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25 Of The Most Inspirational Travel Quotes Of All Time

25 Of The Most Inspirational Travel Quotes Of All Time

Sarah Clayton-Lea | | 3 minutes Read

If you’re in need of a little bit of inspiration to just get up and go – see the world! – these inspirational travel quotes will be the push you need. Whether you’re planning a trip right now or just love to fuel your wanderlust, you’ll love these travel quotes.

From quotes on adventure and the friends you meet along the way to travel quotes on finding yourself, you’ll be itching to get back on the road after reading these…

Inspirational travel quotes for 2019

1. “Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life — and travel — leaves marks on you.” – Anthony Bourdain

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

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

4. “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller

5. “We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfilment.” – Hilaire Belloc

6. “Travel makes a wise man better but a fool worse.” – Thomas Fuller

7. “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey

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8. “The traveller sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.” – G.K. Chesterton

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

10. “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

11. “If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet.” – Anon

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

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

14. “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

15. “Oh the places you’ll go.” -Dr. Seuss

16. “Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” – Dalai Lama

17. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” – Mark Twain

18. “Travel is never a matter of money but of courage.” – Paolo Coelho

19. “Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret” – Oscar Wilde

20. “Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” – Paul Theroux

21. “I love to travel, but hate to arrive.” – Albert Einstein

22. “A year from now, you will wish you had started today.” – Karen Lamb

23. “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.” – Clifton Fadiman

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

25. “Not until we are lost do we begin to find ourselves.” – Henry David Thoreau

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Co-founder of Big 7 Travel, Sarah created the company through her passion for championing the world's best food and travel experiences. Before her career in digital media, where she previously held roles such as Editor of Food&Wine Ireland, Sarah worked in the hospitality industry in Dublin and New York. Contact [email protected]

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