Over 101 Top Travel Quotes From Around the World to Inspire Your Journeys
Travel quotes hold a unique power to inspire and motivate us. They often articulate feelings and thoughts we struggle to express ourselves. In this collection, we've gathered some of the most inspiring words of wisdom from around the world about travel.
101 Best Travel Quotes
Inspirational quotes have fueled our passion for adventure, encouraging us to take risks and explore the world. Since starting our travel blog in 2008, we've shared these motivational gems with fellow wanderers. Here are some of our favorite travel quotes that will inspire your next journey.
Favorite Travel Quotes
These enlightening travel quotes capture the essence of exploration and remind us why we love to travel. Here are a few highlights:
- 'A journey is best measured in friends, not in miles.' ~ Tim Cahill
- 'Life is short, and the world is wide.' ~ Simon Raven.
- 'The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.' – Saint Augustine
- 'People don’t take trips, trips take people.' ~ John Steinbeck
- 'Travel far, pay no fare… a book can take you anywhere.' ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
- 'A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.' ~ Lao Tzu
Each quote offers a unique insight into the enriching experiences that come with traveling.
Famous Travel Quotes
'Feel free to use these best travel quotes as captions for your photos or print them out for inspiration!' Here are some renowned musings on travel by notable figures:
- '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 ',' '~ '},{"name":"quote","value":"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."},{"name":"author","value":"Helen Keller"}]
Adventure Travel Quotes
- “If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal” ~ Paul Coelho
- “Great things never came from comfort zones.” ~ Anonymous
- “If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” ~ Maya Angelou
- “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey” ~ Babs Hoffman
- “Fear is only temporary. Regrets last forever.”
- “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”
- “Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind”
- “Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.” ~ David McCullough
- “Jobs fill your pocket but adventures fill your soul.” ~ Jamie Lyn Beatty
Short Travel Quotes Captions
For over 20 years, Dave and I have curated quotes about travel, sharing our favorites since we launched our travel blog in 2008. These quotes have lifted our spirits, provided perspective, and often brought smiles to our faces.
Here are some of our favorite travel quotes that we've shared on social media:
- “Live with no excuses and travel with no regrets” ~ Oscar Wilde
- “We travel not to escape life but for life not to escape us.”
- “People don’t take trips, trips take people.” ~ John Steinbeck
- “Don’t listen to what they say, go see” ~ Chinese Proverb
- “I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way”
- “Oh, the places you’ll go.” ~ Dr Seuss
- “Try to Be a Rainbow in Someone Else’s Cloud” ~ Maya Angelou
- “Life’s a journey, not a destination” ~AEROSMITH/Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 'Where to next?'
- 'To Travel is to Live' ~ Hans Christian Anderson
- 'I want to make memories all over the world'
Travel Quotes by Famous People
Travel quotes from famous personalities can be incredibly inspiring. Here are some of my favorites that might resonate with you.
- “I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel’s sake.” ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
- “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
- “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 Kerouac
- “Paris is Always a Good Idea” ~ Audrey Hepburn
- “You go away for a long time and return a different person – you never come all the way back” ~ Paul Theroux
- “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” ~ Mae West
- “Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference” ~ Robert Frost
- “We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel next, to find ourselves.” ~ Pico Iyer
- “Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” ~ Dalai Lama
- Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
- “The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
- “There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it”~ Charles Dudley Warner
- “The most beautiful in the world is, of course, the world itself.” – Wallace Stevens
- Keep your face always toward the sunshine – and shadows will fall behind you.”~ Walt Whitman
- "Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud"~ Maya Angelou
