The 38 Most Inspiring Travel Quotes of All Time
By Jennifer O'Brien
Whether you’re in between trips or deep in the throes of armchair travel, these must-share quotes from eloquent travelers like Tina Fey, Anthony Bourdain, and the Dalai Lama are guaranteed to fan the flames of your insatiable wanderlust.
1. “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.”
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2. “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” –Henry Miller
3. “Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected for the rest of my life.” –Michael Palin
4. “No matter where or why you travel, there’s always something wonderfully new to be found.”
5. “Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don’t be sorry.” –Jack Kerouac
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6. “You may have the universe if I may have Italy.” –Giuseppe Verdi
7. “Wherever you are, be all there.” –Jim Elliot
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8. “Wanderlust: (n.) A strong desire or urge to wander or travel and explore the world.”
9. “Two roads diverged in a wood and I, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” –Robert Frost
10. “Travel is the ultimate inspiration.”
11. “The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive.” –Bill Watterson
12. “The road to success is always under construction.”
13. “If a man would move the world, he must first move himself.” –Socrates
14. “Say yes and you’ll figure it out afterwards.” –Tina Fey
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15. “Salt water heals everything.”
16. “Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.” –Jack Kerouac
17. “People don’t take trips. Trips take people.” –John Steinbeck
18. “Paris is always a good idea!” –Audrey Hepburn
19. “Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” –Dalai Lama
20. “Nothing worthwhile in life is ever easy and nothing easy is ever worthwhile.”
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21. “No matter how far apart we are, you will always be in my heart.”
22. “Live life with no excuses and travel with no regrets.”
23. “Life is short and the world is wide.”
24. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”
25. “It doesn’t matter where you’re going. It’s who you have beside you.”
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26. “There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.” Guy Gavriel Kay, Tigana
27. “The mountains are calling and I must go.”
28. “In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take.”
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29. “I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.” –Walt Whitman
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30. “I love the feeling of being anonymous in a city I’ve never been before.”
31. “I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” –Mary Anne Radmacher
32. “Happiness is a direction, not a place.” –Sydney J. Harris
33. “For once you have tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.” –Leonardo da Vinci
34. “Fernweh: (n.) An ache for distant places; the craving to travel.”
35. “Don’t just follow your dreams. Chase them.”
36. “Climb mountains not so the world can see you, but so you can see the world.”
37. “Travel changes you. As you move through this life… you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life – and travel – leaves marks on you.” –Anthony Bourdain
38. “Always do what you are afraid to do.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
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