Travel quotes

Everyone has a different perspective as it pertains to traveling. That’s why travel quotes, such as those listed below, can be incredibly moving. We’ve gathered some of the most inspirational travel quotes to incite wanderlust, encourage imagination, and convince you to plan a vacation to a new destination!

Best Travel Quotes for Avid Travelers

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

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

3. “Isn’t it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?” – Zig Ziglar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16. “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

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

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

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

20. “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

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

22. “We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone.” – Katie Thurmes

23. “Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.” – Charles M. Schulz

24. “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

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

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

27. “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

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