “We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfilment.” —  Hilaire Belloc

22. “For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” –   Robert Louis Stevenson

23. “I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met.” ―  Melody Truong

24. “This wasn’t a strange place; it was a new one.” –   Paulo Coelho

25. “If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet” –  Rachel Wolchin

26. “Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.” –  Michael Palin

27. “Wanderlust: n. a strong desire for or impulse to wander or travel and explore the world”

28. “We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.” –   Ray Bradbury

Adventure travel quotes

29. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did.” ―  Mark Twain

30. “People don’t take trips, trips take people.” –   John Steinbeck

31. “If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine. It’s lethal.” –   Paulo Coelho

32. “Travel is never a matter of money but of courage.” –   Paulo Coelho

33. “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” –   Marcel Proust

34. “I travel because it makes me realize how much I haven’t seen, how much I’m not going to see, and how much I still need to see.” –   Carew Papritz

35. “A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” –   John A. Shedd

36. “Jobs fill your pocket, but adventures fill your soul.” –   Jamie Lyn Beatty Thi

37. “It feels good to be lost in the right direction”

Quotes about travelling & coming home

38. “Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” –   Terry Pratchett

39. “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” –   Henry Miller

40. “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” –   Ibn Battuta

41. “Travel far enough, you meet yourself.”―  David Mitchell

42. “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” –  Aldous Huxley

43. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” –   Lao Tzu

Inspirational travel quotes

44. “Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live it?”  – Caroline Myss

45. “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” –   Anonymous

46. “We live in a world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” ―  Jawaharial Nehru

47. “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.” ―   Jack Kerouac

48. “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” –   Gustave Flaubert

49. “Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret” –   Oscar Wilde

My personal favourite travel quotes

50. “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” –  Anonymous

51. “And then there is the most dangerous risk of all – the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.” – Randy Komisar

52. “I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on earth, then I ask myself the same question.” – Harun Yahya

53. “Actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures.” – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

54. “Fill your life with experiences, not things. Have stories to tell, not stuff to show.” – Unknown

55. “Not all those who wander are lost.” –  J.R.R. Tolkien

Final thoughts on the best quotes about travel

I hope you’ve enjoyed these awesome travel quotes and you’re feeling inspired and full of wanderlust after reading them!

This is just a compilation of my own personal favourite quotes about travel, if you’re still looking for more awesome travel quotes, check out these  111 travel quotes  and 100+ quotes perfect for Instagram  by other awesome content creators.

What are your favourite inspirational travel quotes? Let me know in the comments below!

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Wednesday 22nd of May 2019

Waving a big hello to you, friend! My favourite: 9. “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign” Looking forward to hearing from you more :)

Tuesday 28th of May 2019

Hi Steve! That one is one of my favourites too :)

Saturday 18th of May 2019

What a wonderful list of travel quotes. My personal favourite is “To Travel is to Live” – Hans Christian Andersen. i just want to travel more and more

Monday 27th of May 2019

That's one of my favourites too :)

Marc Deschamps

Wednesday 17th of October 2018

My favourite: 27. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” – Mark Twain Thank you very much for this inspirational post. Living this life, too... Marc and Sylvia

Monday 22nd of October 2018

One of my favourite quotes too :)

Brian & Noelle

Thursday 30th of August 2018

We absolutely love number 36 and 41! Travel quotes are so good for a little inspiration!

Those are amongst my favourite too! :)

Tuesday 7th of August 2018

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.- Lao Tzu

Saturday 24th of November 2018

That a good one. So true. Plans are made on the go. It might extend

Saturday 18th of August 2018

Another beautiful travel quote!

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There are many reasons why humans have loved to travel over the centuries. From discovering new lands to interacting with different peoples, travel really does broaden the mind. But just don’t take our word for it. We’ve pulled together 50 of the best travel quotes, from some of the greatest thinkers and explorers, which are bound to give you a serious case of wanderlust.

• Gustave Flaubert
• Henry Miller
• D.H. Lawrence
• George Bernard Shaw
• Dagobert D. Runes
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Henry David Thoreau
• Aldous Huxley
• Benjamin Disraeli
• Kurt Vonnegut
• Oscar Wilde
• Marcel Proust
• Martin Buber
• Robert Frost
• Thomas Fuller
• Paul Theroux
• Robert Louis Stevenson
• John Steinbeck
• Albert Einstein
• Lisa St. Aubin de Teran
• Cesare Pavese
• Hilaire Belloc
• Caskie Stinnett
• Charles Horton Cooley
• Herman Melville
• Elizabeth Drew
• J.R.R. Tolkein
• G.K. Chesterton
• Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Anatole France
• Ray Bradbury
• St Augustine
• Jack Kerouac
• Freya Stark

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Gustave Flaubert Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.

A 19th-century French novelist from Rouen, Gustave Flaubert (December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880) was considered a leading mover in realism within French literature. He's best known for his 1857 novel Madame Bovary , a portrayal of bourgeois life, which was tried by the French government on the grounds of alleged immorality – Flaubert narrowly escaped conviction.

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Mark Twain Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (that's right, Mark Twain was a pseudonym) was a novelist, journalist, humourist and lecturer born in Florida, Missouri, USA on November 30, 1835 (and died April 21, 1910, Redding, Connecticut). He became famous for his travel narratives such as The Innocents Abroad (1869) and for his novels The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and follow-up, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). In Hartford, Connecticut, the Mark Twain House awaits your visit to learn more about the author.

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Henry Miller One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.

Henry Miller was a 20th-century American writer (December 26, 1891 – June 9, 1980) who spent a large portion of his career in Paris, France. His works are based on his own life and experiences which later became characterised as fictionalised autobiography, and include Tropic of Cancer (1934), Tropic of Capricorn (1939) and Black Spring (1936). His books often had explicit and obscene content which led the way for other American writers, but also resulted in both Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn getting banned in the US for nearly three decades.

D.H. Lawrence When we get out of the glass bottle of our ego and when we escape like the squirrels in the cage of our personality and get into the forest again, we shall shiver with cold and fright. But things will happen to us so that we don't know ourselves. Cool, unlying life will rush in.

David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English writer and poet. He's most famous for his novel Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928), a reflection of the state of modern society under relentless industrialisation, which faced years of criticism and legal pushback for its explicit sexual content when such language was still considered taboo. D.H. Lawrence also wrote poems, plays, essays, travel books and more, making him one of the most distinguished writers of his day.

George Bernard Shaw I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.

Born in Dublin, George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright, literary critic, comic dramatist and political activist for socialism. So impressive were his contributions that he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925, but he refused the prize money (he had no desire for public honours). He was highly influential across generations for his wit and intelligent critiques.

Dagobert D. Runes People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.

Dagobert David Runes (January 6, 1902 – September 24, 1982) was a philosopher and author born in Zastavna, Bukovina, Austro-Hungary (now in Ukraine), emigrating to the USA in 1926. He spoke at least nine languages fluently and was friends with Albert Einstein. His most significant legacy is arguably the founding of the Philosophical Library in 1941, a US publisher specialising in philosophy, psychology, religion and history.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart A man of ordinary talent will always be ordinary, whether he travels or not; but a man of superior talent will go to pieces if he remains forever in the same place.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was an influential and highly acclaimed Austrian musical composer of the classical era. Some of his most famous compositions include the Piano Concerto No. 23, Symphony No. 41 and Requiem, among many, many others. The Mozart House in Vienna is the only former home of Mozart in Vienna that has been preserved and today serves as a museum.

Henry David Thoreau Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.

Henry David Thoreau was an American essayist, poet, philosopher and naturalist, who started his career writing nature poetry under the mentorship and friendship of Ralph Waldo Emerson. He's one of America's most famous writers, most known for his book Walden (1854), which he wrote during a two-year stay on Walden Pond, Concord, Massachusetts, living a simple life in a home he built for himself.

Aldous Huxley For the born traveller, travelling is a besetting vice. Like other vices, it is imperious, demanding its victim's time, money, energy and the sacrifice of comfort.

Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English author, critic and philosopher famous for writing one of the most highly acclaimed novels of all time, Brave New World (1932), which became a base for dystopian science fiction for future writers.

Benjamin Disraeli Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.

Benjamin Disraeli (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British Prime Minister (twice) and novelist who played a central role in the formation of the modern Conservative Party. He was known as being a compelling speaker and in his second stint as Prime Minister focused on social reform, including passing laws to recognise trade unions and prevent labour exploitation.

Pat Conroy Once you have travelled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.

Donald Patrick "Pat" Conroy (October 26, 1945 – March 4, 2016) was an American author from Atlanta, Georgia. Two of his most highly acclaimed books were made into Oscar-nominated films: The Prince of Tides (1986) and The Great Santini (1976).

Mohamed Don't tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you travelled.

The Prophet Mohamed (570-632) was a central figure to Islam and is considered the last prophet sent to mankind by God to present and uphold the teachings previously preached by Moses, Adam, Abraham and other prophets.

T.S. Eliot The journey not the arrival matters.

Thomas Stearns Eliot (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was an essayist, poet, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic. He was born in the US but moved to the UK when he was 25 and spent the rest of his life there. He was considered one of the best poets of the 20th century, and a leader of the Modernist poetry movement.

Kurt Vonnegut Bizarre travel plans are dancing lessons from God.

Kurt Vonnegut (November 11, 1922 — April 11, 2007) was an American writer whose career spanned 50 years and was most famous for his dark, satirical novel Slaughterhouse-Five (1969). His writing became known for its use of postmodern techniques, mixed with science fiction and fantasy in order to highlight the ironies of modern society.

Mark Twain Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Oscar Wilde I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.

Arguably one of the most famous literary figures of all time and known for his witty humour, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Anglo-Irish novelist, playwright, poet and critic. While his most famous work is The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), he mostly wrote plays, which include The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). He's just one of many famous artists, writers, and musicians, having found his final resting place on the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris , one of the city's top attractions.

Marcel Proust The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust, known as Marcel Proust (10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922), was a French novelist, essayist and critic. He was influenced by the works of Gustave Flaubert (who we met earlier) and his most prominent writing was In Search of Lost Time, a seven-volume psychological and allegorical novel based on Proust's life.

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Seneca Travel and change of place impart new vigour to the mind.

Seneca the Younger, or Seneca, full name Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 BC – AD 65), was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and orator. He was the leading intellectual figure in the mid-1st century in Rome.

Martin Buber All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveller is unaware.

Martin Buber (8 February 1878 – 13 June 1965) was a German-Israeli religious philosopher and biblical translator. His philosophy centred on man's dialogue with other men and God, most notably expressed in his book Ich und Du or I and Thou (1923).

Robert Frost Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less travelled by.

Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet most admired for his depictions of life in New England. Having been unsuccessful in getting his poetry published in the US, he moved to London in the UK, where he finally gained acclaim. One of his most notable poems is The Road Not Taken , which is where our travel quote pick comes from.

Thomas Fuller If an ass goes travelling, he'll not come home a horse.

Thomas Fuller (baptized 19 June 1608 – 16 August 1661) was an English scholar, preacher and prolific author, often considered extremely witty. He is most well known for History of the Worthies of England (published posthumously in 1662) and Holy State and the Profane State (1642).

Paul Theroux Tourists don't know where they've been, travellers don't know where they're going.

Paul Edward Theroux (April 10, 1941) is an American travel writer and novelist, with some of his books being made into feature films. His best-known work is The Great Railway Bazaar (1975), and he wrote many others, including The Old Patagonian Express (1978).

Lao Tzu A good traveller has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.

Very little is known about Lao Tzu, an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer (who died in 533 BC in the Zhou dynasty). He was renowned for being the philosophical founder of Taoism and is said to be the writer of sacred text, Tao Te Ching . Taoism is intertwined with other schools of thought like Buddhism and Confucianism.

Robert Louis Stevenson There are no foreign lands. It is the traveller only who is foreign.

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish essayist, poet, and author of fiction and travel books. He's most well known for his hugely popular books, Treasure Island (1881) and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), the latter one being loosely based on a local criminal in Edinburgh, as explained on this guided walking tour .

John Steinbeck A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.

John Steinbeck (February 27, 1902 — December 20, 1968) was an American author, most famous for his novel Of Mice and Men (1937). He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception."

Albert Einstein I love to travel, but hate to arrive.

Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 — April 18, 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, whose name has now become synonymous with "genius". This is due to his high intellect, having developed the theory of relativity, won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics and written more than 300 scientific papers (and more than 150 non-scientific).

Aldous Huxley To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

Lisa St. Aubin de Teran Travelling is like flirting with life. It's like saying, 'I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station'.

Lisa St Aubin de Terán (2 October 1953) is an English novelist, writer of autobiographical fictions, and memoirist. She left England at age 16 and travelled before moving to her husband's home in the Andes, which influenced her award-winning first novel, Keepers of the House (1982). Now, she splits her time between the Netherlands and Mozambique where she runs the Terán Foundation, a not-for-profit working in underdeveloped villages in the country.

John Steinbeck People don't take trips... trips take people.

Cesare Pavese If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.

Cesare Pavese (9 September 1908 — 27 August 1950) was an Italian poet, novelist, literary critic and translator. He was heavily influenced by the authors whose work he translated, such as Herman Melville, John Steinbeck, Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway. His work was significant in introducing British and American writers to Italy, such as The Moon and the Bonfires (1950), and a Pavese Prize of Literature was established after his death in 1957.

Hilaire Belloc We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

Joseph Hilaire Pierre René Belloc, known as Hilaire Belloc, (July 27, 1870 — July 16, 1953) was an Anglo-French writer and historian, most known for his poetry and essays. He worked as a journalist before his books Verses and Sonnets (1895) and The Bad Child’s Book of Beasts (1896) launched his literary career.

Caskie Stinnett I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.

Caskie Stinnett was an American travel editor, writer and humorist. His best known work is One Man's Island: Reflections on Maine Life from Slightly Offshore (1984).

Charles Horton Cooley To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.

Charles Horton Cooley (August 17, 1864 – May 7, 1929) was an American sociologist and was a founding member and the eighth president of the American Sociological Association.

Herman Melville It is not down in any map; true places never are.

Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer and poet most famous for his classic, Moby Dick published in 1851.

Elizabeth Drew Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation.

Elizabeth Drew is an American political journalist and author, born in Ohio in 1935. She has written multiple books on politicians and the newspaper media.

J.R.R. Tolkein Not all those who wander are lost.

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (January 3, 1892 – September 2, 1973) – or J.R.R Tolkein as we more commonly know him – was an English writer, poet and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic book series The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit , which have been made into successful feature films. Today, you can even visit the Hobbit set in New Zealand .

Henry David Thoreau Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

G.K. Chesterton The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was one of the dominating figures of the London literary scene in the early twentieth century and known for his exuberant personality. He was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator and literary critic.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.

Benjamin Disraeli Travel teaches toleration

Andre Gide One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.

André Paul Guillaume Gide (22 November 1869 – 19 February 1951) was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947. Gide's career ranged from its beginnings in the symbolist movement, to the advent of anticolonialism between the two World Wars.

Tim Cahill A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.

Tim Cahill is a travel writer (born 1944) who lives in Livingston, Montana, United States. He is a founding editor of Outside magazine and currently serves as an "Editor at Large" for the magazine.

Anatole France Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.

Anatole France (April 16, 1844 – October 12, 1924) won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was a French poet, journalist, and successful novelist with several best-sellers and was known for his satirical tone.

Ray Bradbury Half of the fun of travel is the aesthetic of lostness.

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. He worked in a variety of genres, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mystery fiction and was most famous for his novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953).

St Augustine The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

Saint Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 AD – 28 August 430 AD) was a Roman African, early Christian theologian and philosopher from Numidia whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy.

Jack Kerouac Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.

Jack Kerouac (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969) was an American novelist, considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, a pioneer of the Beat Generation. His most well known novel is On The Road (1957), but also wrote other well-received novels such as Dharma Bums (1958) and Big Sur (1962).

Freya Stark To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.

Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893 – 9 May 1993), was a Anglo-Italian explorer and travel writer. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels in the Middle East and Afghanistan as well as several autobiographical works and essays. She was one of the first non-Arabs to travel through the southern Arabian Desert.

Pico Iyer And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it's a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end.

Siddharth Pico Raghavan Iyer, known as Pico Iyer (born 11 February 1957), is a British-born American essayist and novelist, best known for his travel writing. He is the author of numerous books on crossing cultures including Video Night in Kathmandu (1988), The Lady and the Monk (1991) and The Global Soul (2000).

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The 50 Most Inspiring Travel Quotes of All Time

O ne of these travel quotes may get you on the road again and/or be a mantra to keep you exploring the world for years to come. Here are the 50 most inspiring travel quotes of all time:

1. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” – Mark Twain

2. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine

3. “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

4. “The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.” – Samuel Johnson

5. “All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.” – Paul Fussell

6. “Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” – Jack Kerouac

7. “He who does not travel does not know the value of men.” – Moorish proverb

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8. “People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.” – Dagobert D. Runes

9. “A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” – John Steinbeck

10. “No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” – Lin Yutang

11. “Your true traveler finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty — his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.” – Aldous Huxley

12. “All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.” – Samuel Johnson

13. “For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

14. “Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things — air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky — all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” – Cesare Pavese

15. “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller

16. “A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.” – Moslih Eddin Saadi

17. “When we get out of the glass bottle of our ego and when we escape like the squirrels in the cage of our personality and get into the forest again, we shall shiver with cold and fright. But things will happen to us so that we don’t know ourselves. Cool, unlying life will rush in.” – D. H. Lawrence

18. “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark

19. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

20. “Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard

21. “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” – Martin Buber

22. “We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharlal Nehru

23. “Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” – Paul Theroux

24. “To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” – Bill Bryson

25. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

26. “Two roads diverged in a wood and I — I took the one less traveled by.” – Robert Frost

27. “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” – Lao Tzu

28. “There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.” – Charles Dudley Warner

29. “A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu

30. “If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” – James Michener

31. “The journey not the arrival matters.” – T. S. Eliot

32. “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill

33. “I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” – Mark Twain

34. “Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quiestest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.” – Pat Conroy

35. “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J. R. R. Tolkien

36. “Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.” – Benjamin Disraeli

37. “Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” – Maya Angelou

38. “Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation.” – Elizabeth Drew

39. “Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.” – Anatole France

40. “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca

41. “What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do — especially in other people’s minds. When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.” – William Least Heat Moon

42. “I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within.” – Lillian Smith

43. “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” – Aldous Huxley

44. “Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its setting, so that the intrinsic qualities are made more clear. Travel does this with the very stuff that everyday life is made of, giving to it the sharp contour and meaning of art.” – Freya Stark

45. “The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.” – Rudyard Kipling

46. “Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.” – Paul Theroux

47. “The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land.” – G. K. Chesterton

48. “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.” – Clifton Fadiman

49. “A wise traveler never despises his own country.” – Carlo Goldoni

50. “Adventure is a path. Real adventure — self-determined, self-motivated, often risky — forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The world the way it is, not the way you imagine it. Your body will collide with the earth and you will bear witness. In this way you will be compelled to grapple with the limitless kindness and bottomless cruelty of humankind – and perhaps realize that you yourself are capable of both. This will change you. Nothing will ever again be black-and-white.” – Mark Jenkins

A version of this article about travel quotes was previously published on March 7, 2008 and was updated on March 28th, 2019.

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50 most inspiring travel quotes of all time

It’s time to take your wanderlust to new levels with our list of  the most inspiring travel quotes of all time. From iconic poets and authors to philosophers and national proverbs, we’ve compiled only the wisest, most inspiring quotes that are pretty much guaranteed to get you planning your next trip as soon as you’ve finished reading…

1. “To speak a language is to take on a world, a culture.” – Frantz Fanon

2. “Nothing develops intelligence like travel.” – Emile Zola

3. “One must travel to learn.” – Mark Twain

4. “See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream.” – Ray Bradbury

5. “Investment in travel is an investment in yourself.” – Matthew Karsten

6. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller

7. “A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill

8. “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

9. “I love the feeling of being anonymous in a city I’ve never been before.” – Bill Bryson

10. “Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs.” – Amin Maalouf

11. “There is a kind of magicness about going far away and then coming back all changed.” – Kate Douglas Wiggin

12. “To travel is to evolve.” – Pierre Bernardo

13. “Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.” – Michael Palin

14. “Oh, the places you’ll go!” – Dr Seuss

15. “A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu

16. “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag

17. “The traveler sees what he sees, the tourists sees what he has come to see.” – G.K. Chesterton

18. “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller

19. “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey.” – Fitzhugh Mullan

20. “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle

21. “Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” – Dalai Lama

22. “Traveling is not something you’re good at. It’s something you do.” – Gayle Forman

23. “To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen

24. “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” – Aldous Huxley

25. “The world is a book, and those who do not travel only read a page.” – St. Augustine

26. “If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.” – Cesare Pavese

27. “I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.” – James Baldwin

28. “Not all those who wander are lost.” – JRR Tolkien

29. “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustave Flaubert

30. “It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.” – Andre Gide

31. “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” – Anonymous

32. “Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” – Paul Theroux

33. “People don’t take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinbeck

34. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” – Mark Twain

35. “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” – Anonymous

36. “If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, you’d be better staying at home.” – James Michener

37. “I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

38. “If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” – Lewis Carroll

39. “No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” – Lin Yutang

40. “A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.” – Moslih Eddin Saadi

41. “Only one who wanders finds new paths.” – Norwegian proverb

42. “Through we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

43. “The further I go, the closer to me I get.” – Andrew McCarthy

44. “Every dreamer knows that it is entirely possible to be homesick for a place you’ve never been to, perhaps more homesick than for familiar ground.” – Judith Thurman

45. “Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don’t be sorry.” Jack Kerouac

46. “It is not the destination where you end up but the mishaps and memories you create along the way.” – Penelope Riley

47. “Who lives sees much. Who travels sees more.” – Arab Proverb

48. “If you think adventure is dangerous try routine. It is lethal.” – Paulo Coelho

49. “Travel teaches tolerance” – Benjamin Disraeli

50. “Adventure is worthwhile.” – Aristotle

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Every Travel Quote Ever

Say goodbye to scouring the internet in search of inspirational travel quotes to keep you focussed on saving for that next big trip. Instead take a read through our list of every travel quote ever. We dare you to try and not be inspired.

Are we missing one of your favs? Share your own travel quote in the comments and we might just include it!

Inspirational Travel Quotes

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller

“We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” – Unknown

“I am not a great book, I am not a great artist, but I love art and I love food, so I am the perfect traveller.” – Michael Palin

“I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

“He who does not travel does not know the value of men.” – Moorish proverb

“People don’t take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinbeck

“The best journeys in life are those that answer questions you never thought to ask.” ― Rich Ridgeway

“To travel is to evolve.” – Pierre Bernardo

Take the first step, the rest will follow. Book the ticket, apply for the job, send the email, jump into the water. The rest gets easier from there. – Abi from http://www.insidethetravellab.com/

“A person does not grow from the ground like a vine or a tree, one is not part of a plot of land. Mankind has legs so it can wander.” ― Roman Payne, The Wanderess

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

“You don’t have to be rich to travel well.” – Eugene Fodor

“He who is outside his door has the hardest part of his journey behind him.” – Dutch Proverb

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” – Mark Twain

“He who would travel happily must travel light.” – Antoine de St. Exupery

“Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.” – Anatole France

“It is not down in any map; true places never are.” – Herman Melville

It’s never too late to have a life you love. Don’t ever feel like you’ve missed the boat, don’t have what it takes or can’t achieve your dreams. Instead of removing your dreams, remove the doubts and fears keeping you from them. It’s never, ever too late. – Phoebe from https://littlegreybox.net

“Without travel I would have wound up a little ignorant white Southern female, which was not my idea of a good life.” – Lauren Hutton

“I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.” – James Baldwin

“I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.” – Seneca

“Travelling — it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

“Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.” — Lawrence Block

“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius

“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Scott Cameron

“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” – Oscar Wilde

“The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.” – Rudyard Kipling

“Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.” – Alan Keightley

“Tourists visit. Travellers explore.” – Unknown

If you don’t do it now, when will you do it? -Monica from http://thetravelhack.com/

“Travelling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, ‘I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station.'” – Lisa St. Aubin de Teran

“I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on Earth. Then I ask myself the same question.” – Harun Yahya

“Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.” – Ernest Hemingway

“Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.” – Unknown

“The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca

“NOT I – NOT ANYONE else, can travel that road for you, You must travel it for yourself.” – Walt Whitman

“You don’t choose the day you enter the world and you don’t chose the day you leave. It’s what you do in between that makes all the difference.” – Anita Septimus

“Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends… The mind can never break off from the journey.” – Pat Conroy

“When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.” ― Clifton Fadiman

“I haven’t been everywhere but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag

“Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” – Roy M. Goodman

Adventure Travel Quotes

“To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” – Bill Bryson

“My life is shaped by the urgent need to wander and observe, and my camera is my passport.” ― Steve McCurry

“The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine

The biggest addiction a person can have is discovering the unknown. Once it takes hold, there is no getting out and the only way to get your fix is by pushing yourself out of your comfort zone and exploring new horizons, cultural, and places. – Stephen from A Backpacker’s Tale 

“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”― Andre Gide

“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

“If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.” ― Unknown

“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.” ― John A. Shedd

“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” – John Steinbeck

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ― Mark Twain

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveller is unaware.” ― Martin Buber

“May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home.” ― Trenton Lee Stewart

“Let us step into the night and pursue that flighty temptress, adventure.” ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

“Make voyages! Attempt them… there’s nothing else.” – Tennessee Williams

“To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” ― Freya Stark

“The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land.” ― G.K. Chesterton

The more borders you cross, the more your mind opens — Paul from Global Help Swap

“One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.” – Ella Maillart

“Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by.” – Robert Frost

“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” – James Michener

“When overseas you learn more about your own country, than you do the place you’re visiting.” – Clint Borgen

“Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.” – Babs Hoffman

“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu

“Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.” – Irving Wallace

“A traveller without observation is a bird without wings.” — Moslih Eddin Saadi

“I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.” – Caskie Stinnett

“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” – Jawaharial Nehru

“Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” – Unknown (thanks to Melissa Bond for the contribution!)

“Investment in travel is an investment in yourself.” – Matthew Karsten

“It is better to travel well then to arrive.” – Buddha

“Adventure is worthwhile.” – Aristotle

“We all become great explorers during our first few days in a new city, or a new love affair.” – Mignon McLaughlin

“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Nin

“Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you traveled.” – Mohammed

“No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” – Lin Yutang

“The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Adventure without risk is Disneyland.” – Doug Coupland

“If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.” – Cesare Pavese

“How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.” – R. Buckminster Fuller

“I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.” – Rosalia de Castro

“I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment” – Hilaire Belloc

“If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey most of us would never start out at all.” – Dan Rather

“The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.” – Samuel Johnson

“Airplane travel is nature’s way of making you look like your passport photo.” – Al Gore

“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travellers don’t know where they’re going.” – Paul Theroux

“It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.” – William Hazlitt

“You develop a sympathy for all human beings when you travel a lot.” – Shakuntala Devi

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100 Quotes About Travel to Inspire Your Next Adventure

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The best quotes about travel will inspire you to pack your bags, book that ticket, and start your journey in a new place. We’re always thinking about our next trip, and sometimes a saying or quote can remind us why we travel in the first place.

Traveling is a great opportunity to step out of your comfort zone, reflect on the bigger picture, and learn about the world and yourself. If you need some motivation, I’ve got a collection of inspirational travel quotes , quotes about traveling with friends , funny travel quotes , and more. With that and our step-by-step guide on planning a trip anywhere , you will have no excuses.

Short travel quotes

Most inspiring travel quotes, best quotes about traveling with friends, travel quotes for couples, best quotes about traveling with family, quotes for traveling alone & solo travel quotes.

Spend some time reading through these adventure travel quotes and see which ones resonate with you most. Keep your favorites handy, so you can revisit them when you want some insight or something to inspire your wanderlust !

These short travel quotes are simple but can inspire lofty ideas for your next journey!

1. A change of latitude would help my attitude. – Unknown

As this short travel quote suggests, going to a new place can give you a total attitude adjustment!

2. Adventure is out there. – Charles Muntz

This travel quote from the animated film Up has inspired kids and adults alike. Adventure is out there; go find it!

3. Live your life by a compass, not a clock. – Erica Jong

I appreciate travel life quotes like this one. It’s not about how long you live, it’s whether you live it to the fullest. And for me, that means seeing the world!

4. Oh, the places you’ll go! – Dr. Seuss

This simple travel quote is a good one for life in general. Whether you’re moving to a new city or taking a trip around the world, oh, the places you’ll go!

5. Take only memories, leave only footprints. – Chief Seattle

This poignant travel quote is a reminder to treat our planet with respect, especially while traveling. Things like eco-tourism, carbon offsets, and environmental footprints need more attention!

6. The journey, not the arrival, matters. – T.S. Eliot

This is a quote about trips that can encourage you to slow down and enjoy the journey. Sometimes, we get so wrapped up in where we’re going, that we forget to appreciate all that’s around us.

7. There is a world elsewhere. – Shakespeare

This poetic travel quote is short and sweet. It’s easy to become distracted by daily life, but there is so much more out there.

8. To travel is to live. – Hans Christian Andersen

This travel quote says it all: traveling truly is one of the best ways to experience life.

The best travel quotes will inspire you to take the leap and go on a new adventure! Check out these inspirational travel quotes for more insight and direction.

9. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. – Lao Tzu

This inspiring travel quote applies to life, too. Step by step, we can reach new destinations, as well as our goals.

10. A ship is safe in the harbor, but that’s not what ships are built for. – Gael Attal

Remember that you are the ship, and you’re meant to experience this beautiful, magical world while you’re here!

11. Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times. – Asian proverb

No matter how many photos you see or stories you hear, nothing beats seeing a place in person!

12. Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you have traveled. – Mohammed

This travel saying reminds us that experiencing unfamiliar places and cultures is one of the best ways to learn.

13. Do not follow where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

This inspirational travel quote is about taking charge of your life and, as a traveler, getting off the beaten path to discover new places.

14. Investment in travel is an investment in yourself. – Matthew Karsten

A lot of people think about investing in their career or home, but the life experience you get through traveling is one of the greatest investments. The insight, perspective, and resilience you gain can help you in all facets of life.

15. Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. – Neale Donald Walsch

This tried and true travel quote is another one that can inspire you to push past fears and embrace adventure! And remember, everyone’s comfort zone is different!

16. Travel is never a matter of money, but of courage. – Paulo Coelho

While taking a trip requires money, this inspirational travel quote reminds us that you also need the courage to leave behind familiarity for adventure.

17. Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. – Robert Frost

Frost was a poet who understood the importance of charting your own path rather than following the crowd. That principle applies to traveling too, as you can find all kinds of unique places when you venture away from the tourist traps.

18. We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us. – Anonymous

This is one of the best travel quotes because it sums up why so many people pack their bags. When we’re traveling, we’re fully living !

Quotes about traveling the world

These quotes about traveling to new places will ignite your desire to pack up and go somewhere new!

19. I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met. – Melody Truong

Here is a famous travel quote that can spark wanderlust in anyone, especially travel junkies like us!

20. It’s a big world out there, it would be a shame not to experience it. – J.D. Andrews

Even if you can only go to the next town over, it’s always worth it to visit a new place and see something different.

21. Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. – Andre Gide

This is another travel quote that points out how you need to face some fears to travel to new destinations. Of course, it’s totally worth it!

22. The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. – St. Augustine

Here is a wonderful metaphor that can motivate you to step out of your comfort zone and go someplace new. Travel always reminds us that the world doesn’t revolve around us, and there are so many different ways of life.

23. The most beautiful thing in the world, is, of course, the world itself. -Wallace Stevens

This simple travel quote truly needs no explanation. When you feel down or uninspired, the world is there in all its natural beauty.

24. There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign. – Robert Louis Stevenson

This quote about traveling the world can shift our perspective to see the big picture.

25. There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars. – Jack Kerouac

Some people live to travel, and they get bored when they’re in one place for too long. If that’s you, know that you’re not alone!

26. Travel because life is short, and the world is huge. – Anonymous

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27. Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. – Gustave Flaubert

This travel quote is also about the big picture. If you’ve ever stood on the edge of a cliff or sailed in the middle of the ocean, you know that sensation of feeling ridiculously small in a big world.

28. Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. – Anita Desai

A wonderful quote about traveling the world , this sentence captures the feeling of taking a piece of your travels with you while leaving a part of you behind .

Quotes about travel & adventure

These quotes are for travel lovers who crave their next adventure. If you’re ready to indulge your wanderlust, keep reading this adventure sayings !

29. Adventure may hurt you, but monotony will kill you. – Ghaniya Dewi Arassyi

This travel quote will resonate with many digital nomads and explorers. Waking up in a new place and experiencing a different culture may be jarring at first, but that kind of adventure is much better than doing the same thing every day.

30. All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. – Martin Buber

Anyone who has traveled will agree that this wanderlust quote is 100% true.

31. Blessed are the curious for they shall have adventures. – Lovelle Drachman

Life is full of adventures and things to see, and if you’re curious enough, you’ll experience them all!

32. Fill your life with experiences, not things. Have stories to tell, not stuff to show. – Unknown

Odds are, the most interesting and fulfilled people you’ve met have spent more time seeing the world than buying things.

33. If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet. – Rachel Wolchin

This is one of the best travel quotes for a burst of inspiration.

34. Jobs fill your pocket. Adventures fill your soul. – Unknown

While it’s pragmatic to have both, it’s true that you gain something when you travel that you don’t get anywhere else.

35. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. – Helen Keller

Helen Keller’s motivational travel quote applies to life in general, so whatever the word adventure means to you, go for it!

36. Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. – Ibn Battuta

This is the perfect quote for travel lovers ! After a trip, you always come home with a story or two to tell, and those tales stay with you for life.

37. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. – Mark Twain

This is a simple travel quote to motivate you. Have you ever met anyone who said they regretted traveling?

Some of the best trips are the ones you take with good friends. I’m sure these travel quotes will inspire you to hit the road with your best friends. These are my favorite quotes about traveling with friends .

38. A good friend listens to your adventures. Your best friend makes them with you. – Unknown

Whoever said this trip quote knows what it’s like to have that best friend who will explore the world and navigate life with you.

39. Everyone needs this friend that calls and says, “Get dressed, we’re going on an adventure.” – Unknown

Here is another fun quote about traveling with friends . Do you have that bestie that’s always ready for the next adventure?

40. I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. – Mark Twain

I’m sure everyone can relate to this funny travel quote . When you take a trip with someone, you learn a lot about them, yourself, and your relationship!

41. It doesn’t matter where you’re going, it’s who you have beside you. – Unknown

As this travel quote suggests, one of the best parts of taking a trip isn’t the destination, but who you’re with.

42. Life is meant for good friends and great adventures. – Anonymous

I don’t think anyone can argue against the idea that adventure and friendship are two of the best things in life!

43. Sometimes all you need is a great friend and a tank of gas. – Thelma and Louise

This cute saying is the perfect travel quote to inspire your next road trip!

44. The more I travelled, the more I realized fear makes strangers of people who should be friends. – Shirley MacLaine

This life travel quote is an excellent reminder of how people can connect across cultures, countries, and languages. One of the best things about traveling is that it introduces you to diverse ways of seeing the world and living life, and of course, new friends.

45. Travel is better with friends. – Unknown

This travel quote needs no explanation. While a solo trip can be fun now and then, traveling with friends is one of the best experiences in life.

46. We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls. – Anais Nin

Those who love to explore will understand the depth of this quote. Traveling is the best way to find yourself, others, and new insights about the world.

Traveling with friends is great, but if you have a significant other, it’s a unique experience. Let these couples’ travel quotes encourage you to take a journey with your partner!

47. A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. – John Steinbeck

This couples’ travel quote is an important one. As with life and relationships, there are many things out of our control, and the same goes for traveling. However, that doesn’t mean the trip isn’t worthwhile!

48. Actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures. – Lewis Carroll

This excerpt from Alice in Wonderland makes for a wonderful travel quote . Money gets spent, clothes get tattered, and cars break down, but adventures give you memories that last forever.

49. I would like to travel the world with you twice. Once, to see the world. Twice to see the way you see the world. – Unknown

I love this quote about traveling together because you can share perspectives and gain even more from your trip.

50. In life, it’s not where you go – it’s who you travel with. – Charles M. Schulz

Here is a beautiful quote about traveling with a partner or friend that I 100% agree with!

51. Never go on trips with anyone you do not love. – Hemingway

Although it’s a funny travel quote , it’s quite true!

52. No road is long with good company. – Turkish proverb

I love this proverb about travel because no matter where you’re going, as long as you have a loved one beside you, it’ll be okay.

53. Sharing adventures means enjoying them 100% more. – Unknown

This is another great travel quote for couples or friends. A solo adventure can be fun, but it’s different from sharing travel experiences with someone you love.

54. Together is our favorite place to be. – Unknown

This quote about travel and love is so heartwarming. Having your partner by your side can make any trip more magical, although simply being in each other’s presence is often enough.

55. Traveling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, “I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station. – Lisa St. Aubin de Teran

This longer travel quote is an interesting analogy that frequent travelers might relate to. Visiting new lands and meeting new people is like flirting; as soon as you start to connect, you move onto a different location.

56. What we find in a soulmate is not something wild to tame, but something wild to run with. – Robert Brault

Whether or not you believe in soulmates, it’s true that the best partner is the one we can go on adventures with.

Taking a trip as a family can be a bonding experience, as well as frustrating and memorable! These quotes about family vacations are funny and heartwarming, so they perfectly capture all facets of traveling with your kids.

57. A family that travels together stays together. – Unknown

Some travel quotes and sayings are cute and sweet, like this one. Family trips can be a wonderful opportunity to spend quality time together and strengthen bonds.

58. I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine. – Caskie Stinnett

While it’s a funny travel quote , this saying can also correspond to family life. Sometimes families get tied into a routine and lose touch with each other. Taking a trip together disrupts the monotony and brings everyone closer.

59. Love is the food of life, travel is dessert. – Anonymous

If you ask any adventurous spirit, they’ll agree that love and travel is all you need!

60. Not all classrooms have 4 walls. – Unknown

I think this is one of the top travel quotes , and it’s especially pertinent to families. Sometimes, parents get nervous about letting their kids travel, but seeing a new place and a unique way of life is one of the most fulfilling ways to educate oneself.

61. Travel. Your money will return. Your time won’t. – Unknown

A contemplative quote about travel and life , this simple sentence encourages us to go on adventures while we can. After all, when we’re old, it’ll be easier to work than to hop on a plane!

62. Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion. – Leigh Hunt

This is such a cute couples’ travel quote to remind us that home is the people we love, not a specific place.

63. Two of the greatest gifts we can give our children are roots and wings. – Hodding Carter

This is one of the sweetest travel quotes for families . While kids need stability, they also have vivid imaginations. Traveling with their parents can awaken their childlike wonder and instill in them a sense of adventure.

If you’ve ever taken a solo trip, you know that it’s one of the most life-changing experiences. And if you haven’t had the pleasure of traveling alone yet, hopefully, these quotes about solo trips can inspire you!

64. I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. – Mary Anne Radmacher

This is a beautiful travel quote about how you change as a person when you wake up in an unfamiliar environment. Going through daily life in a different place truly alters the way you view the bigger picture.

65. I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone. – Daphne du Maurier

If you’re thinking of going on a solo adventure and need a nudge, consider this quote about traveling alone . Sometimes, going on a trip with people we know can distract us from the full experience of discovering a new place.

66. Not until we are lost do, we begin to find ourselves. – Henry David Thoreau

Here is another simple travel quote that has a deeper meaning. Sometimes, we have to get lost and break away from what’s familiar in order to truly meet ourselves.

67. To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world. – Freya Stark

Something that digital nomads crave is the feeling of being lost or a stranger in a new land. For these people, there is no other feeling like it!

68. Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life—and travel—leaves marks on you. – Anthony Bourdain

Anthony Bourdain was one of the most beloved world travelers, so his adventure travel quote resonates deeply. The best thing about traveling is that you sprinkle a bit of yourself everywhere you go, and you bring a bit of that place back with you.

69. Travel far enough, you meet yourself. – David Mitchell

Read between the lines of this travel quote , and it makes so much sense. The more you stray from what you know, the more you learn about yourself, and the world!

70. When the traveler goes alone, he gets acquainted with himself. – Liberty Hyde Bailey

I agree that taking a trip with friends or a partner is awesome, but when you travel alone, you have so much time to get to know yourself.

Funny travel quotes

The deep, motivational sayings are great, but sometimes a funny travel quote is all you need to inspire your next adventure!

71. I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list. – Susan Sontag

This is the perfect quote for travel lovers ! Where is your next adventure going to be?

72. I love to travel but hate to arrive. – Albert Einstein

This short and sweet saying is another reminder that it’s often the journey – not the destination – that matters most.

73. I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself. – James Baldwin

It could be Europe or a few miles from your house, but when you travel, you gain new insights into yourself – your personality, quirks, likes, dislikes, everything.

74. I need a vacation of 6 months. Twice a year! – Unknown

This silly travel quote is funny , but all too true!

75. If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal. – Paulo Coelho

Yes, stability is important, but adventure is fulfilling and just as essential.

76. It’s bad manners to let vacation wait! – Unknown

Here’s another lighthearted travel quote to remind you to book that vacation!

77. To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries. – Aldous Huxley

This travel quote is funny yet wise. Even though we are more connected than ever, you truly don’t understand a place until you step foot there yourself.

78. You know it’s time for a vacation when you start looking like the person on your driving license… – Unknown

You can’t deny that this funny travel vacation quote is true !

Quotes about wanderlust

The best travel quotes plant a seed in your mind, a will in your heart, and a spark in your spirit. I’m sure these motivational quotes about traveling the world will awaken your inner wanderer!

79. A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. – Lao Tzu

This one is for the wanderers and frequent travelers. While there is a place for planning and preparation, some of the best trips are those with limited foresight.

80. One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. – Henry Miller

One of the best quotes on traveling , this saying gets to the root of why so many people love to travel. Visiting a new destination opens us up to all kinds of sights, sounds, smells, people, and lessons.

81. People don’t take trips, trips take people. – John Steinbeck

This is another travel quote that’s funny and deep. You can plan your trip, but things never go 100% according to plan, and you often end up with experiences you didn’t expect!

82. Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination. – Roy M. Goodman

Goodman’s quote about travel and happiness reminds us that the journey is more important than the destination.

83. Wanderlust: (n) a strong desire or urge to explore the world.

Does this definition of wanderlust resonate with you? Which part of the world do you want to see next?

84. The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. – Marcel Proust

Proust’s motivational quote about traveling rings true. The more you travel, the more you open your mind and heart.

85. Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer. – Unknown

Forget souvenirs; this travel quote reminds us that the best thing you gain from a trip is the richness of the experience.

86. You don’t need magic to disappear, all you need is a destination. – Unknown

It doesn’t matter if that destination is near or far, as long as it’s someplace new .

Quotes about wandering

Similar to the wanderlust quotes , these sayings appeal to those with a nomadic spirit. Which one is your favorite?

87. It is better to travel than to arrive. – Buddha

The Buddha’s quote points out that the true treasure is the journey itself.

88. Not all those who wander are lost. – J.R.R. Tolkien

Tolkien’s words remain one of the most popular quotes about wandering . Some people are simply born to travel and visit different lands!

89. This wasn’t a strange place; it was a new one. – Paulo Coelho

Sometimes, a destination can seem strange and intimidating, but it’s simply a new adventure waiting for you!

90. Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe. – Anatole France

I think this travel quote about nature makes a good point. When we explore all the beautiful natural places in the world, we gain a deeper appreciation for this planet.

91. The gladdest moment in human life, me thinks, is a departure into unknown lands. – Sir Richard Burton

This travel quote is self-explanatory, but travel lovers will agree that the best moments of their lives were probably while they were exploring.

92. We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. – Hilaire Belloc

There is something to this quote about travel and life . It describes how we can wander, either by hopping from one place to another or by changing up certain aspects of our lives. However, these are usually distractions, and it’s when we travel wholeheartedly that we feel fulfilled .

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This last section of trip quotes is perfect for sharing on social media or keeping around the house.

93. Forget champagne and caviar – Taste the world instead! – Hostelgeeks

Would you rather see the world than have fancy things? Me too!

94. Measure life by countries, not years. – Unknown

If you love to travel, you’ll appreciate this one. It’s a quote for travel and life and says that it’s not about how long you live; it’s about how well you live!

95. Of all the paths you take in life make sure a few of them are sandy. – Unknown

I bet you don’t need more convincing to take a tropical vacation, but this beachy travel quote is a good one!

96. The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost. – Henry David Thoreau

When you have the courage to step out of your comfort zone and get off the beaten path, you find yourself having experiences of which you wouldn’t even dream!

97. There’s no time to be bored in a world as beautiful as this. – Anonymous

This travel quote doesn’t need an explanation; there are so many gorgeous places to see in this world.

98. Travel – the best way to be lost and found at the same time. – Brenna Smith

This short travel quote is straight to the point!

99. With age, comes wisdom. With travel, comes understanding. – Sandra Lake

This inspirational travel quote is definitely worth sharing. The more we travel, the more we learn about different people and ways of life. And that leads to more understanding and tolerance, which is a beautiful thing!

100. You can’t have a narrow mind and a thick passport. – Pauline Frommer

Piggybacking off the previous travel quote , this sentence encapsulates the idea that adventuring requires an open mind.

I hope you loved these travel quotes and sayings! If they inspired you to go on an adventure or sparked your wanderlust, let me know. Also, what are some good travel quotes you’ve heard? Leave me a comment below to share your favorites!

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Traveling opens doors to new perspectives and unforgettable experiences. These quotes ignite my wanderlust and remind me of the endless adventures awaiting discovery. Let’s explore

Hi Tapu, Thanks so much! I 100% agree…travel is the best way to learn new things about the world and ourselves. Happy travelling 😉

I have liked the content because it really reveals to me that travelling is the therapy for peace of mind whenever it is practiced.

Hi Janane, Yes, I 100% agree! 🙂

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Travel Quotes: Inspiration for Your Next Adventure 🌍✈️

Whether you’re a seasoned globetrotter or a budding explorer, travel quotes have a unique way of inspiring us to pack our bags and step into the unknown. They remind us of the joys of discovering new cultures, the thrill of meeting new people, and the transformative power of travel. In this post, we’ve compiled a collection of travel quotes that will ignite your wanderlust and inspire you for your next adventure. 🌍✨

Table of Contents

I. introduction 🌍📖, 🚀 a. the purpose of the post.

Travel – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller! 🌄 As we embark on this journey through the world of inspiring travel quotes, our aim is to transport you to the farthest corners of the globe, ignite your wanderlust, and nourish your inner explorer. 🌎✨

Through this post, we intend to share the wisdom of many voyagers who have tread the paths less traveled and captured the essence of their experiences in poignant words. These quotes serve as a testament to the transformative power of travel, encapsulating the thrill of new experiences, the wonder of exploring unfamiliar territories, and the joy of making memories that last a lifetime. 🛤️🌅

🎈 B. The Importance of Travel Quotes

Travel quotes are more than just words; they are whispers from the soul of the traveler, echoes of adventures, and reflections of journeys that stir the spirit. 🌠 They inspire us to break free from the monotony of our daily routines, step out of our comfort zones, and venture into the unknown. 🏞️🛫

These quotes serve as a catalyst, sparking the desire to discover new cultures, meet diverse people, and witness the awe-inspiring beauty of our world. They motivate us to travel – not just to see places but to experience them, to live stories worth telling. 🌍🏯🗽🏝️

So, fasten your seatbelts, fellow adventurers! Let’s embark on this exciting journey through a compilation of inspiring travel quotes that are sure to fuel your wanderlust and inspire your next great adventure! 🚀🌌

II. Famous Travel Quotes from Literature 📚✨

Travel and literature have always shared a special bond. The written word has the power to transport us to different worlds, much like a journey does. In this section, we delve into the realm of classic and contemporary literature, unearthing some of the most inspiring travel quotes.

📜 A. Compilation of Travel-Related Quotes from Literature

• “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine 🌍📖
• “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, ‘The Lord of the Rings’ 🛤️🌠
• “I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson, ‘Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes’ 🚀🌅
• “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” – Anaïs Nin, ‘The Diary of Anaïs Nin’ 🌎🔍
• “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” – Ernest Hemingway, ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ ⛵🌊
• “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller, ‘Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch’ 🌄👀

🖋️ B. Discussing the Context and Inspiration Behind Each Quote

• Saint Augustine’s quote is a timeless reminder of the importance of travel as a tool for learning. Each journey takes us through a new chapter of the world’s vast and varied ‘book’. 🌍📚
• J.R.R. Tolkien’s line from his epic fantasy novel is a celebration of the wanderer within us all. It emphasizes that the purpose of travel isn’t always about finding a destination, but sometimes simply about the joy of the journey. 🌳🌲
• Robert Louis Stevenson’s quote encapsulates the essence of traveling for the sake of exploration and the sheer joy of movement. It’s the journey, not the destination, that truly matters. 🏞️🌄
• Anaïs Nin views travel as a spiritual quest – a pursuit of self-discovery through experiencing different states, lives, and souls. Her words inspire us to travel for deeper connections and understanding. 🌌👥
• Hemingway’s quote underscores the importance of the journey itself – the experiences, the lessons, the trials, and the triumphs. The destination is merely a direction; the journey is where life unfolds. 🌅⛵
• Henry Miller encourages us to see travel not just as a change of physical location, but as a shift in perspective. Each new place we visit offers us a new way of perceiving the world and our place in it. 🌎🔭

These quotes, steeped in wisdom, remind us of the transformative power of travel. They inspire us to pack our bags, set forth, and write our own stories. 🎒🛫🌍🌟

III. Travel Quotes from Renowned Travel Writers 🖊️🌎

Travel writers have a knack for capturing the spirit of adventure, the joy of discovery, and the profound experiences travel offers. They paint vivid pictures of distant places and inspire us to explore the world. Let’s dive into some iconic travel quotes from these master storytellers.

📚 A. Collection of Quotes from Famous Travel Writers

• “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” – Mark Twain, ‘The Innocents Abroad/Roughing It’ 🌍❤️
• “The wish to travel seems to me characteristically human: the desire to move, to satisfy your curiosity or ease your fears, to change the circumstances of your life, to be a stranger, to make a friend, to experience an exotic landscape, to risk the unknown.” – Paul Theroux, ‘The Tao of Travel: Enlightenments from Lives on the Road’ 🌌👣
• “I love the feeling of being anonymous in a city I’ve never been before.” – Bill Bryson, ‘Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe’ 🏙️🌠
• “Traveling’s not something you’re good at. It’s something you do. Like breathing.” – Gayle Foreman, ‘Just One Day’ 🌄💨
• “Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” – Maya Angelou, ‘Wouldn’t Take Nothing for My Journey Now’ 🌎🤝

🎙️ B. Discussing How These Quotes Capture the Essence of Travel

• Mark Twain emphasized the transformative power of travel. It broadens our perspective, challenging prejudices and fostering understanding. 🌈🌏
• Paul Theroux captures the multifaceted reasons why we travel: curiosity, seeking change, or embracing the unknown. His quote underscores the human instinct to explore. 🧭🌍
• Bill Bryson’s quote is a tribute to anonymity in a new city, a feeling many travelers cherish. It’s about stepping into the unfamiliar and experiencing life beyond our comfort zone. 🌃🌉
• Gayle Foreman compares travel to breathing, suggesting it’s a fundamental aspect of living, not merely a skill to be mastered. 🌴🌬️
• Maya Angelou saw travel as a tool for fostering empathy and friendship. By seeing the commonalities across cultures, we can build bridges of understanding and connection. 🌏🤝

These quotes from renowned travel writers not only inspire us to venture out into the world but also remind us of the essential values of understanding, empathy, and shared human experience that travel fosters. 🌍💖✨

IV. Travel Quotes from Celebrities and Influential Figures 🌟🌎

Celebrities and influential figures, with their jet-setting lifestyles, often have unique insights into travel. Their words can inspire us to see the world in new ways and motivate us to embark on our own adventures.

📝 A. Collection of Inspiring Travel Quotes from Well-Known Personalities

• “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag, writer and filmmaker 📝🗺️
• “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine, philosopher and theologian 🌎📖
• “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” – Anonymous, often attributed to various celebrities 🎁💰🌍
• “To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen, author and poet 🛫🌱
• “Adventure is worthwhile.” – Aesop, ancient Greek fabulist 🌄🚀

🔎 B. Reflection on How Travel Has Influenced These Individuals

• Susan Sontag’s quote encapsulates the endless curiosity that drives many of us to travel. Despite her extensive travels, she still felt there was so much more to explore. 🗺️🔭
• St. Augustine’s quote metaphorically compares the world to a book, emphasizing that not traveling is like reading only a single page. It underscores the depth and breadth of experiences that travel can provide. 📚🌍
• The anonymous quote, often attributed to various celebrities, suggests that travel enriches us in ways that material possessions cannot. It’s a testament to the value of experiences over things. 🏞️💎
• Hans Christian Andersen’s simple statement equates travel with the essence of life itself, implying that to truly live, one must travel. 🌱✈️
• Aesop’s quote encourages us to seek out adventure, as the experiences and memories gained are worth the effort. It’s a timeless reminder that travel is about the journey as much as the destination. 🌄🏖️

These quotes from celebrities and influential figures underscore the transformative power of travel. They remind us that travel is not just about visiting different places, but also about personal growth, life-changing experiences, and endless exploration. 🌍💫💖

V. Travel Quotes for Different Types of Travel 🧭🌈

Just as there are many types of travel, there are also countless travel quotes that can resonate with different kinds of travellers. Whether you’re a solo backpacker, an adrenaline junkie, or a luxury traveller, there’s a quote out there that perfectly encapsulates your travel style.

📝 A. Quotes Specifically for Solo Travel, Adventure Travel, Luxury Travel, etc.

• Solo Travel: “The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” – Henry David Thoreau, author and philosopher 🚶‍♂️🌍
• Adventure Travel: “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller, author and political activist 🏄‍♀️⛰️
• Luxury Travel: “I always say, ‘Eat clean to stay fit; have a burger to stay sane.’” – Gigi Hadid, model and fashion influencer 🍔🏝️
• Family Travel: “Actually, the best gift you could have given her was a lifetime of adventures.” – Lewis Carroll, author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 🎈👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
• Eco-friendly Travel: “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle, leader of the Suquamish and Duwamish Native American tribes 🌿🐾

🔎 B. Explanation of How These Quotes Can Inspire Different Types of Travellers

• Henry David Thoreau’s quote is perfect for solo travellers, emphasizing the freedom and independence that comes with traveling alone. 🚶‍♂️🗺️
• Helen Keller’s quote encapsulates the thrill and exhilaration of adventure travel. It’s a call to embrace life’s daring adventures. 🏄‍♀️🌋
• Gigi Hadid’s quote reminds luxury travellers that indulgence is part of the experience. It’s about finding balance between staying fit and enjoying life’s guilty pleasures. 🥂🏖️
• Lewis Carroll’s quote beautifully captures the joy of family travel. It’s a reminder that the best gift we can give our loved ones is a lifetime of shared adventures. 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🎡
• Chief Seattle’s quote speaks to eco-friendly travellers. It encourages us to respect the environment and leave no trace, taking only memories and leaving only footprints. 🌿🌎

These travel quotes cater to different travel styles, reminding us that no matter how we choose to travel, each journey offers valuable experiences and memories. So, pack your bags and let these quotes inspire your next adventure! 🎒🚀💖

VI. Motivational Travel Quotes 💪🌟

Travel isn’t just about exploring new places; it’s also a journey of self-discovery and personal growth. For those who may need a little nudge to step out of their comfort zones, motivational travel quotes can provide the inspiration needed to conquer fears and embrace the world.

📝 A. Compilation of Quotes That Inspire People to Overcome Fears and Travel

• “Travel is never a matter of money but of courage.” – Paulo Coelho, novelist and lyricist 🌍💰
• “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide, French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature ⛵🌊
• “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.” – Mark Twain, American writer and humorist ⏳🚀
• “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine, philosopher and theologian 📖🌍
• “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher, author and artist 🌙🌏

🔍 B. Reflection on the Benefits of Travel for Personal Growth

• Paulo Coelho’s quote reminds us that the courage to explore is more valuable than money when it comes to travel. It encourages us to step out of our comfort zones and see the world. 🌍🦁
• Andre Gide’s quote emphasizes the rewards of taking risks. By daring to lose sight of the familiar, we can discover new experiences and perspectives. ⛵👀
• Mark Twain’s quote highlights the regret that comes from missed opportunities. It’s a call to action to seize the day and make the most of our time. ⏳💫
• Saint Augustine’s quote compares the world to a book, suggesting that by not traveling, we limit our understanding and experience of the world. 📖🌈
• Mary Anne Radmacher’s quote reflects the transformative power of travel. Seeing the world from different perspectives changes us, helping us grow and evolve. 🌙💡

These motivational travel quotes inspire us to embrace change, seek new experiences, and pursue personal growth. Let these words fuel your desire to explore, learn, and grow through your travels. 💪🌟🌎

VII. Humorous Travel Quotes 😂🌍

Travel isn’t always smooth sailing; it can sometimes be a comedy of errors. From missed flights to language mix-ups, the unexpected challenges often lead to the most memorable moments and amusing stories. These humorous travel quotes capture the lighter side of travel and remind us to laugh along the journey.

📝 A. Collection of Funny Quotes Related to Travel

• “I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.” – Henny Youngman, comedian and violinist 🦵💥
• “When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.” – Susan Heller, author 👗💰
• “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag, writer and filmmaker 🌍✈️
• “Jet lag is for amateurs.” – Dick Clark, television and radio personality 🌎⏰
• “There’s no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.” – Sir Ranulph Fiennes, explorer and writer ☔👚

🤣 B. Light-hearted Discussion on the Amusing Aspects of Travel

• Henny Youngman’s quote is a funny reminder of the misadventures we can experience while traveling. It tells us that it’s okay to laugh at our mishaps and keep going. 🦵🌟
• Susan Heller’s quote humorously highlights the common struggle of overpacking and under-budgeting. It’s a playful nudge to pack light and save more for your journey. 👚💸
• Susan Sontag’s quote is a witty expression of the never-ending wanderlust that travelers often feel. It reminds us that the world is vast and full of places waiting to be explored. 🌏🗺️
• Dick Clark’s quote makes light of the inevitable jet lag that comes with traveling across time zones. It’s a cheeky way to encourage travelers to take these minor inconveniences in stride. 🕰️✈️
• Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ quote is a humorous take on the unpredictable weather travelers often face. It reminds us to be prepared and adaptable in our travel plans. 🌦️👒

These humorous travel quotes remind us that travel can be a delightful mix of joy and chaos. They inspire us to embrace the journey, mishaps and all, with a sense of humor and positivity. 😂🌍🚀

VIII. Conclusion 🌅🌍

Traveling is a journey filled with discoveries, adventures, and valuable life lessons. It broadens our horizons, challenges our perceptions, and nourishes our souls. The power of travel quotes lies in their ability to encapsulate these profound experiences and feelings into words that inspire and motivate us. 🚀📜

From the literary masterpieces that evoke the wanderlust within us to the whimsical remarks that bring a smile to our faces, travel quotes capture the essence of our journeys. They remind us of the joy of exploration, the thrill of adventure, and the growth that comes from stepping out of our comfort zones. 📚🌈💡

Famous travel writers, renowned personalities, and even humorous sayings encourage us to see the world from different perspectives. They inspire solo travelers, adventure seekers, luxury explorers, and everyone in between. 🚶‍♀️🧗‍♂️🍾

Motivational travel quotes push us to overcome our fears and doubts, embarking on journeys that lead to personal growth and self-discovery. They remind us that the world is our playground, and every journey is a new opportunity to learn and grow. 🗺️💪🌱

As we wrap up our journey through these inspiring travel quotes, we hope that they have stirred your wanderlust and sparked your desire for your next adventure. Use them as your travel mantras, your motivational boost, or simply your reminder to laugh and enjoy the journey. ✨🌎🎈

Remember, the world is an open book, and every step we take is a new story waiting to be written. So go ahead, plan your next adventure, and let these quotes guide your way. You’re bound to return with stories of your own that may, one day, inspire other travelers. Safe travels, and happy exploring! 🌍✈️💖

IX. Call to Action 📣🌍

Your journey through this collection of travel quotes doesn’t have to end here. Do you have a travel quote that has inspired your adventures, fueled your wanderlust, or simply made you chuckle? We’d love to hear it! 📝💭

Please share your favorite travel quotes in the comments section below. Who knows? Your quote might inspire someone else to embark on their own journey, creating a ripple effect of inspiration and adventure! 🌊💫

Also, if you’ve enjoyed this collection of travel quotes, why not share it with your fellow travelers? Whether they’re seasoned globetrotters or someone just starting their travel journey, these quotes could provide the spark they need for their next adventure.

So go ahead, click the share button, and spread the love of travel. Your act of sharing could inspire a journey that leads to a life-changing experience! 🚀💞

Remember, life is short, and the world is wide. So, keep exploring, keep discovering, and most importantly, keep sharing the wonders of travel. 🌎✨💖

Happy travels and happy sharing! 🌍✈️🎉

X. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) 🤔💡

Why are travel quotes inspiring ✨.

Travel quotes can inspire us by reminding us of the joys and lessons that come with exploring new places. They often encapsulate the feelings and experiences that are difficult to express in our own words.

How can I use travel quotes? 📝

You can use travel quotes in various ways: in your travel journal, as captions for your travel photos on social media, as daily inspiration, or even as a unique way to announce your next trip to your friends and family.

Where can I find more travel quotes? 🔍

Travel quotes can be found in various sources such as travel books, memoirs, films, and even speeches from influential figures. Many travel blogs and websites also curate lists of travel quotes.

Can I share these travel quotes? 📲

Absolutely! Feel free to share these quotes with anyone who might need a little bit of travel inspiration.

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Famous Travel And Tourism Quotes

A list of the best travel and tourism quotes and sayings, including the names of each speaker or author when available. This list is sorted by popularity, so only the most famous travel and tourism quotes are at the top. The authors of these historic travel and tourism quotes are displayed next to each quote, so if you see one you like be sure to check out other inspirational travel and tourism quotes from that same writer.

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World Is A Book

Unknown: The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.

A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.

Moslih Eddin: A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.

Euripides: Experience, travel - these are education in themselves.

Borrow Another Life

William Hazlitt: I would like to spend my whole life traveling, if I could borrow another life to spend at home.

Traveler v. Tourist

G. K. Chesterton: The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist see what he has come to see.

Wise Man Travels

Thomas Fuller: The fool wanders, a wise man travels.

Travel Like Gandhi

Rick Steves: Travel like Gandhi, with simple clothes, open eyes and an uncluttered mind.

One's Own Country

G. K. Chesterton: The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.

Rosalia de Castro: I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it.

See Things As They Are

Samuel Johnson: The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

Aldous Huxley: To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

Life Is A Journey

Oliver Goldsmith: Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.

Tourists v. Travelers

Paul Theroux: Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.

Thomas Fuller: Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.

Two of the greatest gifts we can give our children are roots and wings.

Hodding Carter: Two of the greatest gifts we can give our children are roots and wings.

Travel With People

Mark Twain: I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.

Suicide Or Travels

Edward Dahlberg: When one realizes that his life is worthless he either commits suicide or travels.

Oliver Goldsmith: A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.

Carry It With Us

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

Benjamin Disraeli: Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember and remember more than I have seen.

Travel For Travel's Sake

Robert Louis Stevenson: I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

Among Unknown Men

William Wordsworth: I traveled among unknown men, in lands beyond the sea; nor England! did I know till then what love I bore to thee.

Search of Excellence

Max Lerner: The tourist who moves about to see and hear and open himself to all the influences of the places which condense centuries of human greatness is only a man in search of excellence.

Eternally Anchored

Henry Miller: If we are always arriving and departing, it is also true that we are eternally anchored. One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

Lovers Meeting

William Shakespeare: Journeys end in lovers meeting.

Journey Like Marriage

John Steinbeck: A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.

An Animal Stupor

Søren Kierkegaard: People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence and they think they have seen something.

Old Men and Far Travelers

Unknown: Old men and far travelers may lie with authority.

Helpless & Ridiculous

Ralph Waldo Emerson: No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby-so helpless and so ridiculous.

Sensational Read

Oscar Wilde: I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train.

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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain “You can’t have a narrow mind and a thick passport.” Pauline Frommer

“Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.” Pat Conroy “To travel is to live.” Hans Christian Anderson

“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” Jawaharial Nehru “To travel is to take a journey into yourself.” Danny Kaye

“I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.” Hilaire Belloc “The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.” Samuel Johnson

“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” James Michener “A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” Lao Tzu “No matter where you go, there you are.” Buckaroo Banzi “Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.” Irving Wallace

“Adventure is worthwhile.” Aristotle “Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.” Lawrence Block

“All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.” Samuel Johnson “Once a year, go somewhere you have never been before.” Dalai Lama

“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” Helen Keller “A man of ordinary talent will always be ordinary, whether he travels or not; but a man of superior talent will go to pieces if he remains forever in the same place….” Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“There is one voyage, the first, the last, the only one.” Thomas Wolfe “People don’t take trips . . . trips take people.” John Steinbeck

“I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within.” Lillian Smith “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” Seneca

“I haven’t been everywhere but it’s on my list.” Susan Sontag “Make voyages! Attempt them… there’s nothing else.” Tennessee Williams

“One of the gladdest moments of human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands. Shaking off with one mighty effort the fetters of habit, the leaden weight of routine, the cloak of many cares and the slavery of home, man feels once more happy.” Richard Burton

“Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.” Thomas Fuller “I would rather own little and see the world than own the world and see little of it” Alexander Sattler

“Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.” Benjamin Disraeli

“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” Henry Miller “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” Aldous Huxley

“I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.” Caskie Stinnett “For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” Robert Louis Stevenson

“Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.” Paul Theroux “There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.” Charles Dudley Warner

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” Martin Buber “Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness.” Ray Bradbury

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost “Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” Paul Theroux

“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveller only who is foreign.” Robert Louis Stevenson

“He who does not travel does not know the value of men.” Moorish proverb “Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” Miriam Beard

“To get away from one’s working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one’s self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change.” Charles Horton Cooley “Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he feels like taking it or not.” William James

“I’ve been homesick for countries I’ve never been, and longed to be where I couldn’t be.” John Cheever “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness” Mark Twain

“If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.” Cesare Pavese

“I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it” Rosalia de Castro

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See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream.

The routines of tourism are even more monotonous than those of daily life.

Traveling tends to magnify all human emotions.

The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.

Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.

The travel and tourism industry, it's just a huge part of our economy.

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.

Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

The idea that seeing life means going from place to place and doing a great variety of obvious things is an illusion natural to dull minds.

Tourism is a mortal sin.

In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion.

Take only memories, leave only footprints.

There ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. - Mark Twain, author Making the team is one thing, becoming a team is another.

Man is flying too fast for a world that is round. Soon he will catch up with himself in a great rear end collision.

The thing about tourism is that the reality of a place is quite different from the mythology of it.

The average tourist wants to go to places where there are no tourists.

We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.

A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.

Using a camera appeases the anxiety which the work-driven feel about not working when they are on vacation and supposed to be having fun. They have something to do that is like a friendly imitation of work: they can take pictures.

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.

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

I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.

I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list.

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People are curious by nature – we want to know and we want to see how people in different cultures live. We love visiting places that reveal history, tradition and old customs.

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Take nothing but memories, leave nothing but footprints! CHIEF SEATTLE

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. MARK TWAIN ( more Mark Twain quotes )

Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. Ibn Battuta

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. HELEN KELLER ( more Helen Keller quotes )

Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. GUSTAVE FLAUBERT ( more Gustave Flaubert quotes )

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. MARCEL PROUST

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. CONFUCIUS ( more Confucius quotes )

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself. WALLACE STEVENS

To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live. HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN

Never go on trips with anyone you do not love. ERNEST HEMINGWAY ( more Ernest Hemingway quotes )

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends. MAYA ANGELOU (More Maya Angelou quotes )

Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life. JACK KEROUAC

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it Is lethal. PAULO COELHO (More Paulo Coelho quotes )

Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey. BABS HOFFMAN

Travel. The best way to be lost… and found… at the same time. BRENNA SMITH

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. ANDRE GIDE

Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. TERRY PRATCHETT

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. RALPH WALDO EMERSON

I would rather own little and see the world, than own the world and see little of it. ALEXANDER SATTLER

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Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind. SENECA

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. HILAIRE BELLOC

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Keyjuan's story inspires us to broaden our expectations and embrace the unexpected. He has proven that even in the face of overwhelming medical challenges, life can be filled with purpose, laughter, and hope. His journey reminds us that while we may start with certain expectations, the real magic happens when we find joy in the most unexpected places. The measure of a child's life isn't just their health; it's the courage, love, and hope they bring to the world.

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Ever wondered how power couple, Beyoncé and Jay-Z keep their love alive for 16 years? Hint: luck has nothing to do with it. If you've been blaming your failed relationships on "the wrong person"—think again. It may be time to reconsider who is really at fault.

Just like building a dream career, successful relationships don't happen overnight and they don't happen by chance. It takes hard work, thoughtful strategizing, and it isn't always "sexy." Forget the glitz and glam—these power couples know the real secret lies in setting goals and boundaries. From cozy date nights to self-care, these are a few A-listers who are masters at making love last.

Ready to unlock their secrets?

A Lasting, Passionate Relationship Isn't Just For Starry-Eyed Romantics—It's For Skeptics Too!

According to award-winning psychotherapist and TV host Dr. Jenn Mann, the #1 reason relationships don't make it past the 1-year mark is because as soon as our relationship doesn't go according to plan, tensions can get so high, the whole relationship crumbles.

"It is easy to get along in the honeymoon phase of a relationship. During the early stages, when we are falling in love, all we see is how alike we are and how wonderful our new partner is. We see our commonalities, not our differences. “You like pizza. I like pizza! We are so alike! We are perfect for each other!” We are merged. We feel like one person, a unit, a “we.” The first time we see our differences, it may feel like a huge betrayal (“What do you mean you voted for him?”), because it marks the moment when we are thrown back into the reality of being two separate people with different thoughts and beliefs." So what about all the people who make it past the honeymoon phase? The "1 year mark"? Does that mean they have it all figured out? Jenn Mann , Instyle

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Maybe...but maybe not. Ask yourself are your partner really share a deep and powerful connection, or are you just co-existing...like glorified roommates?

We've all heard the dreaded saying, "I love them but I'm not in love with them"—in fact, we've probably even said it ourselves, but what if we told you that being "in love" isn't the luck of the draw you think it is?

What Are Relationship Goals? Why Are They Important?

Relationship goals are more than just whimsical fantasies or Instagram-worthy snapshots; they are the guiding principles that steer a couple toward a fulfilling and harmonious partnership. At their core, relationship goals encompass the shared visions, aspirations, and milestones that both partners aim to achieve together. These goals provide a roadmap for growth, fostering communication, understanding, and mutual respect along the way.

Most importantly, they serve as your relationship-sonar in times of turbulence so you and your co-pilot can navigate the storm together. From building trust and deepening intimacy to navigating challenges as a united front, setting relationship goals cultivates a sense of purpose and commitment that strengthens the bond between partners.

In essence, relationship goals aren't just important—they are the foundation upon which enduring love is built.

How to Get Clear on Your Love Goals

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Whether you're in a happily committed relationship, enjoying the thrill of new love, or searching for a partner, setting relationship goals is within everyone's reach. But before we dive into pursuing the love we desire, it's important to have a clear idea of what that love actually looks like.

Some Questions To Ask Yourself

• What does my ideal, healthy relationships look like?
• What romantic relationships do I idealize?
• How would my partner and I stay on the same page or resolve conflict?
• How do I prefer to receive love from my partner?
• How would my partner and I best communicate in everyday life?

When it comes to setting relationship goals, it's not one-size-fits-all. Getting a clear picture of what a healthy relationship looks like for you may be vastly different than what it looks like for a friend or a family member.

Don't be afraid to compare notes but try and stay away from comparing goals.

The 8 Most Important Couple Goals To Set And When

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First and foremost, relationship goals should be something both you and your partner set together. Setting one-sided couple goals probably isn't the best idea and will likely lead to disappointment. You have to start somewhere—and the best place to start is on the same page.

"When Ryan and I got together, we made a rule not to work at the same time so that we could always prioritize our personal life. That takes working really hard when we're not. Just like financial planning and sustaining that - it takes balance." Blake Lively, Further Ado Podcast

If you're drawing a blank on what an appropriate relationship goal looks like, here are the 8 most important things to know when it comes to making your relationship work.

#1. Understand Each Other's " Love Language "

Counselor, Gary Chapman coined the widely popular theory of the "Five Love Languages". In his work, Chapman found that couples often had difficulty feeling and expressing love (despite their partner's best efforts). So he broke down the themes from these discussions into what's known as the five love languages:

• Physical touch
• Quality time
• Acts of service
• Words of affirmation.

Chances are, you and your partner don't have the same love language. The chances are even higher that you show your partner love the way you want to receive love. It's a bit of a trap. The problem probably looks a little something like this :

• After a long work week, you spend hours cooking your partner their all-time favorite meal (acts of service)—the least they could do is wash the dishes (acts of service).
• Instead, the dishes pile up in the sink while they run over to the TV and put on your favorite movie for a Netflix and cuddle sesh (Quality Time, Physical Touch).
• Even though their heart's in the right place, you can't enjoy the movie because you're too busy thinking if they really "loved" you...that casserole dish wouldn't be soaking in the sink.

It easy to see why identifying you and your partner's love language is a quick way to get crossed wires, uncrossed. Good news is, "quality time" is one of the most common love languages and it here's a simple hack to get it right.

#2. Commit To A Weekly Date Night — "Don't Stop The Romance"

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If there's one thing Suzanne Somers and Alan Hamel knew how to get right—it was romance.

After 55 years together, Somers heartbreakingly passed away in 2023 and fans were overwhelmed by Hamel's masterful letter he wrote to Somers in her final days. He found a way to pack 55 years of love into one last, beautiful, tearjerking punch.

READ MORE: On Her Final Night, Suzanne Somers’ Read Alan Hamel’s Love Letter – A Beautiful Look at Love After 46 Years

But even though the love of his life would leave him too soon—Hamel and Somers lived with no regrets. They made every moment on earth together count. In rain or shine—dressed up or dressed down—the soulmates famously shared the secret to their marriage:

"Listen to one another, give each other a lot of attention, keep it exciting, date. My marriage is very romantic. … We might sit here and have a tequila. … We dance, I cook, we sit out and watch the moonlight on the ocean." Suzanne Somers

They also reportedly had sex twice a day—but who's counting!

#3. Maintain The Physical Connection

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While we may not all have the libido of ThighMaster influencer Suzanne Somers we don't have to! When it comes to setting relationship goals around intimacy don't underestimate the significance of physical touch.

Incorporating consistent physical connection into your relationship offers numerous benefits. Simple gestures like hand-holding, hugs, or a reassuring pat on the shoulder can trigger the release of oxytocin, the "feel-good hormone," while also reducing cortisol levels, the body's stress hormone.

While physical intimacy is undeniably important, it's crucial to understand that it's just one facet of intimacy in a relationship. Intellectual, spiritual, and emotional connections are equally vital. Creating a safe and comfortable environment where both partners understand each other's preferences and boundaries enhances the pleasure derived from physical touch.

However, it's essential to approach physical intimacy with sensitivity and awareness. Attempting to force physical closeness or using it as a substitute for deeper emotional connection can backfire. Achieving a healthy balance in physical touch requires open communication, mutual understanding of body language, and respect for each other's boundaries.

Remember, physical connection encompasses more than just sexual intimacy. From a warm hug in the morning to a sweet kiss goodnight, there are countless ways to express affection and strengthen the bond with your partner.

You don't need to be an expert in massage therapy to reap the benefits of physical touch—simple gestures can go a long way in nurturing intimacy and emotional well-being. So, prioritize physical connections and make them an integral part of your relationship journey.

However, try not to get the purpose of the "love languages" confused. Showing your partner "love" is so important but it's not a substitute for the sometimes hard conversations.

#4. Improve Your Communication

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When it comes to love communication really is key—and miscommunications are one of the first things that can tear a couple apart.

As you’re building your list of goals, an important thing to think about is the way you and your partner communicate. It's easy to make the assumption that our partner knows exactly how we feel–—but assumptions can be deadly to a relationship. No matter how long the two of you have been together, your partner can never know what you truly feel unless you tell them. So prioritize communication.

"If I was going to have an equal voice with this very opinionated man, I had to get myself up." - Michelle Obama, "Becoming"

Understanding how your partner feels and why they think this way is critical to a healthy romantic partnership. Different backgrounds, upbringings and experiences can sometimes make it difficult to see things from our partner's perspective. Make it part of your relationship goals to better understand one another.

If communication is a couple goal you both want to prioritize but have trouble with, seeking the help of a licensed therapist to act as an unbiased evaluator can be a great tool to utilize.

Just ask Barack Obama and Michelle Obama! After 30 years together, the former President and First Lady have openly credited therapy as a huge help in making sure they are always on the same page!

#5. Discuss Your Shared Values And Prepare For Values To Change AS You Grow

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One of the biggest miscommunications a couple can have is thinking they have the same values—only to find out, in big relationship-defining moments they couldn't be more wrong. A relationship-defining moment could be when a couple is deciding how they want to raise their children or whether or not they want to get married. This discovery can be devastating. The million-dollar question is, how do you avoid it?

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are great examples of a Hollywood "it" couple who had miscommunications and learned from it. "Bennifer" didn't make it the first time around—and the exes went on to raise their children in very different ways—with Lopez opting for a more lavish Miami lifestyle and Affleck keeping it low-key in LA. So what changed? What made this couple reunite years later?

Did the stars align? Or did they just get clear on their shared values?

Though the two went their separate ways in 2004, 17 years later they resurrected one of Hollywood’s favorite romances. After being spotted on multiple loved-up outings and at red-carpet appearances together, they were finally married in 2023. But before they tied the knot the couple made it a priority to talk about what mattered and how this time was going to be different.

In an exclusive sit down with VOGUE, Lopez shared how the second time around was even better than the first. They had years to mature and become full-formed individuals. When they reunited they were no longer "two halves" struggling to make a whole. They were two whole people coming together who put their shared family values first, instead of their careers.

He’s a wonderful, wonderful father and father figure to them as well, ’cause he has his own three beautiful children and then there’s us. He’s fantastic. He really steps up to the challenge of what [being a stepfather] is and what that means, and they love him." Jennifer Lopez, VOGUE (2023)

Lopez and Affleck's story is a revealing reminder of the significance of aligning with a partner who shares your values, particularly when envisioning a future together. While initial discussions about important topics such as living arrangements, family planning, and career aspirations may lay the foundation for a strong connection, it's crucial to recognize that values can evolve over time.

Continual communication about evolving priorities and aspirations is essential for maintaining harmony and alignment within the relationship. Whether it's a shift in living preferences or a newfound desire to establish roots in a specific location, addressing these changes openly and honestly fosters understanding and prevents potential conflicts down the road.

If identifying your and your partner's values may feel too broad, here are the 7 most important "core values " according to psychotherapist and celebrity relationship guru, Esther Perel.

• Communication : Keeping open lines of communication with your partner can set you up to have a successful relationship. The busyness of life can make it challenging for couples to keep one another informed. However, maintaining a clear back-and-forth of information is the only way to ensure the relationship will be sustainable.
• Equality : Seeing each other as equals fosters mutual respect. This can create a deeper emotional connection and create greater intimacy between you and your partner.
• Honesty : Honesty and trust go hand in hand. Being honest with your loved one allows you to build a healthy relationship. Without honesty, the foundation of the relationship can falter and lead to heartbreak.
• Intimacy : Take time for physical and emotional intimacy. You should not ignore a healthy sex life, frequent displays of affection, and date nights.
• Shared beliefs : Religious beliefs can play a significant part in a person’s life. Though religious differences do not always signal a deal-breaker, having shared beliefs can make navigating through life together, especially if parenting, easier.
• Trust : Every good relationship needs a foundation of trust. Relationship experts claim trust is the most important value of every successful relationship. Without trust, romantic relationships quickly deteriorate.
• Validation : Emotional validation is the process of making your partner feel understood. Ensure you acknowledge their points of view and emotions. Emotional validation provides mental health benefits and is a healthy way to care for your partner's well-being.

While it's highly unlikely you and your partner will share all values, you and your partner must have at least 3-5 of these values in common.

#6. Support One Another—No Matter What"Always supporting me (literally)"

The #1 most important shared values a couple needs to have, is family values. David Beckham and Victoria Beckham may just be the best example when it comes to demonstrating how powerful supporting your partner can be (literally)! After all, you're not just building a life together...you're building your forever family.

Even though celebs are stars in their own right—over 25 years together have proven the power couple are partners in work and in life. The couple share four children: Brooklyn , 24, Romeo , 21, Cruz , 19, and Harper Seven , 11.

In their widely successful Netflix doc, Beckham , The Beckhams unpack years of their life together. The ups (winning a World Cup), the downs (the cheating scandal that nearly broke them), and everything in between!

The power couple may lead crazy busy lives but it's never stopped them from making sure family comes first.

"Running a business [and] most importantly, being a mum, wouldn't be possible without David. Not only is he the most incredible father, but he's supportive and someone who loves and inspires me every single day." Victoria Beckham, Glamour Women of the Year Award.

The bottom line is—if you're putting them before you and they are putting you before them, you have the best chance for success. But supporting your partner can look different depending on the situation. It's not about blindly agreeing to everything they say. Sometimes it looks like challenging their beliefs to help them grow

#7. Fight Fair—Be A "Master Negotiator"

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Disagreements in relationships are inevitable. How delicately a couple navigates conflicts can make or break a relationship. So that's why if you're going to fight, fight fair. Or in other words: compromise!

"I think everybody needs to be a negotiator. Everybody needs to have patience and know when to take a walk." James Brolin, PEOPLE

After 25 years of marriage to the legendary diva Barbra Streisand, it should go without saying that Brolin knows a thing or two about conflict resolution. His advice couldn't be more spot on.

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Research suggests that "happy couples" avoid criticism, steer clear of extreme language, and prevent arguments from escalating through joint problem-solving.

If you know your partner shuts down when things get heated, don't push their boundaries and force them to give you answers. Step back. Give them space to think. Or in James Brolin's words let them "take a walk."

Fighting fair can look like this:

• Knowing how your partner's conflict resolution style may differ from your own
• Respecting your partner's boundaries
• Making your needs known

If this all sounds like a lot—one simple trick to remember when you're in a heated debate with your partner is to avoid starting a sentence with "you always..." or "you never..."!

Do they always leave the toilet seat up? They never take out the garbage?

Probably not. But the truth is, remembering this when we're "seeing red" can feel impossible. In the middle of a fight—the #1 most important thing to remember is this—what outcome do we really want after passions cool and the fight is over?

Do we want to hurt or do we want to heal?

#8. Manage Your Emotions—Don't Forget You Want The Same Outcome!

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It shouldn't come as a surprise that effective communication is critical for a healthy relationship, but just because this goal is simple—doesn't mean it's easy.

When we have a problem with our partner it can be tempting to "outsource" for advice. We may call our mom or a best friend. We swear we're "just venting," but a lot of the time what we are looking for is advice.

That's not always a bad thing! But it can be a slippery slope (especially when you're not dealing with a licensed professional).

We can be quick to tell everyone what our problem with our partner is...except our partner!

That's why after over 30 years of marriage to Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker's best piece of advice is to "keep things just between the two of you".

RELATED: Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick’s Advice to a Lasting Marriage Is One Very Simple ‘Secret’

Asking outside opinions can distract us from dealing with the real problem. We can't expect someone to change if they don't know what is going on with us, right?

If Your Partner Calls You The More "Emotional" One...

If your partner calls you the more "emotional" one, when problems arise, you're probably pretty reactive. Chances are you read into every little action and behavior—when they seem "distant" you take it personally.

The "emotional one" is the person pacing in the living room, interrogating their partner who sits silently on the couch cross-armed. It's confusing. The more you try to "communicate"—the more they shut down.

But remember facts are not feelings! Sometimes when you think you're communicating—you're not. You may phrase your insecurities like a question—but really you're making a statement.

For Example: In a tense car ride after leaving your mother-in-law's house you may ask your partner, "Why do you never stand up for me?" Even though it's phrased like a question it's not. You're telling them they never stand up for you. It makes sense they may get defensive or shut down completely.

That's not a conversation. That's a confrontation.

If you're a volcanic eruption of emotions all your partner is going to want to do is step on rocks to dodge the hot lava!

Conflict Resolution Tip: For The "Emotional Ones"

Try taking a beat and not being so reactive. Breathe and ask yourself if the big emotions you're experiencing are rooted in reality. Then sit with it for a few days.

If you're still feeling you have something you need to say, then say it!

Your partner may get defensive but trust they will come around—because they want your relationship to work too. Don't jump on every little word they say. Wait it out. Actively listen instead of waiting for what you want to hear.

Don't take their pace personally. Just because you may want to "fix" the problem right away, doesn't mean it's always the right answer.

If Your Partner Calls You The More "Emotionally Unavailable" One...

For the "emotionally unavailable" ones, communicating looks completely different.

Unlike their partners, the "emotionally unavailable" ones tend to suppress and detach from their relationship conflicts. This can lead to big miscommunications that eventually push their partner away in the long run—which isn't what they want!

If the "Emotional" partner seems to care too much— the "emotionally unavailable" partner doesn't seem to care at all. However no matter how convincing their act may be, this isn't the truth.

The emotionally unavailable partner wants to be seen and heard too. They just don't know how to process their feelings at the same rate! The "emotional" partner has a tendency to take over the conversation and leave little room for the "emotionally unavailable" partner to process their feelings and say their piece.

So instead, they shut down. But what these personality types don't understand is their partner wants to hear how they feel. They just have a hard time asking instead of guessing.

RELATED: HOW YOUR ATTACHMENT STYLE AFFECTS YOUR RELATIONSHIP

Once you can identify why this caused you to feel a certain way, try and get into these habits:

• Talk to loved ones about what they’re feeling
• Write down what you think and feel
• Try meditation or therapy
• Exercise to relieve stress and increase endorphins
• Practice being aware of their thoughts when they’re emotional
• Remove themselves from an emotional situation if it is becoming uncontrollable

Don't be afraid to discuss these goals with your partner. It's about progress not perfection. They just want reassurance that you care. Don't be afraid to ask for them to work on their emotional regulation too.

These sorts of goals are often best met when both parties are working together, and often key components of a more lasting love.

If nothing else remember: it's not a confrontation, it's a conversation!

How to set goals: a normal and healthy part of a relationship.

You understand why it's essential to set goals in a healthy and thriving relationship and have a few couple goals in mind that you'd like to discuss with your partner. Now it's time to sit down and have a conversation. Here are a few tips for setting relationship goals with your significant other.

• Choose a neutral space to discuss relationship goals
• Determine the length of time for each relationship goal
• Set check-in dates for each relationship goal
• Include at least one fun relationship goal
• Make sure your relationship goals are measurable
• Evaluate how your love goals make you feel
• Make sure your couple goals are equally weighted

Don't just set and forget your goals. Consistency is key. Achieving goals requires ongoing work from both you and your partner.

It Works If You Work It—Because You're Worth It!

Setting relationship goals takes time and effort – but the payoff is worth it. Even if you decide to start small, setting couple goals will undoubtedly yield a stronger relationship.

However it's important to remember while there is no shame in working on your relationship don't mistake setting goals with trying to change your partner. Sadly, sometimes when a relationship has soured it's a case of not-meant-to-be that all the self-help books in the world can't fix.

However, if you're merely ironing out the wrinkles with the right person and you both share aligned love goals, you'll have a clear pathway for achieving them and a means of assessing your relationship goals as you move forward. It's important to keep in mind that working towards relationship goals should be a positive endeavor – something that feels rewarding and enjoyable.

"Every woman in her late 20s goes through a period where she just doesn't believe love is out there anymore, but it is. And I think the minute you stop looking for it is when it comes for you." Kristen Bell

With the right tools, effort and mindset, you can use relationship goals to build the future you want with your partner.

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Happy World Earth Day 2024: 20 inspirational quotes from famous personalities that remind us to preserve our planet

Embrace the spirit of world earth day with these 20 inspiring quotes, each a powerful reminder of our collective duty to protect and cherish our planet..

World Earth Day is a global event held annually to advocate for environmental preservation. It serves as a reminder of the significance of conserving and sustaining our environment , urging individuals worldwide to unite in efforts for a healthier planet and a better tomorrow. This observance heightens awareness and motivates action, nurturing a profound bond with the natural world. Celebrated every April 22, this year, falling on a Monday, World Earth Day 2024 focuses on the theme "Planet vs Plastics," spotlighting the critical problem of plastic pollution and its detrimental effects on nature.

As we celebrate World Earth Day 2024, it's more important than ever to reflect on the beauty and fragility of our planet . Here are 20 inspirational quotes from visionaries and environmentalists that serve as poignant reminders of the urgent need to preserve and protect our precious Earth. (Also read: World Earth Day 2024: Date, theme, history, significance, activities to observe and why do we celebrate the day )

Inspirational quotes to share on World Earth Day

"The Earth does not belong to us: we belong to the Earth." – Marlee Matlin

"The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it." – Robert Swan

"In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks." – John Muir

The environment is where we all meet; where we all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share." – Lady Bird Johnson

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”- Mahatma Gandhi

“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.”- Rainer Maria Rilke

“What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?”- Henry David Thoreau, Familiar letters

"The earth is what we all have in common." – Wendell Berry

"The environment is everything that isn’t me." – Albert Einstein

"Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land." – Aldo Leopold

“What makes earth feel like hell is our expectation that it should feel like heaven.”- Chuck Palahniuk, Damned

“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.”- Khalil Gibran, Sand and Foam

“Earth Breathes in Us.”- Matthew Edward Hall

“Western civilization is a loaded gun pointed at the head of this planet.”- Terence McKenna

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.”- Rachel Carson, The Sense of Wonder

“By day the banished sun circles the earth like a grieving mother with a lamp.”- Cormac McCarthy, The Road

“I’m very much down to earth, just not this earth.”- Karl Lagerfeld

There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew." – Marshall McLuhan

"The Earth laughs in flowers." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty." – John Ruskin

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Apr 22, 2024

World Earth Day 2024: 10 inspiring quotes by famous personalities to save our planet

World earth day.

Every year, April 22 is celebrated as World Earth Day to promote the protection and preservation of our planet. Here we list down some quotes by famous personalities that will inspire you to save our planet.

Mahatma Gandhi

"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed."

Wendell Berry

"The Earth is what we all have in common."

Mathew Edward Hall

"Earth breathes in us."

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Want to live like a celebrity? Here's where famous faces eat, shop and visit in Houston

M ore than 50 million people visited Houston last year, including superstars Taylor Swift and Beyoncé, and this year is on track to be another busy one for tourism . Concerts from the Rolling Stones and Bad Bunny are set for NRG Stadium and the Toyota Center, respectively, in the coming week, fueling an economic boost as fans spend on hotel rooms and dining out. 

But where do celebrities themselves stay when they're in Houston? Where do they eat, shop and relax? 

For security reasons, celebrities generally don't publicize where they stay when they visit Houston. But luxury hotels such as the Four Seasons Hotel Houston , downtown, or the Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston are equipped to accommodate high-profile guests. Private residences are another option. When Taylor Swift brought her Reputation Tour to the city in 2018, for example, she  rented a home in the Memorial area , according to KPRC, and had special window film installed for greater privacy. 

Dining 

The food in Houston is so good it can be "dangerous" Beyoncé joked in her 2023 tour film "Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé." While visiting her hometown she picked up a meal at Frenchy's, one of her favorite Third Ward spots . Celebrities from around the world have expressed similar sentiments, and helped promote some modest Houston restaurants such as Ninfa's or Killen's Barbeque .

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With some 400 stores, including luxury brands such as Chanel, Gucci and Omega, the Galleria draws fashionistas and serious shoppers from across the world as well as locals looking to enjoy an air-conditioned stroll. In 2019, Kim Kardashian and her then-husband, Kanye West, were spotted at the mall along with their children, with West holding a bag from the Lego Store and Kardashian taking a spin on the ice rink. 

Fans of the Astros, Rockets and Texans sometimes spot familiar faces in the crowd, such as Olympic champion Simone Biles, whose husband, Jonathan Owens, was playing for the Texans when the two connected on the private dating app Raya in 2020.

The city's cultural institutions have also proven to be a draw. In 2022, the cosmetics mogul Kylie Jenner visited the Houston Museum of Natural Science with her young daughter; "I have a fascination with dinosaurs lately," she said on Instagram. Actor Tom Hanks paid a visit last year to NASA's Johnson Space Center, in Clear Lake. Lars Ulrich, the longtime drummer for Metallica, told KTRK in 2017 that Houston is  one of his favorite cities , and that he particularly enjoys its "thriving" arts scene. "I make a beeline whenever I'm here for the Menil Collection and the Rothko Chapel," Ulrich added. 

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