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Famous Travel Quotes – Best Quotes by Well Known Travelers and Thinkers

This collection includes some of the most famous travel quotes and sayings by well known explorers, travelers and thinkers. Here's 50 inspiring travel quotes.

Famous Travel Quotes by adventurers, explorers and philosophers

50 Quotes About Travel

This collection of the 50 most famous travel related quotes draws together the words of philosophers, adventurers, explorers and writers. Each one is inspiring, especially as they are paired with some great travel pictures!

If you feel the travel bug, but are still in the planning stages for your trip, it's quotes like these that will keep your wanderlust alive. 

You'll find these 50 famous travel quotes have been divided into sections of 10. Take a look, and see what you think to them!

Famous Travel Quotes

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.”

– Helen Keller

Famous Travel Quotes - Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” -Helen Keller


No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.”

– Lin Yutang

Famous quotes about travel: No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” – Lin Yutang


“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”

~Andre Gide


Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.”

– Jack Kerouac

Famous travel captions: Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” - Jack Kerouac


One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.”

– Henry Miller

Travel Quote: One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” -Henry Miller


Go, fly, roam, travel, voyage, explore, journey, discover, adventure.”

Inspiring travel caption: Go, fly, roam, travel, voyage, explore, journey, discover, adventure.”


If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home.”

– James Michener

Famous travel writing: If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home.” -James Michener


To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.

– Freya Stark


All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.”

– Martin Buber

Journey Quotes: All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” -Martin Buber


Travel makes a wise man better but a fool worse.”

– Thomas Fuller

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


The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”

– Agustine of Hippo

Travel Instagram captions: The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” -Agustine of Hippo


Not all those who wander are lost.”

-J .R.R. Tolkien

Inspiring travel sayings: Not all those who wander are lost.” - J.R.R. Tolkien


Famous Travel Captions

Here's our next section of travel sayings. Feel free to pin any of these to your quotes, travel and motivation boards on Pinterest!

We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.”

– Anaïs Nin

Top wanderlust quotes: We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.”-Anaïs Nin


A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.”

– Lao Tzu

Traveling quotes: A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” -Lao Tzu


Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty – his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.

– Aldous Huxley


Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer”

Best travel quote ever: Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer”


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

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


Own only what you can always carry with you: known languages, known countries, known people. Let your memory be your travel bag”

– Alexandr Solzhenitsyn

Quotes about traveling: Own only what you can always carry with you: known languages, known countries, known people. Let your memory be your travel bag” - Alexandr Solzhenitsyn


When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.”

– Susan Heller

Famous quotes about traveling: When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.” -Susan Heller


“Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world”

– Gustave Flaubert

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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

Captions about traveling: 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


Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Famous Quote: Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” -Ralph Waldo Emerson


I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.”

– Robert Louis Stevenson

Sayings about travel: I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” -Robert Louis Stevenson


“The journey not the arrival matters.”

― T.S. Eliot


Travel Quotes and Sayings

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I travel not to cross countries off a list, but to ignite passionate affairs with destinations.”

– Nyssa P. Chopra

I travel not to cross countries off a list, but to ignite passionate affairs with destinations.” – Nyssa P. Chopra


If you travel first class, you think first class and you are more likely to play first class. 

– Raymond Floyd

Thoughtful travel quote: If you travel first class, you think first class and you are more likely to play first class. Raymond Floyd


“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”

–  Marcel Proust


One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.

– Ella Maillart

One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm. Ella Maillart


We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

– Swami Vivekananda

Philosophical quotes: We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far. Swami Vivekananda


I love to travel, but hate to arrive.

– Albert Einstein

Famous travel quote: I love to travel, but hate to arrive. Albert Einstein


“It matters not where or how far you travel,–the farther commonly the worse,–but how much alive you are.”

― Henry David Thoreau


A zero-gravity flight is a first step toward space travel.

– Stephen Hawking

Famous quotes about travelling - A zero-gravity flight is a first step toward space travel. Stephen Hawking


The land created me. I'm wild and lonesome. Even as I travel the cities, I'm more at home in the vacant lots.

– Bob Dylan

The land created me. I'm wild and lonesome. Even as I travel the cities, I'm more at home in the vacant lots. Bob Dylan


Even if it turns out that time travel is impossible, it is important that we understand why it is impossible.

– Stephen Hawking

Time Travel Quotes - Even if it turns out that time travel is impossible, it is important that we understand why it is impossible. Stephen Hawking


Travel teaches toleration.

– Benjamin Disraeli

Travel teaches toleration. Benjamin Disraeli


“Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.”

— Anatole France


I just travel the world with my backpack and my cameras and a bunch of Clif bars.

– Henry Rollins

Famous travel the world quotes - I just travel the world with my backpack and my cameras and a bunch of Clif bars. Henry Rollins


Top Travel Quotes

We've put together another varied selection of quotes to include in this next section. Have you spotted your favourite travel quote yet?

I want to see friends more and travel more.

– Jennifer Aniston

Funny travel quote: I want to see friends more and travel more. Jennifer Aniston


I want to teach. I want to speak. I want to travel.

– Hillary Clinton

Quotes by famous people about travel: I want to teach. I want to speak. I want to travel. Hillary Clinton


We travel often to Asia, Africa, Europe, where they were born.

– Angelina Jolie

Quotes about traveling by famous people: We travel often to Asia, Africa, Europe, where they were born. Angelina Jolie


Let me be a free man – free to travel, free to stop, free to work.

– Chief Joseph

Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work. Chief Joseph


You should make travel as comfortable as possible.

– Tom Segura

You should make travel as comfortable as possible. Tom Segura


Travel, of course, narrows the mind.

– Malcolm Muggeridge

Funny quotes about travel - Travel, of course, narrows the mind. Malcolm Muggeridge


I travel light. I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are.

– Diane von Furstenberg

Quotes about how to travel - I travel light. I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are. Diane von Furstenberg


Travel works best when you're forced to come to terms with the place you're in.

– Paul Theroux

Travel Sayings: Travel works best when you're forced to come to terms with the place you're in. Paul Theroux


My fans are honestly so unique and so similar. Wherever I travel, they are so, so different but so the same.

– Lilly Singh

My fans are honestly so unique and so similar. Wherever I travel, they are so, so different but so the same. Lilly Singh


The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.

– Xun Kuang

Road trip quotes - The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere. Xun Kuang


Inspiring Travel Quotes

An English man does not travel to see English men.

– Laurence Sterne

An English man does not travel to see English men. Laurence Sterne


My ideal travel companions are my family.

– Pharrell Williams

Family travel quotes - My ideal travel companions are my family. Pharrell Williams


I take a cooking class everywhere I travel. I find it's the best way to get to know a culture.

– Blake Lively

I take a cooking class everywhere I travel. I find it's the best way to get to know a culture. Blake Lively


Travel like a pro, not like a hobo. That's my motto.

– Greg Gutfeld

Quotes about how to travel: Travel like a pro, not like a hobo. That's my motto. Greg Gutfeld


When you travel so many weeks a year, it's always nice to have a home-cooked meal.

– Maria Sharapova

Travel quotes by famous people: When you travel so many weeks a year, it's always nice to have a home-cooked meal. Maria Sharapova


Travel is hard, but entertaining is joy.

– Debbie Reynolds

Thoughts about traveling: Travel is hard, but entertaining is joy. Debbie Reynolds


Never go on trips with anyone you do not love.

– Ernest Hemingway

Quotes about road trips: Never go on trips with anyone you do not love. Ernest Hemingway


Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Travel the world quotes: Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. Ralph Waldo Emerson


If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.

– Dan Rather

Journey quotes: If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all. Dan Rather


I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.”

– Mary Anne Radmacher

Inspiring travel quote: I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

Travel quotes by famous authors FAQ

Readers interested in inspirational travel quotes often search for similar things, such as:

What did Mark Twain say about travel?

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.

What are best quotes in travel?

Some of the best travel quotes include: ‘Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer' – Anonymous. ‘The journey is my home' – Muriel Rukeyser. ‘To travel is to live' – Hans Christian Anderson. ‘It feels good to be lost in the right direction' – Unknown. ‘Life is a journey, not a destination' – Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Why do people travel?

Many of us have our own motives for traveling: wanderlust, the desire to experience another culture, or an urge to experience something new. One quote that sums it up is – We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.


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