35 Inspirational Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Quotes
By Asad Meah
34 Inspirational Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Quotes
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Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the last messenger of God. He is the best of creation, he is a role model on how to be of exemplary character, kindness, compassion, mercy, gratitude, thankfulness, abundance, courage, fearlessness, self-reflection, and an unwavering belief in his mission. May these quotes have a profound impact on you to be the best that you can possibly be.
Do not judge people based on what the media portrays them to be. Do your own research and find out what makes this man the finest of men to have graced the earth.
1. “Be kind, for whenever kindness becomes part of something, it beautifies it. Whenever it is taken from something, it leaves it tarnished.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
2. “The best among you is the one who doesn’t harm others with his tongue and hands.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
3. “A good man treats women with honour.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
4. “The greatest of richness is the richness of the soul.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
5. “There is reward for kindness to every living thing.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
6. “Strive always to excel in virtue and truth.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
7. “The greatest jihad (struggle/striving) is to battle your own soul, to fight the evil within yourself.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
8. “The strongest among you is the one who controls his anger.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
9. “God does not look at your forms and possessions but he looks at your hearts and your deeds.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
10. “Riches are not from an abundance of worldly good but from a contented mind.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
11. “Exchange gifts, you will love one another.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
12. “The best among you are those who have the best manners and character.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
13. “No two things have been combined better than knowledge and patience.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
14. “Tell people of glad tidings and do not push them away.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
15. “The best of houses is the house where an orphan gets love and kindness.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
16. “The believer does not slander, curse, or speak in an obscene or foul manner.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
17. “A kind word is a form of charity.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
18. “A father gives nothing better than good education.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
19. “Feed the hungry and visit a sick person, and free the captive, if he be unjustly confined. Assist any person oppressed whether Muslim or non-Muslim.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
20. “Seek knowledge from cradle to the grave.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
21. “Do not waste water even if you were at a running stream.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
22. “A white has no superiority over a black nor a black has any superiority over white except by piety and good actions.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
23. “When a thing disturbs the peace of your heart give it up.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
24. “You do not do evil to those who do evil to you, but you deal with them with forgiveness and kindness.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
25. “He is not a true believer who eats his fill while his neighbour is hungry.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
26. “However much the faith of a man increases, his regard for women increases.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
27. “What has reached you was never meant to miss you, and what has missed you was never meant to reach you.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
28. “When you see a person who has been given more than you in money and beauty. Look to those, who have been given less.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
29. “Speak good or remain silent.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
30. “Make things easy for people and not difficult. Give people good news and bring them joy, and do not turn them away.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
31. “Remember your own faults when you want to mention of others.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
32. “Those who are patient in adversity and forgive wrongs are the doers of excellence.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
33. “Modesty brings nothing except good.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
34. “The most perfect man in his faith among the believers is the one whose behaviour is most excellent, and the best of you are those who are the best to their wives.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
35. Happy is the man who avoids hardship, but how fine is the man who is afflicted and shows endurance.” Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)
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Al-Imran (The Family of Imran) - 3:137 [read in context]
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[Trade:Travel through the earth and see]
Systems have passed away before you. Do but travel in the land and see the nature of the consequence for those who did deny (the messengers). - 3:137 (Picktall)
Al-An'am (The Cattle) - 6:11 [read in context]
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[Angels] [Trade:Travel through the earth and see]
Say (unto the disbelievers): Travel in the land, and see the nature of the consequence for the rejecters! - 6:11 (Picktall)
Yusuf (Joseph) - 12:109 [read in context]
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[Messengers] [Trade:Travel through the earth and see]
We sent not before thee (any messengers) save men whom We inspired from among the folk of the townships. Have they not travelled in the land and seen the nature of the consequence for those who were before them? And verily the abode of the Hereafter, for those who ward off (evil), is best. Have ye then no sense? - 12:109 (Picktall)
An-Nahl (The Bee) - 16:36 [read in context]
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[Allah:serve Him] [Messengers:sent to every nation] [Noah:rules regarding] [Taghuut (Evil)] [Trade:Travel through the earth and see]
And verily We have raised in every nation a messenger, (proclaiming): Serve Allah and shun false gods. Then some of them (there were) whom Allah guided, and some of them (there were) upon whom error had just hold. Do but travel in the land and see the nature of the consequence for the deniers! - 16:36 (Picktall)
Al-Hajj (The Pilgrimage) - 22:46 [read in context]
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[Trade:Travel through the earth and see] [Unbelievers:deaf _ dumb _ and blind]
Have they not travelled in the land, and have they hearts wherewith to feel and ears wherewith to hear? For indeed it is not the eyes that grow blind, but it is the hearts, which are within the bosoms, that grow blind. - 22:46 (Picktall)
An-Naml (The Ants) - 27:69 [read in context]
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Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Travel in the land and see the nature of the sequel for the guilty! - 27:69 (Picktall)
Al-'Ankabut (The Spider) - 29:20 [read in context]
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[Allah:begins and repeats the Creation] [Trade:Travel through the earth and see]
Say (O Muhammad): Travel in the land and see how He originated creation, then Allah bringeth forth the later growth. Lo! Allah is Able to do all things. - 29:20 (Picktall)
Ar-Rum (The Romans) - 30:9 [read in context]
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[Generations previous] [Messengers:rejected by their people] [Trade:Travel through the earth and see]
Have they not travelled in the land and seen the nature of the consequence for those who were before them? They were stronger than these in power, and they dug the earth and built upon it more than these have built. Messengers of their own came unto them with clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty). Surely Allah wronged them not, but they did wrong themselves. - 30:9 (Picktall)
Ar-Rum (The Romans) - 30:42 [read in context]
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Say (O Muhammad, to the disbelievers): Travel in the land, and see the nature of the consequence for those who were before you! Most of them were idolaters. - 30:42 (Picktall)
Fatir (The Originator of Creation) - 35:44 [read in context]
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[Allah's attributes:Knows all things] [Trade:Travel through the earth and see]
Have they not travelled in the land and seen the nature of the consequence for those who were before them, and they were mightier than these in power? Allah is not such that aught in the heavens or in the earth escapeth Him. Lo! He is the Wise, the Mighty. - 35:44 (Picktall)
Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 40:21 [read in context]
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[Allah:calls to account] [Trade:Travel through the earth and see]
Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of the consequence for those who disbelieved before them? They were mightier than these in power and (in the) traces (which they left behind them) in the earth. Yet Allah seized them for their sins, and they had no protector from Allah. - 40:21 (Picktall)
Ghafir (The Forgiver) - 40:82 [read in context]
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Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of the consequence for those before them? They were more numerous than these, and mightier in power and (in the) traces (which they left behind them) in the earth. But all that they used to earn availed them not. - 40:82 (Picktall)
Muhammad - 47:10 [read in context]
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Have they not travelled in the land to see the nature of the consequence for those who were before them? Allah wiped them out. And for the disbelievers there will be the like thereof. - 47:10 (Picktall)
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Top 10 Travel Quotes
1. “Adventure is worthwhile.” – Aesop
Travel Quote 1: Adventure is worthwhile by AESOP
Adventure is ALWAYS worth it…
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It doesn’t get more simplistic than Aesop’s take on traveling, the ancient Greek fabulist and storyteller. This classic travel quote continues to inspire me.
Adventure can remind you to explore new horizons, and step out of your comfort zone. Like it did for me hiking 100 miles across Greenland’s Arctic Circle Trail!
2. “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
Travel Quote 2: Travel isn't pretty by Anthony Bourdain
Travel isn’t always pretty…
The late, great Anthony Bourdain really hit the nail on the head. I will truly miss his wisdom. Many think of traveling as a way to relax, and it absolutely can be!
However, I’ve also found traveling can help you understand what’s going on in the world. Like my trip to the Palestinian West Bank, which left me feeling both sad and angry. But I’m still glad I went.
3. “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta
Travel Quote 3: Ibn Battuta's Quote about Traveling
Travel leaves you speechless…
I’ve seen awe-inspiring things that I thought I’d never be able to explain to another person. These experiences have helped me to become a better storyteller.
For example, witnessing the unreal-looking pink lakes where sea salt is produced on Mexico’s Yucatan Penninsula. It was like right out of a fantasy novel!
4. “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Nin
Travel Quote 4: Traveling to seek other places
To seek other places, other lives…
Anais Nin’s quote about traveling on a constant search for things that will make us feel whole sums up the desire to keep learning through experiences. To discover ourselves just as much, if not more, than to discover new places.
I’ve felt this pull many times, like while road tripping through Morocco. Seeking out the vastness of the desert, and looking inward at the same time.
5. “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill
Travel Quote 5: Memorable quote from Tim Cahill
A journey is best measured in friends…
I couldn’t agree more! I’ve made many friends around the world, and it’s the time I’ve spent with them that has made my travels so fulfilling. People are always more memorable than checking things off a bucket list.
Meet Pedro. We hired him as a guide to hike up a volcano in Guatemala. Through our broken Spanish, we learned he was quite the comedian! He was the highlight of the trip instead of the volcano.
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6. “The gladdest moment in human life, methinks, is a departure into unknown lands.” – Sir Richard Burton
Travel Quote 6: Richard Burton Inspiration
A departure into unknown lands…
Sir Richard Burton eloquently captured the spirit of wandering off into the unknown with this travel quote. The moment of anticipation is often sweeter than the final result.
7. “No place is ever as bad as they tell you it’s going to be.” – Chuck Thompson
Travel Quote 7: Chuck Thompson wisdom
No place is ever as bad…
Have you ever seen your hometown through the eyes of a tourist? It’s easy to get jaded, but the truth is every place in the world has something of interest.
You’ll always hear about the negative before you hear about the positive. Because people love to complain! Don’t listen to them, and go see for yourself.
8. “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
Travel Quote 8: Mary Anne Radmacher Quotation
I am not the same having seen the moon…
I often gaze at the stars when I’m visiting a new destination or on a road trip. It’s amazing to consider how places are the same, yet so very different.
9. “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustave Flaubert
Travel Quote 9: By Gustave Flaubert
Travel makes one modest…
Flaubert continued Radmacher’s wise observation in this insightful trip quote. I definitely used to think that my life, and my country, played a bigger role in the world until I packed up and hit the road.
10. “He who would travel happily must travel light.” – Antoine de St. Exupery
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He who would travel happily…
This is one of my travel mottoes after an unfortunate experience trying to schlep a massive travel backpack from the airport to a hotel via public transportation. I know exactly what ol’ Antoine was talking about in this travel quote!
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Famous Quotes About Travel
11. “The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” – Henry David Thoreau
I’ve heeded Henry David Thoreau’s advice on many occasions. In fact, of all the quotes about traveling I’ve collected here, this one has been the most influential. Don’t be afraid to travel alone.
Freya Stark Travel Quotes for Instagram
To awaken alone in a strange town…
Anna Quindlen Travelling Quotes
The life you have led…
12. “To awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark
A change of view always helps give me a new perspective on life. Traveling allows waking up to a different view on a regular basis. The perfect traveling quote.
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13. “The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have.” – Anna Quindlen
Anna Quindlen’s words have made a big difference in my life. It’s so easy to get stuck believing that what we’re doing right now is all we’ll ever do. This is a great travel caption for Instagram…
14. “Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all of one’s lifetime.” – Mark Twain
I wish the entire world could understand Mark Twain’s insight into traveling. We all have preconceived notions, but traveling has shown me that many are usually false. One of his top travel quotes!
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Classic Travel Quotes: Andre Gide
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has courage…
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15. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide
I used to be afraid to reach beyond my comfort zone. This is a great travel quote about throwing off the so-called safety net of your comfortable surroundings to discover new parts of the world (and yourself).
16. “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
There’s so much wisdom in Samuel Johnson’s quote on travel. Take a second to visualize a place you’ve never been. If you make that your next vacation spot, I bet you’ll find out that it’s completely different from your internal image.
Travel Quotes and Inspiration
The world is a book…
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17. “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine
We may feel safe in our little bubble, but it’s also boring. That’s the primary reason I started traveling several years ago, and I’ve fallen in love with the thrill of discovery. It doesn’t get any more real than this short travel quote.
18. “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca
When I travel, I’m able to give my mind something new and exciting to focus on. Studies say that we need to keep learning in order for our minds to thrive.
Mark Twain Inspiration
Twenty years from now…
19. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.” – Mark Twain (?)
While this is one of the most popular travel quotes of all time, it’s actually FAKE. Mark Twain never said this. The real author is H. Jackson Browne Jr. in his book PS I Love You, about letters written to his mom.
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There are a few fake travel quotes out there, so be careful what you share!
20. “With age, comes wisdom. With travel, comes understanding.” – Sandra Lake
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Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
21. “Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” – Anonymous
This simple travel quote says it all. My mind craves new experiences, and I quite simply cannot get them from my hometown anymore. By going somewhere new at least once a year, I continue to grow in numerous ways.
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22. “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” – Anonymous
Money makes traveling a possibility, but it doesn’t enrich you like sharing experiences with new cultures. I’m not sure who coined this inspirational travel quote, but they hit the nail on the head!
23. “Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times.” – Asian Proverb
This Asian proverb is truly one of the world’s most accurate travel quotes. I am always in awe when I find myself standing in front of an iconic landmark. Sometimes, they’re less impressive than the stories I’ve heard, but even that’s a worthwhile experience.
24. “Work, travel, save, repeat.” – Anonymous
25. “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” – Anonymous
I feel a heavy weight on my heart when I don’t travel for an extended amount of time. As soon as I set off for someplace new, the burden of stagnation falls away and I feel renewed.
Ray Bradbury Travel Saying
Live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds…
Peter Hoeg Travel Quote
Traveling tends to magnify all human emotions.
26. “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
Nothing can replace the thrill of travel for me. I’d rather see things in the real world than spend my time imagining them. None of the entertainment devices that humans have invented can come close to the joy I experience exploring the world.
27. “Traveling tends to magnify all human emotions.” — Peter Hoeg
I’ve been at my best, and at my absolute worst while traveling. Emotions are bigger during these trips because there’s so much new information to process. Peter’s travel quote reveals a truth that many travelers can relate to.
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Best Quotes about Traveling from Eugene Fodor
You don’t have to be rich…
James Michener's Travel Wisdom
If you reject the food & ignore the customs..
28. “You don’t have to be rich to travel well.” – Eugene Fodor
Creator of the famous Fodor Guides Eugene Fodor’s quote helps highlight that people of almost any budget can travel. For example, a few years ago I hitchhiked across the United States for 5 weeks, and it was one of my best travel experiences.
29. “If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” – James Michener
I completely agree with Michener. There’s really no point in traveling to a new country if you’re only interested in staying inside the walls of a resort. I believe that the point of traveling is to learn about new cultures and customs and truly open our minds.
John Steinbeck Travel Wisdom
People don’t take trips…
30. “People don’t take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinbeck
Here’s another quote that isn’t exactly true. While not completely fake, it is a paraphrase of Steinbeck’s actual words in Travels With Charley: In Search Of America that reads:
“A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policies and coercion are fruitless. We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.”
Going on a trip may start with a lot of planning, but the truth is that once you arrive somewhere new, the area instantly begins to change you.
31. “When overseas you learn more about your own country, than you do the place you’re visiting.” – Clint Borgen
If you think your country does everything the right way and is revered by other nations, you’ll definitely have those notions put to the test when you enter another country. I’ve learned so much about the way my nation is viewed on the international stage. This is the perfect travel quote for Instagram or Pinterest.
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32. “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
Have you ever felt the rain on your skin in multiple countries? I have, and I’m here to tell you that it’s always a thrilling sensation each time it happens somewhere new. By traveling, I’ve learned to appreciate things that I would normally ignore.
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Great Travel Quote from Helen Keller
Life is either a daring adventure…
Paulo Coelho Wisdom
Travel is never a matter of money…
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33. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller
Just like everyone else, I spend some of my days sitting on a couch watching television. Of course, these aren’t the moments that define me, nor are they what I think of when wandering through my favorite memories. It’s the adventurous side of life that makes living truly worthwhile to me.
34. “Travel is never a matter of money, but of courage.” — Paulo Coelho
Yes, travel does require some money. However, you’ll also need to gather enough courage to temporarily cast off everything about your daily life that makes it so comfortable — and boring.
Inspirational quotes from Neale Donald Walsch
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone…
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35. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch
What is your comfort zone? If I’d never learned to stretch mine, I’d still be sitting on the same couch after work every single day for the rest of my life. Instead, I challenged myself to tackle new challenges and to see areas of the world that had intimidated me.
36. “Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.” – Irving Wallace
If we’re being honest with ourselves, the routines of daily life are monotonous. For me, all it takes is a trip to a new city or country to reignite my sense of adventure.
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Not all those who wander…
Quote from Shirley Maclaine
Strangers should be friends.
37. “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
Tolkien’s wisdom really shines through in this quote. I have applied it to several of my trips by allowing myself to simply wander through a new land as opposed to plotting everything out first.
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38. “The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine
This quote is as relevant today as it was when it was first uttered. People have an unfortunate tendency to claim others as their enemy without even getting to know them first. This is an issue that’s propagated by fear of the unknown, and it has led to a lot of lost opportunities throughout history.
39. “I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.” – Caskie Stinnett
Staying in one place for too long definitely makes my wanderlust start itching for a new adventure. Routine has its place, but too much of it makes me feel stagnant. I love shaking up my daily life by visiting a new place and immersing myself inside a different culture.
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A mind that is stretched by experience…
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Happiness is a way of travel…
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Wanderlust Travel Quotes
40. “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
Everything I’ve learned during my travels has forever expanded and changed my mind. This travel quote shows Holmes clearly grew in a similar way by visiting new lands.
41. “Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” – Roy M. Goodman
Many chase the elusive dream of happiness when they should be embracing it inside of each little moment, as Roy alludes to in this inspiring quote. I learned long ago that happiness is found in the details.
42. “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the trip.” – Babs Hoffman
I used to obsess over every single little thing that could go wrong during a trip. This caused me to overly plan everything. Little things can go wrong anywhere, so they’re not worth worrying about.
43. “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
One of my favorite travel memories involves sitting on a sidewalk in Nicaragua eating some chicken & rice. I watched local people walk by for at least 30 minutes, going about their daily routines. This simple experience still defines Nicaragua for me in a way that visiting a famous tourist attraction never could.
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44. “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller
I frequently remind myself of this quote about traveling from Henry Miller. After all, simply checking off travel locations means nothing if you don’t allow each trip to change you in some way. I love to soak up a new culture and learn more about the locals’ point of view.
Susan Sontag Quote
I haven’t been everywhere but…
45. “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag
Every place on the planet has great potential to help us learn and grow. That’s the primary reason that there’s nowhere in the world I wouldn’t go if I had safe passage. Right now, there are some cities and countries that aren’t very welcoming, but I’d still love to see them someday.
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46. “Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.” – Wendell Berry
You cannot possibly hope to learn the true nature of the world by doing nothing more than reading about it. As valuable as reading is, it always takes a backseat to discovering the world for yourself.
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Quotes About Sustainable Travel from Chief Seattle
Take only memories…
47. “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle
This is one of the classic travel quotes that everyone would be well-advised to remember. It breaks my heart to see historic areas filled with trash by careless travelers. We have a responsibility to preserve things as much as possible.
48. “Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by.” – Robert Frost
I took Frost’s words at face value in my teen years, but as an adult, I realize there’s much more to his sentiment. Seeing and doing the same things as everyone else can make it difficult to discover your own true identity.
49. “There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.” – Charles Dudley Warner
The start of each new trip is an exciting time that’s characterized by a mixture of wonder and fear. You have no idea if the trip will go as planned, but the unknown is what makes everything so exciting.
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50. “Oh the places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss serves as a reminder that we can go anywhere if we stop putting restrictions on ourselves. The world is waiting; we just have to have the courage to answer the call. Doing this, again and again, has given my life meaning.
51. “It is not down in any map; true places never are.” – Herman Melville
Much like the hidden parts of our souls, we cannot hope to find something completely original and unspoiled without wandering off the map. I give myself the freedom to explore anything that catches my attention.
Inspiring Travel Quotes by travel blogger Matthew Karsten
Invest in yourself through travel…
52. “Investment in travel is an investment in yourself.” – Matthew Karsten
Yup. I’m Matthew Karsten, and I totally just snuck in one of my own travel quotes. Haha! But I really mean this too. When I first quit my unfulfilling day job to go backpacking around the world, I didn’t know what I was doing, or where it would all take me. But traveling taught me a lot about life, as well as myself.
53. “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
Stevenson was much more than just a revered novelist; he was also a travel writer. This particular inspiring quote has always spoken to me. The urge to go somewhere new, no matter where it is, frequently grabs me.
54. “Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.” — Lawrence Block
There is nothing more exciting than turning a corner while traveling and finding something riveting. I remember this happening when I stumbled onto a work of art by street artist Banksy. I don’t even remember my original destination, but I do remember the way I felt looking at Banksy’s art!
55. “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” – Aldous Huxley
In perhaps the timeliest travel quote of all, Huxley reminds us that countries themselves aren’t bad, nor are their residents. Governments can be corrupt, but the spirit of the people always lives on.
56. “Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” – Jack Kerouac
Is there anyone more uniquely qualified to provide insightful quotes about traveling than the author of “On the Road?” Traveling doesn’t always go as smoothly as you’d expect. Despite this, I’ve discovered many times that the trip itself is every bit as exciting as the destination.
57. “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
Pavese’s books often spoke about loneliness and the inability to connect to others in a meaningful way. Although his commentary on traveling does contain some truth, I’ve always taken it with a grain of salt. Yes, traveling can be brutal at times, but I believe it’s also one of the most freeing experiences a person can have.
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58. “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
Many people say inspiring things, but Komisar has lived them as a successful venture capitalist. Don’t fall into the trap of believing there will eventually be a perfect time to follow your dreams. Through traveling, I’ve learned the only perfect time is now.
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59. “Life is short and the world is wide, the sooner you start exploring it, the better.” – Simon Raven
Controversial author Simon Raven said a lot of odd things in his time, but his travel quotes were typically spot on. After all, the only way to see the entire world is to start taking travel-sized bites out it as early as possible.
60. “The journey not the arrival matters.” – T.S. Eliot
Eliot’s poetry inspired countless writers, but I’ve always been the most taken by this simplistic quote. When I first started traveling, I placed way too much focus on getting to my destination. By learning to let that go, I’ve developed some of my fondest travel memories.
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Almost nothing is so familiar…
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To travel is to live.
61. “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
If you want to read humorous but insightful books about traveling, you should definitely check out Bill Bryson. He’s absolutely right about not taking things for granted on the road.
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62. “To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen
I grew up reading Anderson’s fairy tales but didn’t know about his travel writing until later. Now, I know that his many quotes about traveling truly captured the essence of why it’s so important to explore new areas.
63. “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
Heat-Moon was so dedicated to writing unique travel books that he journeyed across the U.S. in a 1975 Econoline van. I also love the idea of getting a fresh start in every new town.
64. “Travel makes a wise man better but a fool worse.” – Thomas Fuller
Fuller broke new ground with his literary skills, which allowed him to earn a living long before being an author was a viable full-time career for writers. Some say that everyone is changed for the better by traveling, but Fuller warned us that this wasn’t the case.
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65. “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
American treasure Mark Twain wasn’t one to mince words, but his humor made even the bitterest truths easier to swallow. Unfortunately, I found out the wisdom behind his words the hard way through experience.
66. “The most beautiful in the world is, of course, the world itself.” – Wallace Stevens
Stevens had a love for the simple things in life, as evidenced by one of his titles: “The Emperor of Ice-Cream.” He’s also right; the entire world contains beauty. That’s why I long to travel to every country on earth.
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67. “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
It’s unsurprising that someone who learned directly from Gandhi would have such an inspiring way of looking at the world. Open your eyes to the beauty of a sunrise or waves rolling into the shore. No matter how many times you’ve seen them, they’re still full of beauty.
68. “I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met.” – Melody Truong
Melody Truong’s words resonate with me because they’re so full of truth. The feeling of loving unexplored parts of the world is exactly what pushes me to keep traveling.
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Susan Heller Quote about Traveling
Take half the clothes and twice the money.
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69. “When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.” – Susan Heller
Heller’s widely quoted travel adage has influenced the way I travel. I used to pack way more than I needed, and this hindered my travels. Cutting your luggage down and packing more money always makes things easier.
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70. “Travel far enough, you meet yourself.” – David Mitchell
David Mitchell’s best-selling novels typically involve traveling, as evidenced by this quote from “Cloud Atlas.” It’s difficult to get to know yourself when you’re stuck in the rut of normality. I always have the best self-awareness breakthroughs after a period of travel and inner reflection.
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71. “Live your life by a compass, not a clock.” – Stephen Covey
People have turned to Covey for business advice for years, but I’ve found the most value in this one simple quote. I used to meticulously plan each trip down to the minute.
72. “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
Being born in Yosemite National Park enabled the travel bug to bite Papritz at birth. His thought-provoking spin on the purpose of travel has greatly influenced me. I may never see it all, but that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t try.
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73. “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” – Anita Desai
Indian novelist Anita Desai nails this one with her inspiring quote about traveling. We’re all shaped by each of our experiences. I love it that every new adventure helps shape me for the better.
74. “We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.” – Ray Bradbury
Bradbury’s books often transport readers to another time or place. We cannot travel to other time periods in the real world, but we can take in the architecture of the past.
75. “Wherever you go, go with all your heart!” – Confucius
Confucius was an early proponent of social equality who urged people to live a life of morality and sincerity. I’ve interpreted this quote to mean that it’s important to be fully committed to each new experience.
Final Thoughts On Traveling
Traveling is one of the best ways to open your mind and heart to the world. As a result, I’ve experienced the full range of emotions during my travels.
Although this has sometimes meant having my lifestyle and point of view challenged, I wouldn’t give up a single second of it because it helped shape me into the person I am today. Travel can change your perspective.
Many of these quotes have inspired me to keep exploring our world.
If you’re looking for inspiration to fuel your wanderlust, you’re certain to find the perfect quotation above!
I hope they inspire you to pack up everything and head out into the unknown, to explore the farthest reaches of our planet (and your soul) — to see the world for what it really is.
Browse these fun quotes when you need wanderlust motivation — to make travel a priority in your life!
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60 Inspiring Travel Quotes
Once A Year Travel Quotes
#1 “Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.”
Great words to live by. There’s something exciting about exploring a new place every year. It can be a new country, a new city, or an interesting spot near your hometown.
Memories Once A Year Travel Quotes
#2 “Never let your memories be greater than your dreams.”
Travel Well
#3 “It is better to travel well than to arrive.”
Do Not Dare Not to Dare Travel Quote
#4 “Do not dare not to dare.”
Is there something you want to do that freaks you out? Go for it! Sometimes, the scariest ideas turn into the best travel memories.
Do you dare? If you want to do something crazy and stand on this boulder, check out our post about hiking to Kjeragbolten.
Mind stretched by a new experience Travel Quotes
#6 “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.”
Go with all your heart confucius quote
#7 “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”
Bold Adventure Travel Quote
#8 “Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.”
Our thoughts exactly. When we traveled around the world, we wanted to go on a really big adventure, worthy of such a grand trip. For us, that was trekking to Everest Base Camp.
Tiny Place
#9 “Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”
Life is Short and the World is Wide Travel Quotes
#10 “Life is short and the world is wide.”
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Paris is a Good Idea Travel Quotes
#11 “Paris is always a good idea.”
I agree with this 100%. Paris has a hold on me like almost no other place in the world. I could go back again and again.
Make a Life
#12 “Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.”
Jet Lag is for amatueurs
#13 “Jet lag is for amateurs.”
The best dreams happen when youre awake
#14 “The best dreams happen when you’re awake.”
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Speechless
#15 “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.”
Nepali Girl Quote
#16 “Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s OK. 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.”
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Oh The Places You'll Go Travel Quote
#17 “Oh, the places you’ll go.”
Freya Stark Travel Quote
#18 “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world.”
Isn’t that the best? On that first morning in a new place there is so much excitement and anticipation. It’s almost like being a kid again.
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World is a Book
#19 “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
Adventure is Worthwhile Travel Quotes
#20 “Adventure is worthwhile.”
This photo was taken on the Sani Pass, a beautiful, thrilling ride from South Africa to Lesotho.
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Paulo Coehlo Travel Quote
#21 “If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it is lethal.”
Travel makes you richer
#22 “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.”
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Explore Dream Discover Mark Twain
#23 “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. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
Sir Richard Burton Travel Quote
#24 “The gladdest moments, me thinks, is a departure into unknown lands.”
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Life begins at the end of your comfort zone Travel Quotes
#25 “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.”
Collect Moments Not Things
#26 “Collect moments. Not things.”
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View from Machu Picchu Quote
#27 “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
Make the days count
#28 “Don’t count the days. Make the days count.”
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Blaze a Trail Travel Quotes
#29 “Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
George Bailey
#30 “I’m shaking the dust of this crummy little town off my feet and I’m gonna see the world.”
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On My List Travel Quote
#31 “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”
This is one of the best travel quotes, especially if you have a serious case of wanderlust.
Learn From Travel
#32 “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.”
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Favorite Thing Travel Quotes
#33 “My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.”
Imagination
#34 “Your imagination is your preview of life’s coming attractions.”
Wherever You Go
#35 “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.”
Risk going too far
#36 “Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.”
This has been one of my favorite quotes for a long time. It pertains to travel, but it also pertains to life. Tim and I compete in triathlons, and while I trained for my first Ironman race, these were words that were very inspirational to me.
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Journey Itself is my home
#37 “The journey itself is my home.”
Unusual
#38 “If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.”
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Daring Adventure
#39 “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.”
Find the Beautiful
#40 “Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.”
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Happiest moments
#41 “Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.”
To Live
#42 “To live will be an awfully big adventure.”
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#43 “Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.”
Take half the clothes
#44 “When preparing to travel, lay out all of your clothes and all of your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.”
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Hemingway Travel Quote
#45 “It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
Bill Bryson Quote
#46 “I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. You can’t read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense of how things work, you can’t reliably cross a street without endangering your life. Your whole existence becomes a series of interesting guesses.”
Have you read any books by Bill Bryson? He’s an excellent travel writer, and his stories are humorous and educational and laugh out loud funny.
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Not All Those Who Wander
#47 “Not all those who wander are lost.”
secret destinations
#48 “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.”
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Wanderlust Travel Quote
#49 “Wanderlust: a strong desire to wander and explore the world.”
Wonderful World
#50 “And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.”
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We travel not to escape life quote
#51 “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.”
Travel is education for living
#52 “Travel is not reward for working, it’s education for living.”
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Anthony Bourdain Travel Widely Quote
#53 “If you are thirty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn to 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 cook. Learn from them – wherever you go.”
New Way of seeing things
#54 “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.”
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Little by little one travels far Travel Quotes
#55 “Little by little, one travels far.”
Climb That Mountain
#56 “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in an office or mowing your lawn. Climb that damn mountain.”
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So much of who we are
#57 “So much of who we are is where we have been.”
Don't Be Afraid Be Alive
#58 “What you have to decide…is how you want your life to be. If your ending was ending tomorrow, would this be how you’d want to have spent it? Listen, the truth is, nothing is guaranteed. So don’t be afraid, be alive.”
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To say yes to life travel quote
#59 “To say yes to life is at one and the same thing to say yes to oneself.”
Live to Travel
#60 “Live to travel. Travel to live.”
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FAMOUS TRAVEL QUOTES
These are our favorite travel quotes that we feel have stood the test of time.
1. “THE WORLD IS A BOOK AND THOSE WHO DO NOT TRAVEL READ ONLY A PAGE.” ~ SAINT AUGUSTINE
Travel Quote 1 | The World is a book by Saint Augustine
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.
2. “NOT ALL THOSE WHO WANDER ARE LOST” ~ J.R.R. TOLKIEN
Travel Quote 2 | J.R.R. Tolkien Quote
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 are 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.
3. “LIFE IS EITHER A DARING ADVENTURE OR NOTHING AT ALL” ~ HELEN KELLER
Travel Quote 3 | Adventure quote by 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.
4. “TAKE ONLY MEMORIES, LEAVE ONLY FOOTPRINTS” ~ CHIEF SEATTLE
Travel Quote 4 | Take only memories, leave only footprints by Chief Seattle
Take only memories
This quote rings so true for travelers. People often feel they can take home a trophy, or sneak a piece of stone from a historic site or take something from nature.
It isn't about taking, it is about absorbing the beauty of the world.
5. “TRAVEL IS FATAL TO PREJUDICE, BIGOTRY, AND NARROW MINDEDNESS, AND MANY OF OUR PEOPLE NEED IT SORELY ON THESE ACCOUNTS.” ~ MARK TWAIN
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Mark Twain's Famous Travel Quote
Travel opens our minds and heart and makes us better people.
6. ” THE REAL VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY CONSISTS NOT IN SEEKING NEW LANDSCAPES, BUT IN HAVING NEW EYES.” ~ MARCEL PROUST
Classic travel quote by marcel proust
The real voyage of discovery
7. “TRAVEL MAKES ONE MODEST, YOU SEE WHAT A TINY PLACE YOU OCCUPY IN THE WORLD.” ~ GUSTAVE FLAUBERT
Travel quotes and inspiration by Gustave Flaubert
Travel makes one modest
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.
9. NEVER GO ON TRIPS WITH ANYONE YOU DO NOT LOVE.” ~ HEMMINGWAY
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10. “LIKE ALL GREAT TRAVELLERS, I HAVE SEEN MORE THAN I REMEMBER AND REMEMBER MORE THAN I HAVE SEEN.” ~ BENJAMIN DISRAELI
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Like all great travellers
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 experience I started writing stories to my friends and family.
Travel inspired me to become a storyteller.
ADVENTURE TRAVEL QUOTES
12. “IF YOU THINK ADVENTURE IS DANGEROUS, TRY ROUTINE, IT'S LETHAL” ~ PAUL COELHO
Adventure Travel Quotes by Paul Coelho
If you think adventure is dangerous
13. “GREAT THINGS NEVER CAME FROM COMFORT ZONES.” ~ ANONYMOUS
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Great things never came
14. “IF YOU ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO BE NORMAL, YOU WILL NEVER KNOW HOW AMAZING YOU CAN BE.” ~ MAYA ANGELOU
Famous travel Quote by Maya Angelou
If you are always trying to be normal
When looking for quotes on 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 on 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
Babas Hoffman Inspirational quote
Stop worrying about the potholes
This doesn't only have to be designated as a quotation on travel alone.
Life itself has a lot of potholes.
So 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.”
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Fear is only temporary
Are you wanting to travel the world but afraid to take the next step? The quote above says it all.
Fear is only temporary, but if you don't follow your dream, you may regret it forever.
17. “LIFE BEGINS AT THE END OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE.”
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Life begins
This is one of my favorite 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”
Adventure travel quotes for Instagram | travel doesn't become an 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
Traveling Quote by David McCullough
Climb the mountain
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
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Adventures fill your soul
It's true, we all have to do our job and have our careers and that is important. But it is also important to take time to smell the roses and let go of work when you are not in the office.
FUNNY TRAVEL QUOTES
21. “DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE WORLD ENDING TODAY, IT’S ALREADY TOMORROW IN AUSTRALIA.” ~ CHARLES M. SCHULZ
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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.
22. “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 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!
23. “A JOURNEY IS LIKE MARRIAGE. THE CERTAIN WAY TO BE WRONG IS TO THINK YOU CONTROL IT.” ~ JOHN STEINBECK
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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
antony bordain travel quote | drink heavily
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.
25. I TOLD THE DOCTOR I BROKE MY LEG IN TWO PLACES. HE TOLD ME TO QUIT GOING TO THOSE PLACES ~ HENNY YOUNGMAN
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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 CRASHING THAT IS DANGEROUS ~ THEO COWAN
For those of you who are afraid to fly, I am afraid that you are not going to find the humour in this 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
bob hope funny travel quote
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 for anywhere.
28. JET LAG IS FOR AMATEURS ~ DICK CLARK
best travel quote | jet lag is for amateurs
While I think it's a funny 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 say “Deal with it Deb, Jet Lag is for amateurs.”
29. “TRAVEL IS GLAMOROUS ONLY IN RETROSPECT.” ~ PAUL THEROUX
travel quote 94: Travel is glamorous only in retrospect by Paul Theroux
I love this 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.
30. I WISH I HAD NEVER GONE TRAVELING. SAID NO ONE EVER.
travel quotes | I wish I had never gone traveling said no one ever
I don't know who said this quote, but I do remember Hecktic Travels sharing it years ago on Twitter and it always stuck with me.
I think it is the best travel quote ever!
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES ABOUT TRAVEL
31. “MAN CANNOT DISCOVER NEW OCEANS UNLESS HE HAS THE COURAGE TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE SHORE.” ~ANDRE GIDE
Inspirational Travel Quote by Andre Gide
You cannot discover new oceans unless…
When in search of traveling quotes, I always look for something that has a deeper meaning.
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
Best Traveling Quote: It is not the destination where you end up but the mishaps and memories you create along the way bu Penelope Riley
We all make mistakes in life and travel. 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.”
Traveling Wisdom through quotes.
The Very Best Traveling Quotes
Okay so maybe it isn't exactly true 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
Alexander Sattler Travel wisdom
I would rather own a little and see the world
Quotes about traveling often have a message of being free from possessions and things, and instead of having life experiences instead.
I don't think there is another travel quote that says it better than this one.
37. “IT IS BETTER TO SEE SOMETHING ONCE THAN TO HEAR ABOUT IT A THOUSAND TIMES.”
best quotes about traveling | it's better to see something once than to hear it a thousand times
It is better to see something once than
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. “THE REAL VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY CONSISTS NOT IN SEEKING NEW LANDSCAPES, BUT HAVING NEW EYES.” ~ MARCEL PROUST
famous quotes about travel by Marcel Proust
The real voyage of discovery
Just because a person is well travelled, doesn't mean they are open and wise.
You can travel to a hundred places checking off the bucket list. But to see with new eyes and to be open to new possibilities? That is the true meaning of travel.
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”
inspirational quote for travel | 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 travel 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 go out and travel, meet other people and you'll soon see that people around the world are just like you and me.
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42. “LIVE WITH NO EXCUSES AND TRAVEL WITH NO REGRETS” ~ OSCAR WILDE
Short Travel Quote by Oscar Wilde
Live with no excuses
If there is one of the quotes about travel that stands out, this is it.
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.”
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we travel not to escape life
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.”
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Trips take people
We all take trips, but most of the time the trip ends up taking a life of its own.
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45. “DON'T LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAY, GO SEE” ~ CHINESE PROVERB
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Don't listen to what they say…
Perhaps people tell you not to go to a place because they think it is 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
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Don't quit your daydream
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”
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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 have happened in our travels.
48. “OH, THE PLACES YOU'LL GO.” ~ DR. SEUSS
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Oh the Places you'll Go!
It's a short quote, 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.
49. “TRY TO BE A RAINBOW IN SOMEONE ELSE'S CLOUD” ~ MAYA ANGELOU
50. LIFE'S A JOURNEY, NOT A DESTINATION” ~AEROSMITH
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51. “WHERE TO NEXT?”
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And as the quote above says, “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
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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”
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 – WORDS TO LIVE BY
54. “WHENEVER YOU FIND YOURSELF ON THE SIDE OF MAJORITY, IT'S TIME TO PAUSE AND REFLECT.” ~ MARK TWAIN
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Whenever you find yourself on the side of majority
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. I keep this travel quote pinned to my wall.
55. “THE WORLD IS CHANGED BY YOUR EXAMPLE, NOT YOUR OPINION.” ~ PAUL COELHO
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The world is changed by your example
I think in today's society this 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
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This is one of the great quotes about travel to other places.
We often have preconceived notions of what other countries are like.
Travel helps us to understand and learn about different cultures and ways of life.
57. “YOU MUST BE THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD.” ~ GANDHI
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You must be the change
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.”
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There's a sunrise and sunset every single day
This is one of my favorite travel quotes because you don't have to travel to enjoy a sunset.
59. “LIFE ISN'T ABOUT FINDING YOURSELF. LIFE IS ABOUT CREATING YOURSELF.”
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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
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If your ship doesn't come in
This is certainly one of the best motivational quotes that have to do with travel.
I often hear of 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.”
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Travel can awaken the giant within. It did for us!
62. “THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE CROWD USUALLY GET LOST IN IT.” ~ RICK WATSON
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Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it
Don't get lost in the crowd. Be an individual. Think big and be brave.
Stand out and live life to the fullest.
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63. “DOING WHAT YOU LIKE IS FREEDOM, LIKING WHAT YOU DO IS HAPPINESS.”
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Doing what you like is freedom
It took us nearly 40 years to understand this motivational quote.
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.”
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Because when you stop and look around
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”
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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.
When it comes to travel the world quotes, this one best describes us.
66. “THE IMPULSE TO TRAVEL IS ONE OF THE HOPEFUL SYMPTOMS OF LIFE”
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It's true. Whenever we have an upcoming trip, we always feel hopeful.
67. “LET'S FIND SOME BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO GET LOST”
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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
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69. “TRAVEL…THE BEST WAY TO BE LOST AND FOUND AT THE SAME TIME.” ~BRENNA SMITH
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71. “THE JOURNEY IS MY HOME.”
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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 being at home.
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71. “IT'S A BIG WORLD OUT THERE, IT WOULD BE A SHAME NOT TO EXPERIENCE IT.”
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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.”
You can shake the sand from your shoes, but not from your soul.
Whenever I read this quotation on travel, I always think of Dido.
Do you know that song? “I've still got sand in my shoes and I can't shake the thought of you.”
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.
74. “WE WANDER FOR DISTRACTION, BUT WE TRAVEL FOR FULFILLMENT.” ~ HILAIRE BELLOC
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.
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.
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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
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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
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us | J.R.R. Tolkien quote
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.”
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It feels good to be lost
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.”
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
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Travel expands the mind and without having to study or read books or take a course. We learn and grow without even trying.
81. “WANDERING RE-ESTABLISHES THE ORIGINAL HARMONY WHICH ONCE EXISTED BETWEEN MAN AND THE UNIVERSE.” ~ ANOTOLE FRANCE
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82. “ALL JOURNEYS HAVE SECRET DESTINATIONS OF WHICH THE TRAVELER IS UNAWARE.”
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware
How many times have you gone traveling and think that you have it all planned out. But it's the surprises and secret destinations along the way that really stick with you the rest of your life.
83. “A JOURNEY IS BEST MEASURED IN FRIENDS RATHER THAN MILES.” ~ TIM CAYHILL
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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”
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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.
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85. “I TRAVEL NOT TO GO ANYWHERE BUT TO GO. I TRAVEL FOR TRAVEL'S SAKE.” ~ ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
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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
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Climb that damn mountain
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
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89. “YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE, BUT IF YOU DO IT RIGHT, ONCE IS ENOUGH.” ~MAE WEST
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Ah, Mae West. I can just hear her saying this quote in that fabulous accent.
Sometimes travel quotes can simply be about pure joy.
90. THE BIGGEST ADVENTURE YOU CAN EVER TAKE IS TO LIVE THE LIFE OF YOUR DREAMS ~ OPRAH WINFREY
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91. “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
92. “TWO ROADS DIVERGED IN A WOOD AND I – I TOOK THE ONE LESS TRAVELED BY, AND THAT HAS MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE” ~ ROBERT FROST
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Two roads diverged in a wood and I –
93. “WE TRAVEL, INITIALLY, TO LOSE OURSELVES; AND WE TRAVEL NEXT, TO FIND OURSELVES.” ~ PICO IYER
94. “ONCE A YEAR, GO SOMEPLACE YOU'VE NEVER BEEN BEFORE.” ~ DALAI LAMA
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95. THOUGH WE TRAVEL THE WORLD OVER TO FIND THE BEAUTIFUL, WE MUST CARRY IT WITH US OR WE FIND IT NOT. ~ RALPH WALDO EMERSON
96. “THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO EVER GET ANYPLACE INTERESTING ARE THE PEOPLE WHO GET LOST.” ~ HENRY DAVID THOREAU
The only people who ever get anyplace interesting are the people who get lost ~ Henry David Thoreau
97. “THERE IS NO MOMENT OF DELIGHT IN ANY PILGRIMAGE LIKE THE BEGINNING OF IT” ~ CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER
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My favorite part of traveling is the anticipation. This quote captures that perfectly.
98. “THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IN THE WORLD IS, OF COURSE, THE WORLD ITSELF.” – WALLACE STEVENS
99. “KEEP YOUR FACE ALWAYS TOWARD THE SUNSHINE – AND SHADOWS WILL FALL BEHIND YOU.” ~ WALT WHITMAN
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I have found that travel has helped me become an optimist.
The more experiences I have, the more positive my life becomes.
100. “TRY TO BE A RAINBOW IN SOMEONE ELSE'S CLOUD” ~ MAYA ANGELOU
101. YOU GO AWAY FOR A LONG TIME AND RETURN A DIFFERENT PERSON – YOU NEVER COME ALL THE WAY BACK ~ PAUL THEROUX
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.
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90 INSPIRATIONAL TRAVEL QUOTES TO FUEL YOUR WANDERLUST
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1: “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
2: “Travel is never a matter of money but of courage” – Paulo Coelho
3: “Wherever you go, go with all your heart” – Confucius (wise words from the Chinese philosopher.)
4: “With age, comes wisdom. With travel, comes understanding.” – Sandra Lake
5: “Oh Darling, Let’s Be Adventurers.” I just love this! and I think it is one of the best quotes about wanderlust and love.
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6. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide
7. “Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” -Roy M. Goodman
8: “I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.” – James Baldwin (Meeting new people while traveling is one of the best bits.)
9. “It is not down in any map; true places never are.” – Herman Melville
10. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
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11: “Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times”
12: “Adventure may hurt you but monotony will kill you.”
13: “Better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times” – Asian Proverb (for me, the place that springs to mind for this travel quotes is Christmas Island. Where would it be for you?)
14: “Dare to live the life you’ve always wanted.”
15: “Never go too long without watching a sunset” – Atticus
16: “The journey not the arrival matters.” – T.S. Eliot
17: “Wanderlust: n. a strong desire for or impulse to wander or travel and explore the world”
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18. “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
19. “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.”― Sarah Frances Brown, mother of author H Jackson Brown (but is often incorrectly attributed to Mark Twain)
20: “The most beautiful in the world is, of course, the world itself.” – Wallace Stevens (don’t you think he has coined one of the most amazing travelling captions.)
21: “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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22: “Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” – Roy M. Goodman
23: “All you need to know is that it’s possible.” – Wolf, an Appalachian Trail Hiker (one of the true original traveller quote)
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24: “It feels good to be lost in the right direction”
25: “The best view comes after the hardest climb” – Unknown
26: “To Travel is to Live” – Hans Christian Andersen
27: “The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have.” – Anna Quindlen
28: “Jobs fill your pocket, but adventures fill your soul.” – Jamie Lyn Beatty (This one is one of my favorite travelling quotes – and one of the reasons I made the above graphic!)
29: “Don’t listen to what they say. Go see.”
30: “Blessed are the curious for they shall have adventures.” – Lovelle Drachman
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31: “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustav Flaubert
32: “I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met.” – John Green
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33: “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
34: “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle
35: “No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his own, familiar pillow.” – Lin Yutang
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36. “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta (a top travel quote if ever I saw one!)
37: “Paris is always a good idea” -Audrey Hepburn (and here’s a perfect 3 day Paris Itinerary, free things to do & day trip ideas to get you excited!)
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38. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Augustine of Hippo (this is one of the most epic old world traveling quotes!)
39. “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer”
40. “If you think adventures are dangerous, try routine: It’s Lethal.” – Paul Coelho
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41: “Live your life by a compass not a clock.” – Stephen Covey
42: “If you want to go somewhere you like but no one else wants to, go by yourself. You’ll meet people with similar interests as you.” – Unknown
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43: “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
44: “Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret” – Oscar Wilde
45: “Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” – Dalai Lama (don’t you think he gave us one of the most famous travel quotes of all time?!)
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46. “Oh the places you’ll go.” -Dr. Seuss
47. “Adventure is worthwhile.” – Aesop
48. “A ship in a harbor is safe, but it not what ships are built for.” – John A. Shedd
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49. “Go, fly, roam, travel, voyage, explore, journey, discover, adventure.”
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50. “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
51. “Collect Moment, Not Things.”
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52. “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” – Anonymous
53. “Travel far enough, you meet yourself” -David Mitchell
54. “Work, Travel, Save, Repeat” (I think this just sums up my everyday travelling status!)
55. “Quit your job, buy a ticket, get a tan, fall in love, never return.”
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56. “If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” – James Michener
57. “I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.” – Caskie Stinnett
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58. “In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take.” Don’t you think this is one of the most awesome trip quotes?!)
59. “People don’t take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinbeck
60. “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag (She really did give us one of the great travel captions and exploring quotes of all time, don’t you think?)
61. “Travel is only glamorous in retrospect” – Paul Theroux
62. “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 (another fantastic wander quote – so inspiring!)
63. “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries” – Aldous Huxley
64. “Adventure is a path. Real adventure, self-determined, self-motivated, often risky, forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world” – Mark Jenkins
65. “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, sea, the sky – all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” – Cesare Pavese (what a great travel quote to get you out of your comfort zone and help you understand what travel is all about!)
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66. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” – Lao Tzu
67. “The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to” – Alain de Botton
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68. “We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.” – Ray Bradbury
69. “A person susceptible to “wanderlust” is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation.” – Pico Iyer (this one is a relatively obscure travel sayings but still so true!)
70. “Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind” – Marty Rubin
71. “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
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72. “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” – Anais Nin
73. “I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson (another of my own personal fave wander quotes – there are so many on this list!)
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74. “A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” Lao Tzu
75. “The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only that is foreign - inspirational travel quotes
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76. “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign” – Robert Louis Stevenson – This is one of my favorite quotes about travelling – and made all the more pronounced since my visit to the Robert Louis Stevenson museum in Samoa!
77. “Life is short and the world is wide.”
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78. “It’s not what you look at that matters. It’s what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau
79. “Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference” – Robert Frost (hopefully this one gives you a bit of inspiration to get out of your comfort zone!)
80. “We wander for distraction but we travel for fulfillment” – Hilaire Belloc
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One of the BEST quotes about traveling because it is so true! (and would go great in a travel book!)
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81. “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes” – Marcel Proust. (Another one of my favorites – This is such a fantastic quote about travel!)
82. “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
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83. “A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill
84. “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world” – Freya Stark
85. “Traveling’s not something you’re good at. It’s something you do. Like Breathing.” – Gayle Foreman
86. “But that’s the glory of foreign travel, as far as I am concerned. I don’t want to know what people are talking about. I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. You can’t read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense of how things work, you can’t even reliably cross a street without endangering your life. Your whole existence becomes a series of interesting guesses.” – Bill Bryson
87. “One’s destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things” – Henry Miller
88. “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware” – Martin Buber
89. “I travel light. I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are. Travel is a new experience that can transport you out of your everyday routine to create memories with the ones you love.” – Benjamin Disraeli
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90. “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live” – Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter) – this isn’t really one of the most famous travel captions, but who doesn’t love a good movie quote?!
It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live. Remember that. (Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter)
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91. “Don’t ask for security, ask for adventure. Better to live 30 years full of adventure than a 100 years safe” – Jim Rohn
92. “Don’t worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia” – Charles M. Schulz (Book me a ticket to Australia now!)
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93. “One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure” – Anonymous
94. “Add life to your days, not days to your life” – Unknown
95. “The potential for adventure makes life worth living” – Vicki Garside @MakeTimeToSeeTheWorld (yup, it’s my own travel quote! I’ve said this to people for years and thought it was time to make it official and add it to the list and make a pretty graphic for it! It’s certainly one of the most unique quotes about travel and adventure out there that’s for sure, and one I live my life by!)
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DID YOU REALIZE THAT ACCORDING TO GOOGLE THERE ARE SOME TRAVEL QUOTE RELATED FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS?! WELL, THERE ARE..
WHAT IS THE BEST ‘WHY DO WE TRAVEL’ QUOTE?
I read this as much less of a quote request, rather a desire to know why we travel. This can be wildly different for each person but reasons to travel include:
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To learn
To challenge yourself
To expand your perspective
To appreciate life
To discover more about and get in touch with yourself
To build or strengthen relationships
To have an adventure
To relax
To celebrate
To escape
In line with this, I would recommend the following quotes to fit perfectly into the why do we travel quote request category:
“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
“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
“Dare to live the life you’ve always wanted.” – Anonymous
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“The potential for adventure makes life worth living” – Vicki Garside
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WHAT IS THE BEST QUOTE?
Oh boy, that’s a tough one; as every travel quote speaks to people differently. To that end, my highlights from this list are
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes” – Marcel Proust.
“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.” Lao Tzu
“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustav Flaubert
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HOW DO YOU WISH SOMEONE A SAFE TRIP?
Sooo, not altogether relevant to the ‘travel quotes’ query google, but we’ll give it a go:
Bon Voyage!
Safe Travels!
May your journey be free from stress and bring you home safely!
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WHO SAID WE TRAVEL NOT TO ESCAPE LIFE?
“We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” was a quote believed by some to have been uttered by Robyn Yong, but as there appears to be no general consensus on the matter it is often attributed to ‘Anonymous’
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I hope you have enjoyed these inspiring quotes about travel and are looking forward to exploring our wonderful world. And let me know what your favorite travel quote is in the comments below!
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1.“The gladdest moment in human life is a departure into unknown lands.” – Sir Richard Burton
2. “Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.” – Jennifer Lee
3. “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” -Gustav Flaubert
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The second travel quote by Jennifer Lee is one of my all-time favorite sayings. What I love about it is that it applies to everything- not just travel. It tells you to be bold in pursuing your passions and the things you are interested in. For me, it’s travel. For others, it may be a business venture, a lifestyle change, or even just a big life decision. Whatever you are passionate about, pursue it relentlessly.
Traveling for me puts things into perspective. It allows me to realize that there are far bigger things that my problems. So what if the wifi is slow or if my favorite ramen place is closed. Traveling allows you to see that the world is not always about you. It allows me to see how other people live and what they have to deal with on a daily basis.
Traveling has humbled me and has broadened my perspective in so many ways. Traveling to places like Southeast Asia and other impoverished areas has given me a sense of gratefulness for the modern day comforts that I am able to enjoy.
4. “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta
5. “Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times”
6.”Adventure may hurt you but monotony will kill you.”
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When I was a child, I used to read books voraciously. I would read page after page and obsess over faraway lands. Only when I started traveling did I realize what the travel quote “it’s better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times.”
As a travel writer, I try my hardest to describe places and destinations of my readers. However, there are just some things and experiences that are too beautiful to put down in words. To me, one of the most beautiful things about travel is the fact that every day is different. There are no routines, no set rules, or no expectations. You can do what you want, whenever you please.
I have been traveling the world together with my partner for over two and a half years now and one of the things we love the most is the freedom that travel and this lifestyle gives us. Travel breaks down routines, monotony and brings back some adventure, excitement, and exploration to people’s lives.
7.“Don’t listen to what they say. Go see.”
8.“All you need to know is that it’s possible.” -Wolf, an Appalachian Trail Hiker
9. “To Travel is to Live” – Hans Christian Andersen
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One of my favorite travel quotes of all time!
Often times, I stop and reflect on how travel has changed my life. During these times, I realize how much travel is a part of me. During my teenage years, I would read books and wonder what it would be like to go to all these exotic places.
I never thought this was possible for me but alas, travel opened up so many doors and opportunities for me that often times, I have to pinch myself. For me, travel is living. It is seizing each day and making the most out of every situation.
For me, travel is experiencing things beyond the usual and is consistently challenging, exciting, and fulfilling. I love the quote “The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have.” by Anna Quindlen because I have reinvented myself so many times.
Teacher, to a principal, to backpacker, to travel blogger, and full-time digital nomad. As cliche as it sounds, you can be anything you want to be as long as you have the courage to pursue it.
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10. “The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have.” – Anna Quindlen
11. “The most beautiful in the world is, of course, the world itself.” -Wallace Stevens
12. “Work, Travel, Save, Repeat”Travel Quotes | Looking for inspiration? Check out this curated list of the 100 most inspiring quotes of all time.
Coming from the Philippines, saving enough money to be able to do a round the world trip was not easy. I hustled…and I hustled hard. Unlike most first world countries, you can get a part-time job during your university years to help build up your savings.
In the Philippines, as minimum wage is low, you virtually have to work multiple jobs in order to make enough to save which is exactly what I did. I was a teacher at that time and worked from 7am-3pm. Afterwards, I would do private tutorials and work for another 4-5 hours.
At one point, I was earning more from doing extra tutorial work than my job itself. My point behind this is while it seems that all I do now is travel, the quote work, travel, save, repeat is a favorite of mine.
Although I no longer work a 9-5 job, we still apply this theory as we save up for specific trips and holidays along the way.
13. “The journey not the arrival matters.” –T.S. Eliot
14.”Life is short and the world is wide”
15. “Dare to live the life you’ve always wanted.”
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One of our biggest lessons when it comes to traveling the world full-time is that you DON’T need material things as much as you think you do. When we first left to travel, both my partner and I had huge backpacks filled with unnecessary things.
Now, we both just travel with a carry-on and keep our worldly possessions to a minimum. Travel makes things simpler and has made us realize that material things no longer make us happy. Instead, we choose to spend our money on experiences.
This is why I love the quote by Antoine de St. Exupery (the same author who wrote The Little Prince). It’s just a short travel quote that reminds me to travel light and that joy cannot be physically found in material possessions.
16. “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca
17. “He who would travel happily must travel light.” -Antoine de St. Exupery
18. “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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The quote above is one of my favorite sayings of all time. If there is one thing I know, it is that life is short. We keep saying one day I will travel the world. One day, I will learn how to speak a new language. Guess what folks? Life is short and time will creep up on you.
We don’t even have the certainty that we will live until we are old. So ultimately, if your goal in life is to be happy, then why not pursue the things that do make you happy?
I know this is easier said than done as many of us have obligations and responsibilities but I am one of those people that believe that if you want something bad enough, there is a way to achieve it.
Life is not about making money. Yes, money makes things a heck of a lot more comfortable but are you really willing to sacrifice years and years of your life doing something you hate? So either find a job that you love or find a passion that your job can fuel.
Banking on making enough money so that one day you can pursue what you love isn’t a guarantee. As harsh as this comes across, really take the time to take a look at your life and what you want out of it. I’m not saying everyone should just go quit their jobs and go travel.
No way. I know this life isn’t for everyone but if there is something you’ve been wanting to do but are just too scared to try, then now is the time to pursue it.
19. No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” – Lin Yutang
20. “Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” -Jack Kerouac
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21. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” -Helen Keller
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This famous travel quote by Helen Keller has been immortalized in so many sayings and articles but nevertheless, it’s message still holds true. Life IS our biggest adventure and if this is truly the case, are you doing everything that you can to actually live it?
There are so many people who get consumed by the everyday motions of life, forgetting that each moment should be cherished and that each moment should be appreciated.
No matter what circumstance you’re in, try to make the best out of every situation. Trust me, changing your perspective and the way you view things will make all the difference.
22. “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” -Henry Miller
23. “If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home.” -James Michener
24. “Go, fly, roam, travel, voyage, explore, journey, discover, adventure.”Travel Quotes | Looking for inspiration? Check out this curated list of the 100 most inspiring quotes of all time.
The quote by James Michener “If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home.” is something I strongly feel about.
I feel like the whole point of traveling is to broaden your horizon and to get to know what’s around you. Step out of the box and open yourself up to other cultures, traditions, and religions.
I can’t count the number of times I forced myself to try out exotic dishes even if they grossed me out. 3 out of 10, I wouldn’t eat again but at least I tried anyways. In Indonesia, we were invited by a local to his home for some dinner.
The only food he and his family had was some rice and sambal (heaps of homemade chili). Even if my mouth was burning, I finished my plate because who was I to refuse the kindness that someone who opened up his home to us?
I must have finished a pitcher of water but I was still grateful for the chance to get to know him and his family.
25. “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” -Martin Buber
26. ” Travel makes a wise man better but a fool worse.” – Thomas Fuller
27. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” -Agustine of HippoTravel Quotes | Looking for inspiration? Check out this curated list of the 100 most inspiring quotes of all time.
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28. “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
29. “Not all those who wander are lost.” -J.R.R. TolkienTravel Quotes | Looking for inspiration? Check out this curated list of the 100 most inspiring quotes of all time.
The famous quote by J.R.R Tolkien is something I strongly resonate with. In the last few years of our nomadic travel journey, so many people always assume that we are feeling lost because we choose to live our life with no permanent base.
Although we don’t have a house, everywhere we go to, we make a home. We leave a little slice of our hearts in every place we visit and make deeper connections with people we meet on the road that most people make in a lifetime.
It just so happen that we choose to live life wandering as for us, it keeps us excited, keeps us grounded, and reminds us that compassion and kindness is not gone from this world.
30. “Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.” -Lawrence Block
31. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
32. “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
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I love the quote above by Cesare Pavese. Having been on the road for the last four years, he nailed it spot on. Nothing is certain. Nothing is set in stone.
Friends come and go, transportation breaks down, technology fails us yet at the end of the day, no matter how shitty your day has been, learn how to appreciate the little things in life like sunsets, the sound of the ocean, or a gentle breeze reminding you that you are lucky to be alive.
The one by Lawrence Block, on the other hand, speaks about the spontaneity of travel and how we should be open to these things. My partner and I have completely different travel styles. He is a more spontaneous traveler who doesn’t like to plan anything.
As you can imagine, this drives me nuts at times as I like knowing whether or not I have a place to sleep tonight. After traveling together for almost three years, we’ve compromised on this, meeting halfway in the middle.
33. “Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.” -Irving Wallace
34.”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
35.“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.”-Anaïs Nin
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After 4+ years of roaming around the world, we realized that sometimes, the journey to a place counts more than the place itself. Travel is about transformation and growth and the journey on how you get there is part of the entire experience.
So while it’s easy to plan out entire trips, it’s also good to go with the flow once in a while and leave room for spontaneity and surprises.
Usually, the experiences that are most meaningful are those that you don’t plan for. Interacting with locals, making new friends, or even getting lost. These are now things that I live for and love the most about traveling
36. “A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” -Lao Tzu
37. “Life is a journey. Make the best of it.”Travel Quotes | Looking for inspiration? Check out this curated list of the 100 most inspiring quotes of all time.
38. “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
39. “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
40. “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer”
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After traveling the world (and spending a lot of money in the process), we realized that no amount of money will ever match the amazing experiences we’ve had.
We’ve camped in barren deserts, driven across countries, explored islands by sailboat, and even lived with fishermen. My point is, things will be things but experiences will last you a lifetime!
Although we don’t own a house, a car, or any of those things that society considers important, for us, having the freedom to experience life and other cultures is what makes us rich.
41. “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” -Tim Cahill
42. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre GideTravel Quotes | Looking for inspiration? Check out this curated list of the 100 most inspiring quotes of all time.
43. “Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.” -Benjamin Disraeli
44. “Hope is the only thing stronger than fear.” -Suzanne Collins
45. “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
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Have you ever wanted to do something but keep putting it off until you find the perfect time? We’re big believers in pursuing your passion and this means going out of your comfort zone and pushing boundaries. If you want it bad enough, there will always be a way to get it done.
I love this quote by Jack Kerouac as it constantly reminds me that life is short and that we need to actively pursue the things that we want. There is no sadder thing than hearing someone say “someday I will…”
Do things now. Climb that mountain. Book that trip. Make time for your loved ones because someday isn’t a guarantee.
46. “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” -Aldous Huxley
47. “Blessed are the curious for they will have adventures.”
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48. “Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” -Roy M. Goodman
49. “You can shake the sand from your shoes, but it will never leave your soul.”
50. “The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.”Travel Quotes | Looking for inspiration? Check out this curated list of the 100 most inspiring quotes of all time.
Have you ever dreamed and wanted something so bad and yet you constantly find yourself “frozen”, unable to pursue the things that you really want? Sometimes, we live life in fear and subconsciously settle.
There is no such thing as dreaming too big. I learned this firsthand when I slowly started to courageously pursue what I really wanted out of life. For me, it was to be able to travel and work at the same time.
Now, I can honestly say that I am living my dream life…but guess what? It didn’t really happen overnight. It took years of hard work, determination, and risks.
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51.“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
52. “Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.” – Benjamin Disraeli
53. “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
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This quote by Mark Twain is one that has made such a huge impact in my life. The words you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do is so powerful, really making you think.
For me, every time I am faced with a choice, I remind myself that if I don’t take a risk, I might, later on, regret it. With that in mind, I remind myself to try everything at least once, to do things that scare me and put me out of my comfort zone.
Because in the end, I would rather look back at my life and realize that although I may have failed at a lot of things, at least I still tried and took a chance.
54.“Take only memories, leave only footprints.” -Chief Seattle
55. “I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met.”
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56. “Oh the places you’ll go.” -Dr. Seuss
57. “Wherever you go, go with all your heart!” -Confucius
58. “Don’t call it a dream…call it a plan”
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59. “A great way to learn about your country is to leave it.” -Henry Rollins
60. “Then I realized adventures are the best way to learn.”
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Coming from the Philippines, traveling has made me realize that it is really people that make a country, not the other way around which is why I love the quote about Henry Rollins. Although we have a lot of messed up things about our country, the people are indeed some of the kindest and most welcoming people that we’ve met.
All over the world, meeting a fellow Filipino makes me smile as it reminds me that hospitality is a fantastic virtue and that kindness, no matter what social status you belong in is something that should always be extended.
Traveling to other countries also gives me a deeper appreciation towards my home and everything that it can offer.
61. “It is not down in any map; true places never are.” – Herman Melville
62. “You don’t have to be rich to travel well. ” – Eugene FodorTravel Quotes | Looking for inspiration? Check out this curated list of the 100 most inspiring quotes of all time.
This particular quote strikes a cord with me as many people usually assume that traveling is only for the rich. To date, some of the best experiences we’ve had was when we’ve stayed with locals, camped in islands, or even slept in people’s couches.
These everyday situations keep us grounded and remind us that traveling is going beyond fancy resorts but is rather all about experiencing the local life and culture around you.
Traveling well means learning from your surroundings, being kind to others, and more importantly, being open to every opportunity and experience.
63. “I love the feeling of being anonymous in a city I’ve never been before.”
64. “Own only what you can always carry with you: known languages, known countries, known people. Let your memory be your travel bag” -Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
65. “Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” – Dalai LamaTravel Quotes | Looking for inspiration? Check out this curated list of the 100 most inspiring quotes of all time.
66. “When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.” -Susan Heller
67. “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
68. “Travel is never a matter of money but of courage.” – Paolo Coelho
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69. “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
70. “The goal is to die with memories not dreams”
71. “Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by.” -Robert Frost
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Taking the road less traveled is often hard. There is no clear path towards where you are heading, but those that do take it, know that it will be far more rewarding than just following the rest of the crowd.
Growing up, I was expected to go to school graduate college, get a job, get married, have kids. Instead, I choose to follow out my dreams, pursue the unfamiliar, and create a life that I wanted to live.
Whenever I read Rober Frost’s quote, I always smile a little knowing that I have opted to live life outside my comfort zone…following the road less traveled!
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72. “There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.” – Jack Kerouac
73. “Live your life by a compass, not a clock.” -Stephen CoveyTravel Quotes | Looking for inspiration? Check out this curated list of the 100 most inspiring quotes of all time.
74. “ With the right mindset and spirit, only the sky is the limit”
75. “Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrate it for everything that it is.” -Mandy Hale
76. “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
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That quote by the late Anthony Bourdain is STILL one of my favorites ever. It sparks such a powerful message which relays that for the most part, adventure and travel is always worth it.
That world knowledge and life experiences from different cultures is really one of the best ways to grow as a person. So many people think they know the world but are only really just seeing it from their TV screens.
In the end, you realize that there is more good than bad in this world and that respecting other cultures comes from experiencing and understanding where they come from and their way of life.
77. “Everything you do is based on the choices you make”- Wayne Dyer
78. “There’s no way I was born to just pay bills and die”Travel Quotes | Looking for inspiration? Check out this curated list of the 100 most inspiring quotes of all time.
79. “Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” -Paul Theroux
80. “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
81. “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
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To be perfectly honest, when I first left to travel, I thought I knew what the world was like. I had presumptions about certain cultures and made generalizations.
It was only when I truly started immersing myself in people’s way of life did I understand what it really meant to travel. Traveling isn’t sitting in a resort lounging by the pool. It is experiencing new food, immersing yourself in their way of life, and really taking the time to reflect on this.
These experiences and reflections are what changes you for the good and is what inspires you to keep traveling and keep pursuing the unknown.
82. “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
83. “Travel far enough, you meet yourself” -David Mitchell
Travel Quotes | Looking for inspiration? Check out this curated list of the 100 most inspiring quotes of all time.84. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
85. “It feels good to be in the right direction.”
86. “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” – Freya StarkTravel Quotes | Looking for inspiration? Check out this curated list of the 100 most inspiring quotes of all time.
87.“A ship in a harbor is safe, but it not what ships are build for.” -John A. Shedd
88. I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” -Robert Louis StevensonTravel Quotes | Looking for inspiration? Check out this curated list of the 100 most inspiring quotes of all time.
Similar to the other travel quotes in this article, the quote below is one of our favorites as it reminds us to be cautious of how we travel. Over the last few years, we’ve committed towards traveling more sustainably, aware that we all need to do our part to help the earth.
Often times, we take the beauty of the earth for granted and refuse to change our ways simply because it isn’t convenient. Whether it is refusing plastic bags in shops or even something minute as bringing your own cups, these small changes can help make a bigger impact…if only everyone did it.
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89. “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle
90. “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” – Anita Desai
91. “Take every chance you get in life, because some things only happen once.” – Karen GibbsTravel Quotes | Looking for inspiration? Check out this curated list of the 100 most inspiring quotes of all time.92. “I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train.” -Oscar Wilde
93. “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” -Izaak Walton
94. “Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret” -Oscar WildeTravel Quotes | Looking for inspiration? Check out this curated list of the 100 most inspiring quotes of all time.
95. Life is a journey, not a destination.”
96. “I travel not to cross countries off a list, but to ignite passionate affairs with destinations.” – Nyssa P. Chopra
97. ” Veni, Vini, Amavi. We came, we saw, we loved.
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98.”People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things.” –Edmund Hillary
99. ” “Quit your job, buy a ticket, get a tan, fall in love, never return.”
100. ” I’ll look back on this and smile because it was life and I decided to live it” Travel Quotes | Looking for inspiration? Check out this curated list of the 100 most inspiring quotes of all time.
Hopefully, these travel quotes have given you some inspiration to travel the world and keep exploring this big beautiful world that we live in.
Travel has changed my life and I am excited for it to change yours. Remember, you don’t have to go away to some far-flung country. You can spend years exploring your own country and come back with a different experience each time. So, what are you waiting for?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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”
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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).
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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.
Henry Miller
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 Chatterly’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.
D.H. Lawrence
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.
George Bernard Shaw
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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.
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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.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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.
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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.
Aldous Huxley
Benjamin Disraeli
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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.
Benjamin Disraeli
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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).
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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.
Mohamed
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.
T.S. Eliot
Kurt Vonnegut
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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.
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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.
Mark Twain
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).
Oscar Wilde
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.
Seneca
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).
Martin Buber
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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 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.
Robert Frost
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).
Thomas Fuller
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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 Bizaar (1975), and he wrote many others, including The Old Patagonian Express (1978).
Paul Theroux
Lao Tzu
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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.
Lao Tzu
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).
Robert Louis Stevenson
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.”
John Steinbeck
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).
Albert Einstein
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Aldous Huxley
To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.
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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 non-for-profit working in underdeveloped villages in the country.
Lisa St. Aubin de Teran
John Steinbeck
People don’t take trips… trips take people.
John Steinbeck
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.
Cesare Pavese
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.
Hilaire Belloc
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).
Caskie Stinnett
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.
Charles Horton Cooley
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.
Herman Melville
Elizabeth Drew
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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.
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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.
J.R.R. Tolkein
Henry David Thoreau
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
Henry David Thoreau
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.
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11 reasons why every Muslim should travel
THARIK HUSSAIN
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10TH FEBRUARY 2015
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I take off at every opportunity I can, be it with family, friends or alone, exploring, photographing and documenting interesting stuff in exotic destinations and taking the odd selfie to make friends jealous along the way (actually I rarely go to exotic destinations and am still struggling to work the ‘selfie’ feature on my phone – although my wife and daughters are usually on hand should the need arise!).
1234981_10151562536375493_2076109999_nBut as a Muslim Travel Writer living in challenging times, I’ve come to see travel in a completely different light; as an education and spiritually transformative experience. I also now understand why travel is encouraged by Islam – why else would we be able to collapse our prayers? But what I don’t understand is the lack of Muslims willing to travel. And before you bombard me with your messages and selfies from Dubai and Sharm, let’s just make clear that a package holiday to a touristic location geared to all your expectations and creature comforts is not ‘travel’. That would be a holiday. I believe all Muslims should really travel, the proper independent stuff and here are eleven reasons why (beyond just being able to collapse our daily prayers – so technically that’s 12!):
1. The Hajj (or Umrah)
Travel is integral to many ‘spiritual’ aspects of Islam. Most notably the pilgrimages of Hajj or Umrah, both of which require Muslims to travel to Makkah, a journey that has always been viewed as much a transformative experience as the Hajj or Umrah itself – something great Muslim travellers like Ibn Battuta and the Victorian explorer Richard Burton have testified in their memoirs. On top of this both the Hajj and Umrah involve numerous rituals of motion and travel, such as the tawafs (initial and farewell) around the Ka’ba, the walk between Saf’a and Mar’wah, and the (Hajj only) journeys to Mina, Mount Arafat and Muzdalifah. Each of these demands the pilgrim meditates and reflects whilst moving.
2. The Prophet
Travel was openly encouraged by the Prophet Muhammad who saw it as an essential way to seek knowledge. Preserved narrations such as the oft-cited “seek knowledge even unto China” support this. Then there is the Prophet’s highly spiritual experience, the ‘night journey’ or Meraj in which he ascends through the Seven Heavens, meets the prophets of before and receives instructions from God about the daily prayers. This journey, which most scholars believe happened before his emigration to Medina, was intended to strengthen his resolve and inner belief about his own prophethood. Finally, much of the Prophet’s formative years were spent travelling with his family’s business caravans all over the Middle East. These travels later had a profound impact on his ability to respect difference and empathise with different cultures.
IMG_53323. A travelling tradition
Muslims come from a long line of famous travellers who were transformed irreversibly by their experiences. This includes the world’s most travelled man, Ibn Battuta who was born in Tangier, Morocco and travelled for 30 years after setting off for the Hajj in 1325 aged only 21 (one might say he was the first ‘gap’ year student!). Muslims scholars also deemed it important to travel and often covered great distances to acquire knowledge like the Sunni Muhaddith, Muhammad al-Bukhari. Finally there are many prophets who embarked on monumental spiritual journeys that transformed their character and strengthened their inner resolve. The most famous of these is Musa’s journey (Moses) alongside al-Khidr.
2010-10-26 13.36.054. The spirituality of Travel
“Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a traveler along a path”, this is a popular hadith about attachment to the material world and it is therefore no surprise that every spiritual tradition in Islam (and most other faiths) incorporates ‘wandering’ or ‘travel’ as part of the soul’s training. The wisdom behind this is to encourage detachment to the dunya (material world), i.e. make it ‘strange’ to the spirit, and thereby develop a greater appreciation of the hereafter. Following his spiritual crisis, the great medieval theologian Abu Hamed Muhammad ibn Muhammad al Ghazali – often called the ‘Proof of Islam’ – embarked on just such a journey.
IMG_60685. Love of God
Through travel we get to know God better, it’s that simple. I have had some of my most spiritual moments staring out across a mountain range, a desert, lake or even just humanity going about its daily existence. Travel makes the familiar unfamiliar to us and in doing so we come to better appreciate God’s creation. Throughout the Qur’an verses ask man to reflect on what has been created on earth and in the heavens – what better way to do that then through travel?
6. The death of ignorance and birth of humility
Nothing quite extinguishes ignorance like real life experiences. In an increasingly global world saturated by media, we find it easy to sit on one side of the world and judge people on the other. Using video, news articles and pictures it is easy to arrogantly believe we know a people or a place just by how media has represented them. Yet the very meaning of ‘media’ is that it is in the middle of reality and a mere representation of it. It is not the reality. Travelling to places we have judged or thought we knew is the best way to realise this, because it teaches us just how wrong we can be and addresses our ignorance. Travel makes us see that actually we know very little.
Bristol en route Budapest 02-01 (7)7. Know thyself
Talk to anyone who has ‘travelled’, especially solo travellers and you will be blown away by their self-confidence, open-mindedness and how well they seem to know themselves. Travel creates a better you, because it takes you out of your comfort zone and forces you to ask questions about who you are, why you are and what you are. As Muslims we believe there will come a time when we have to stand alone in front of our Creator and be cross examined. Travel allows you to cross examine yourself without the expectations of society, culture, religion and family. Those who have done this will tell you that nothing is more liberating than having only your own expectations. But be aware this can be quite scary the first time because you might suddenly realise that actually you don’t have that many expectations of your own.
IMG_71818. Experience something ‘new’
The world is an amazing place full of amazing experiences waiting to be had. To not enjoy any of them whilst you’re here seems such a waste. In an age where travel is becoming increasingly cheap and methods of income ‘on the road’ to fund those travels, increasingly flexible, few excuses remain to not go off and try to see the world at least once. Those who don’t will never see a sunrise over an ancient man-made masterpiece like Macchu Picchu; they won’t ever listen to the silence of a natural wonder like the Sahara desert; nor will they taste the sweetness of a star fruit freshly shaken from its tree by Bangladeshi village children, and they certainly won’t experience the joyous smells of a thousand spices as they stroll through a real Arabian bazaar .
9. Appreciate what and who you have
We always take our parents, brothers, sisters and homes for granted but spend a few months on the road and then taste your mother’s home cooking or listen to your father’s boring stories of old. Come back after a month euro railing and see if your sister is actually as annoying as you thought or your older brother as overbearing as he seemed. ‘Absence makes the heart fond’ they say, but what that really means is you finally see what God has blessed you with.
1385628_10151640191810493_1818417409_n10. Regain your faith in humanity
One day I am going to write a book about the kindness of strangers on my travels for those people who were also born into a ‘world’ that seemed difficult to trust. It was travel that regained my faith in humanity.
From the gypsies in the hills of Tuscany who drove my family and I up a mountain to catch the last bus to Omar, the Turkish man who we fell in love with after he spontaneously took us on a road trip through rural Turkey, I have had beautiful encounters with strangers all over the world and come to realise that actually people are amazing. Growing up in 1980s inner city London, that was difficult to imagine. I now know that the vast majority of human beings in the world are caring, wonderful and respectful people – the very embodiment of what it means to be ‘human’.
IMG_661911. Islamic history
Head to my blog and check out the previously unheard of Islamic stories of Europe uncovered on my travels, like the discovery of a Muslim Dracula; the Christian island where the lingua franca is Arabic or the story of the Christian boy who grew up to rule the Ottoman empire and you will appreciate the vast amount of heritage just waiting to be unearthed (and this is just the tip of the iceberg). By travelling to places significant in Islamic history, whether it be Medina or Cordoba in Spain, we come closer to our roots, our past and our heritage. It is only by knowing where we came from, can we truly know where we are travelling to.
If you want to learn how to be an independent Muslim traveller and need advice to get you started, feel free to contact me via my website or social media on my profile below.
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Say, [O Muhammad], Travel through the land and observe how He began creation. Then Allah will produce the final creation. Indeed Allah, over all things, is competent.
The Quran calls us to travel
The Quran calls us to travel
“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta
Throughout the Quran life is described as a journey, and knowledge and ignorance as light and darkness on its way (e.g. 6:122, 13:16, 24:35, 24:40, 27:86, 35:19-20, 37:5, 40:61, 84:18-20).
However, besides numerous references to this spiritual journey, special emphasis is also laid on physical travel.
The word ‘saiyr’ – which means travel or move (e.g. a planet is ‘sayyarah’) – with all its variations, appears in the Quran total 27 times. Many of its usages are in the formulation of ‘Do travel’, ‘Tell them to travel’, or ‘Do they not travel?’.
The Quran promotes travel as a potential pilgrimage, since during travel one passes by numerous ‘ayah’ or divine messages (31:31, 12:105, 22:46; cf. 45:3, 10:6). Also, man’s ability to travel is described as a special honour endowed to man as part of man’s exalted status above all natural Forces (17:61, 66, 70).
Travel, tour and navigation demand geographical and astronomical information as well as nautical, aeronautical and astronautical knowledge. Because scientific data about natural objects (explored messages of nature) give man orientation and power, they are described in the Quran as directions of paths, like landmarks and guiding stars:
And He it is who has set for you the stars that you may guide yourselves by them in the darkness of the land and the sea. We have detailed Our messages for a people who possess knowledge. 6:97
And He it is who has made the sea subservient …
And He has placed firm mountains on Earth, lest it sway with you, and rivers and paths, so that you might find your way,
And landmarks; and by the stars they are guided. 16:14-16
He it is who has made the Earth a cradle for you, and has traced out for you ways therein. 20:53
While thus encouraging travel in general, the Quran also strongly recommends travel when it has a specific, positive purpose: travel to trade, search, explore, visit, migrate, enjoy, learn, study and so on.
Travel to read divine messages
The Quran promotes travel as a potential pilgrimage since during travel one passes by numerous ‘ayah’ or divine messages that declare God’s oneness and greatness (cf. 45:3, 10:6):
Have you not seen the ships speeding through the sea, carrying God’s provisions, so that He might show you some of His wonders? Herein, behold, there are messages indeed for all who are patient, grateful. 31:31
And how many a Message in the Heavens and the Earth which they pass by, yet they turn away from it! 12:105
There is a call for travel in order to read these messages by searching new information and experience-based knowledge and thereby to acquire wisdom:
Do they then not travel through the Earth, so that their minds gain wisdom and their ears thus learn to hear? For surely it is not the eyes that are blind, but blind are the minds which are in the foremost. 22:46
Translated here as ‘minds’, the word ‘quloob’ signifies ‘sites of intellect or understanding’ (as defined in 6:25), whereas the word ‘sadr’, translated here as ‘foremost’, has a metaphoric connotation, and – since in Arabic it has the connotation of chest, top, foremost or upper part of anything – indicates brain as well.
Travel for trade and commerce
The Quran encourages travel for trade and commerce – which generates mutual profit and benefit through exchange of commodities and export-import – while depicting it as a great way to get some of the divine blessings:
Your Sustainer is He who causes the ships to move on for you through the sea so that you may go about in quest of some of His bounty: verily Most Merciful is He towards you. 17:66
And in the ships that speed through the sea with what benefits man … there are messages for a people reasoning. 2:164
Then, once the contact prayer is ended, disperse through the Earth and go in quest of some of divine Bounty, and remember God frequently, so that you may succeed. 62:10
Travel to explore new horizons
Another emphasized purport of travel is searching and exploring new lands and areas, new possibilities, potential resources and richness of various cultures:
And on that one sees ships ploughing through the waves, so that you might go forth in quest of some of His bounty, and thus have cause to be grateful. 16:14
And you see the ships cleave through it that you may seek of His Bounty and that you may be thankful. 35:12
It is God who has subjected to you the sea that the ships may run thereon by His command, that you may seek of his Bounty, and that you may be thankful. 45:12
Travel for recreation
Travel even for simple pleasure, in the form of recreational tourism, is also encouraged:
He it is who enables you to travel by land and sea; until when you are in the ships, and they sail on with them in a pleasant breeze, and they rejoice. 10:22
Lawful for you is all water-game, and all the catch of the sea, as enjoyment for you and for those who travel. 5:96
And among His signs is that He sends the winds with glad tidings, and to give you a taste of His grace, and so that the ships might sail by His command, and that you might go about in quest of some of His Bounties, that you may be thankful. 30:46
Travel to learn from visiting new places
The Quran encourages travel that aims to visit new places as a means of learning:
Do they then not travel through the Earth, so that their minds gain wisdom and their ears thus learn to hear? 22:46
Have you not seen the ships speeding through the sea, carrying God’s provisions, so that He might show you some of His wonders? Herein, behold, there are messages indeed for all who are patient, grateful. 31:31
Travel to immigrate
We are asked to fight or flight. Fight against oppression or, if this is not an option, flight to seek refuge elsewhere. When we fail to freely express our opinions or practise our decent values in a particular country, we should try to emigrate to another which is more suitable for the purpose. Thus travel with intent of immigration, whenever essential, is prescribed, while apathy and self-harm are condemned:
Was God’s Earth not spacious enough that you could emigrate in it? 4:97
Those who have emigrated for God because they were oppressed, We will grant them good in this world, and the reward of the End will be greater, if they knew. 16:41
Travel to study evolutionary science, palaentology and anthropology
One of the highlighted purposes of travel is searching, exploring and learning about origin and evolution of Universe, life and man:
Do they not see how God originates creation, then reproduces it: surely that is easy for God.
Say: Travel through the Earth and deeply observe HOW God did originate the creation; then God produces the next creation; surely God has power over all things. 29:19-20
Travel to study archaeology and history
Over and over again the Quran emphasizes the importance of travel with a purpose to study archaeology and the history of nations and humankind in general, including causes of rise and fall of previous peoples and civilizations:
Do they not travel through the Earth, and deeply observe what was the End of those before them? 47:10
Have they not travelled through the Earth and deeply observed the consequences for those who were before them? 40:82 Please refer to similar statements in 35:44 and 40:21.
Travel to learn from the past
Then we are invited to ‘travel through the Earth’ so that we can learn lessons from the past. What happened to all those great powers and civilizations of the past? One needs to travel, both physically and conceptually, to search and explore the history and the driving forces behind it:
Say: Travel through the Earth and deeply observe how was the End of the rejectors. 6:11
Ways of life have passed away before you. So do but travel through the Earth and deeply observe how was the End of the rejectors. 3:137 Similar verses are e.g. 16:36 and 27:69.
The Quran asserts that the cause of the causes of the decline and fall of a civilization is people’s rejection of the divine oneness – expressed as their denial of the unity of nature and the unity of humanity. This denial leads to the rejection of human’s ultimate responsibility for his conscious actions, and this, in turn, leads to cognitive and moral bankruptcy – i.e., unscientific attitude to nature and life, and subsequent socio-economic and political chaos – and so to the downfall of communities and civilizations:
Corruption has appeared on land and sea because of what men’s hands have earned, and so He will give them a taste of some of their deeds, in order that they may turn back.
Say: Travel through the Earth and deeply observe what happened in the end to those before you: Most of them worshipped others besides God.
Set then your face steadfastly towards the system which is straight. 30:41-43
Here the growing pollution and destruction of our natural and social environment (‘Corruption has appeared on land and sea’), so seriously demonstrated in our time, is predicted as a consequence of man’s self-destructive – because utterly materialistic – inventiveness and frenzied activities (‘because of what men’s hands have earned’) which now threaten the human existence itself with previously unimaginable ecological and socio-economic disasters: an outcome of man’s oblivion of God and, hence, of moral values, and his delusion that ‘material progress’ is the only thing that matters.
We are asked to learn lessons from history of the extinct civilizations who likewise worshipped material comfort, ego and power, as well as worshipped various false idols like messengers, avatars and other sanctified creatures (‘Most of them worshipped others besides God’). They thus lost harmony with natural laws and moral values – which are based on the unity of nature and the unity of humanity and which have their ultimate foundation on God’s oneness – and, as a consequence, destroyed themselves.
A call of cheer for the traveller
However, the Quran also positively reminds the traveller, who is wandering through the pages of history, that – as rain vivifies a barren land – man’s conscious effort can as easily create a civilization out of ruins:
Was it not a lesson for them, how many generations We annihilated before them, in whose dwellings now they do walk about? Certainly there are messages in this: Will they not then hear?
Do they not see that We drive the water to the barren land, then We bring forth thereby crops of which their livestock and they themselves eat; will they not then see? 32:26-27
Summary
Throughout the Quran life is described as a journey, and knowledge and ignorance as light and darkness on its way (e.g. 6:122, 13:16, 24:35, 24:40, 27:86, 35:19-20, 37:5, 40:61, 84:18-20).
However, besides numerous references to this spiritual journey, special emphasis is also laid on physical travel.
The word ‘saiyr’ – which means travel or move – with all its variations, appears in the Quran total 27 times. Many of its usages are in the formulation of ‘Do travel’, ‘Tell them to travel’, or ‘Do they not travel?’.
The Quran promotes travel as a potential pilgrimage, since during travel one passes by numerous ‘ayah’ or divine messages (31:31, 12:105, 22:46; cf. 45:3, 10:6). Also, man’s ability to travel is described as a special honour endowed to man as part of man’s exalted status above all natural Forces (17:61, 66, 70).
While thus encouraging travel in general, the Quran also strongly recommends travel when it has a specific, positive purpose, e.g.:
Travel to ‘read’ divine messages (31:31, 12:105, 22:46);
Travel for trade and commerce (17:66, 2:164, 62:10);
Travel to explore new horizons (16:14, 35:12, 45:12);
Travel for recreation (10:22, 5:96, 30:46);
Travel to learn from visiting new places (22:46, 31:31);
Travel to immigrate (4:97, 16:41);
Travel to study evolutionary science, palaentology and anthropology (29:19-20);
Travel to study archaeology and history (47:10, 40:82, 35:44, 40:21); and
Travel to learn from the past (6:11, 3:137, 16:36, 27:69, 30:41-43).
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1. “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” ~ Ibn Battuta
2. “We travel, some of us forever, to seek other places, other lives, other souls.” ~ Anais Nin
3. Travel brings power and love back into your life. ~ Rumi
4. “Who lives sees, but who travels sees more.” ~ Ibn Battuta
5. If one had but a single glance to give the World, one should gaze on Istanbul. ~ Alphonse de Lamartine
6. “Traveling – it gives you home in a thousand strange places, then leaves you a stranger in your own land.”
~ Ibn Battuta
7. “Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you traveled.” ~ Mohammed (PBUH)
8. Travel through the earth and see what was the end of those before (you): ~ Quran
9. Whenever the Prophet proceeded on a journey, he would seek refuge in Allah from the hardships of the journey, and against deviation after guidance, and against the supplication of the oppressed, and occurrences of unpleasant events in the family and property.
10. “Be in this world as if you were a stranger or a traveller along a path” ~ Mohammed (PBUH)
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11. “Three supplications are answered without doubt.The supplication of the oppressed, the supplication of the traveller, and the supplication of the parent for his child.” ~ Mohammed (PBUH)
12. When you are everywhere, you are nowhere. When you are somewhere, you are everywhere. ~ Rumi
13. America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, even eaten with people who in America would have been considered ‘white,’ but the ‘white’ attitude had been removed from their minds by the religion of Islam. ~ Malcolm X
14. “The worldly comforts are not for me. I am like a traveler, who takes a rest under a tree in the shade and then goes on his way.”~ Mohammed (PBUH)
15. Travel and you will see them, sit and they will come to you. ~ African Proverb
16. Cities have an energy with people, place and movement that is quite amazing but if you want to meditate and feel serenity, travel outside them and you will experience tradition and nature that is almost scared ~Javed Mohammed
17. Travel is about the stories we tell ~Javed Mohammed
18. “Bizarre travel plans are dancing lessons from God.” ~ Kurt Vonnegut
19. From Kazakhstan to Kashmir wherever you travel people are blessed with a raw Natural Beauty ~Nasreen Mohammed
20. “Oh Darling, Let’s Be Adventurers.” ~Anonymous
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21. When turbulence hits everyone becomes a believer ~Javed Mohammed
22. “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.” – Babs Hoffman
23. “He who would travel happily must travel light.” – Antoine de St. Exupery
24. “Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.” – Irving Wallace
25. “The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine
26. “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
27. “Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” – Roy M. Goodman
28. “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca
29. “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” – Anonymous
30. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller
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31. “Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times”
32. “Adventure may hurt you but monotony will kill you.”
33. “Dare to live the life you’ve always wanted.”
34. “The journey not the arrival matters.” – T.S. Eliot
35. “Wanderlust: n. a strong desire for or impulse to wander or travel and explore the world”
36. “The most beautiful in the world is, of course, the world itself.” – Wallace Stevens
37. “I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met.” – John Green
38. “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle
39. “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer”
40. “Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret” – Oscar Wilde
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41. “Oh the places you’ll go.” -Dr. Seuss
42. “A ship in a harbor is safe, but it not what ships are built for.” -John A. Shedd
43. “Go, fly, roam, travel, voyage, explore, journey, discover, adventure.”
44. “Collect Moment, Not Things.”
45. “Work, Travel, Save, Repeat”
46. “People don’t take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinbeck
47. “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag
48. “Travel is only glamorous in retrospect” – Paul Theroux
49. “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
50. “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, sea, the sky – all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” – Cesare Pavese
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51. “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” – Lao Tzu
52. “The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to” – Alain de Botton
53. “We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost.” – Ray Bradbury
54. “Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind” – Marty Rubin
55. “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
56. “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign” – Robert Louis Stevenson
57. “Life is short and the world is wide.”
58. “It’s not what you look at that matters. It’s what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau
59. “Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference” – Robert Frost
60. “We wander for distraction but we travel for fulfillment” – Hilaire Belloc
61-70
61. “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
62. “A journey is best measured in friends rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill
63. “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world” – Freya Stark
64. “Traveling’s not something you’re good at. It’s something you do. Like Breathing.” – Gayle Foreman
65. No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” – Lin Yutang
66. “When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.” -Susan Heller
67. “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” – Anita Desai
68. “Take every chance you get in life, because some things only happen once.” – Karen Gibbs
69. “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” -Izaak Walton
70. “Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret” -Oscar Wilde
71-80
71. “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
72. “In Life, It’s Not Where You Go, It’s Who You Travel With” – Charles Schulz
73. “Travel is like love, 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.” — Pico Iyer
74. “Home is where the heart is, and my heart is wherever I am at the moment.” — Lily Leung
75. “Wherever you go, go with all your heart. “– Confucius
76. “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
77. “It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves.” – Andre Gide
78. “You develop a sympathy for all human beings when you travel a lot. “ – Shakuntala Devi
79. “Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. “ – Ralph Waldo Emerson
80. “When traveling with someone, take large doses of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.” – Helen Hayes
81-90
81. “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, A Hat Full of Sky
82. “He who does not travel does not know the value of men.” – Moorish proverb
83. “A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” – John Steinbeck
84. “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
85. “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine
86. “Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.” – Roy M. Goodman
87. “Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.” –The Dhammapada
88. “If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.” – Cesare Pavese
89. “He who returns from a journey is not the same as he who left.” – Chinese proverb
90. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch.
91-104
91. “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
92. “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
93. “Sometimes it’s the journey that teaches you a lot about your destination.” – Drake
94. “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
95. “The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine
96. “Travel is never a matter of money, but of courage.” – Paulo Coelho
97. “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
98. “Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.” – Barry Finlay
99. “Some people live more in twenty years than others do in forty. It’s not the time, it’s the person” – Doctor Who
100. “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people” – Clifton Fadiman
101. To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.[Aldous Huxley]
102. To travel is to take a journey into yourself [Danny Kaye]
103. Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.[Matsuo Basho]
104. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide
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1. “Travel through the land.” – Qur’an verse, Chapter 29, Verse 20
2. Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. – Ibn Battuta
3. Traveling is not something you’re good at. It’s something you do. Like breathing.- Gayle Foreman
4. Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. – Andre Gide
5. To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. – Freya Stark
6. “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
7. To travel is to live – Hans Christian Andersen
8. 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
9. There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign. – Robert Louis Stevenson
10. The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. – Marcel Proust
11. Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. – Robert Frost
12. We wander for distraction but we travel for fulfillment. – Hilaire Belloc
Mark Twain travel quotes
13. 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
14. The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
15. A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. – Lao Tzu
16. I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. – Robert Louis Stevenson
17. 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, sea, the sky – all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it. – Cesare Pavese
18. 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
19. Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind. – Marty Rubin
20. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. – Lao Tzu
Inspirational travel quote - Wanderlust
21. Wanderlust – a strong desire or urge to travel & explore the world
22. Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind. – Seneca
23. We travel for romance, we travel for architecture, and we travel to be lost. – Ray Bradbury
24. 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
25. People don’t take trips, trips take people. – John Steinbeck
halal friendly inspirational travel quotes for muslim travellers
26. 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
27. I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine. – Caskie Stinnett
28. If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home. – James Michener
29. Travel far enough, you meet yourself. – David Mitchell
30. 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
31. Adventure is worthwhile. – Aesop
Travel quotes for Muslim backpackers
32. Don’t listen to what they see, go see. – Chinese proverb
33. Oh the places you’ll go. – Dr Seuss
34. 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
35. Live your life by a compass not a clock. – Stephen Covey
36. If you think adventures are dangerous, try routine: It’s Lethal. – Paul Coelho
37. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before. – Dalai Lama
38. Not all those who wander are lost. – J.R.R Tolkien
39. Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret. – Oscar Wilde
Muslim friendly travel quotes
40. Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. – Gustave Flaubert
41. Take only memories, leave only footprints. – Chief Seattle
42. I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met. – John Green
43. Blessed are the curious, for they shall have adventures. – Lovelle Drachman
44. Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination. – Roy M. Goodman
45. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. – Helen Keller
46. The most beautiful in the world is, of course, the world itself. – Wallace Stevens
47. The journey, not the arrival, matters. – T.S. Eliot
Motivational travel quotes
48. The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. – St. Augustine
49. I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. – Mary Anne Radmacher
50. To travel is to evolve. – Pierre Bernardo
51. May your adventures bring you closer together, even as they take you far away from home. – Trenton Lee Stewart
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Rumi Quotes About Travel
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My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there.
Rumi
Inspirational, Spiritual, Travel
Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.29, Penguin UK
Travel brings power and love back into your life.
Rumi
Travel, Adventure, Optimistic
When you are everywhere, you are nowhere. When you are somewhere, you are everywhere.
Rumi
Travel, Inspiring Travel
When you're traveling, ask the traveler for advice / not someone whose lameness keeps him in one place.
Rumi
Travel, Advice, Asks
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10 Quotes By Rumi To Ignite Your Wanderlust
LIFESTYLE
By Prachi Agrawal Last updated Nov 5, 2018 0
Mevlana Whirling Dervish Festival
Travel is food for the soul. Since time immemorial many great scholars and poets have been writing about the importance of being a wanderer in this world. In this era and age when travelling has become so much easier and convenient, we see more and more people following their passion for travelling. Here are a some quotes by Rumi, the most celebrated poet of all times to remind you and inspire you to stop making excuses and explore the world because we’ve only got one life to live and so much to discover.
Travel brings power and love back into your life.
mountain
What a joy, to travel the way of the heart.
Resfeber
My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.
Eudaimonia
And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?
Onism
We carry inside us the wonders we seek outside us.
YugenDon’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.
Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.
Selcouth
Why do you stay in prison, when the door is so wide open?
Fernweh
Don’t wait any longer. Dive in the ocean, leave and let the sea be you.
Swings of the World
Let yourself become living poetry.
girl
Wander away into the unknown depths of this world and let your soul be your guide.
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10 Quotes By Rumi To Ignite Your Wanderlust
LIFESTYLE
By Prachi Agrawal Last updated Nov 5, 2018 0
Mevlana Whirling Dervish Festival
Travel is food for the soul. Since time immemorial many great scholars and poets have been writing about the importance of being a wanderer in this world. In this era and age when travelling has become so much easier and convenient, we see more and more people following their passion for travelling. Here are a some quotes by Rumi, the most celebrated poet of all times to remind you and inspire you to stop making excuses and explore the world because we’ve only got one life to live and so much to discover.
Travel brings power and love back into your life.
mountain
What a joy, to travel the way of the heart.
Resfeber
My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.
Eudaimonia
And you? When will you begin that long journey into yourself?
Onism
We carry inside us the wonders we seek outside us.
YugenDon’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.
Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.
Selcouth
Why do you stay in prison, when the door is so wide open?
Fernweh
Don’t wait any longer. Dive in the ocean, leave and let the sea be you.
Swings of the World
Let yourself become living poetry.
girl
Wander away into the unknown depths of this world and let your soul be your guide.
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