I just turned 47. I thought it´s time to remember what it´s like to feel alive. Preparing myself for the dive into the unknown which lies ahead I came up with a list of inspirational travel quotes, one for each year of my life. These travel quotes are derived from my wife´s and my favorite poets and philosophers, some are national proverbs. These inspirational travel quotes are meant to ignite the spark of Wanderlust inside of us and you.
Best Travel Quotes
„Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.” – Benjamin Disraeli
„I travel not to cross countries off a list, but to ignite passionate affairs with destinations.” – Nyssa P. Chopra
„To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” – Aldous Huxley
„If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.” – Cesare Pavese
„Intellectual insights are papers. Trust always has the one who speaks of experience.“ –Hermann Hesse
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel only read a page.” – Augustine of Hippo
„Life does not consist of well-being, but of seeking and striving.“ – Khalil Gibran
“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travellers don’t know where they’re going.” – Paul Theroux
“If you think adventure is dangerous try routine. It is lethal.” – Paulo Coelho
Travel Quotes by Mark Twain
“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.”― Mark Twain
“One must travel to learn.” – Mark Twain
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” – Mark Twain
Short Travel Quotes
“Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle
“Travel is never a matter of money but of courage.” – Paolo Coelho
“Wherever you go, go with all your heart!” -Confucius
“See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream.” – Ray Bradbury
“Nothing develops intelligence like travel.” – Emile Zola
„A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.“ – John Augustus Shedd
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller
“A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill
“Travelling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta
“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu
“To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen
“Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” – Dalai Lama
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller
“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag
“Not all those who wander are lost.” – JRR Tolkien
“Only one who wanders finds new paths.” – Norwegian proverb
“We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” – Anonymous
“A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.” – Moslih Eddin Saadi
“Travel teaches tolerance” – Benjamin Disraeli
“Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” – Anonymous
“The further I go, the closer to me I get.” – Andrew McCarthy
“Who lives sees much. Who travels sees more.” – Arab Proverb
Inspirational Travel Quotes
“The traveler sees what he sees, the tourists sees what he has come to see.” – G.K. Chesterton
“Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs.” – Amin Maalouf
“There is a kind of magicness about going far away and then coming back all changed.” – Kate Douglas Wiggin
“If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best.“ – Neale Donald Walsch
“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustave Flaubert
”Nowhere have I found more peace than in forests and in books. “ – Thomas von Kempen
“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.” – Lewis Carroll
“It is not the destination where you end up but the mishaps and memories you create along the way.” – Penelope Riley
„Among other things, I have learned that the world, if you want nothing from it, and only quietly and attentively look at it with your eyes, has to offer us many things that the successful ones, the darlings of the world, know nothing about.“ – Hermann Hesse
Love for Travel Quotes
“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
“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
“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
“No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” – Lin Yutang
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I hope you have enjoyed these inspiring quotes about travel and are looking forward to exploring our wonderful world. Let me know what your favorite travel quote is in the comments below!
