My favorite travel quotes

At first I thought to list a top 10 or top 20 travel quotes, but then I realize there are too many travel quotes I like. Some travel quotes inspire you, some quotes just confirm your travel experience, some quotes contradict each other, so it depends on situation when do you quote it.

Here is my travel quotes list in alphabetic order:

  • “…there ain’t no journey what don’t change you some.” – David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
  • “A (wo)men travels the world over in search of wht (s)he needs and returns home to find it” – Barbara Magro, Recipes to Remember: My Epicurean Journey to Preserve My Mother’s Italian Cooking from Memory Loss
  • “A child on a farm sees a plane fly overhead and dreams of a faraway place. A traveler on the plane sees the farmhouse…and thinks of home.” – Carl Burns
  • “A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
  • “A journey of observation must leave as much as possible to chance. Random movement is the best plan for maximum observation” – Tahir Shah, Sorcerer’s Apprentice
  • “A little step may be the beginning of a great journey.” – Unknown
  • “A traveler’s most interesting meals tend to happen by surprise.” – David Dale
  • “A wise walker will set out early, keeping an open mind on how far to travel, allowing each day’s adventure to evolve.” – John Litwinovich, Assis Walking Adventure Guide
  • “Anyone who needs more than one suitcase is a tourist, not a traveler” – Ira Levin, Rosemary’s Baby
  • “As you move through this life … you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life – and travel – leaves marks on you.” – Anthony Bourdain
  • “Borders? I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people.” – Thor Heyerdahl
  • “Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” – Terry Pratchett
  • “Dare to travel on new paths.” – Lailah Gifty Akita
  • “Delay and dirt are the realities of the most rewarding travel.” – Paul Theroux, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
  • “Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?” – Erma Bombeck
  • “Don’t let your dreams be dreams” – Unknown
  • “Don’t let your luggage define your travels, each life unravels differently.” – Shane Koyczan
  • “Dream of traveling the world? Only those who wish they had our courage will tell you NOT to follow your dreams.” – Unknown
  • “Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
  • “Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time. ” – Stephen Wright
  • “Explore often. Only when you will know how small you are and how big the world is.” – Pradeepa Pandiyan
  • “History is rich knowledge, In your travel, learn the brief history of the place visited. .” – Lailah Gifty Akita
  • “Home is where the backpack is” – Savannah Grace
  • “I aimlessly travel, meaning I have no agenda other than to get small in the world, be quiet and observe people.” – Walton Goggins
  • “I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth. Then I ask myself the same question.” – Harun Yahya
  • “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. ” – Mary Anne Radmacher
  • “I didn’t know that the world could be so mind-blowingly beautiful.” – Justina Chen
  • “I had a dream when I was 22 that someday I would go to the region of ice and snow and go on and on till i came to one of the poles of the earth.” – Ernest Shackleton
  • “I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored.” – David Attenborough
  • “I love getting lost on purpose” – Lisa Desrochers, A Little Too Far
  • “I love the feeling of being anonymous in a city I’ve never been before.” – Unknown
  • “I love to see new things, and I love to learn. I always learn so much when I travel – that’s the best thing.” – Larry Fitzgerald
  • “I mostly like to travel and volunteer because I get antsy if I stay in my comfort zone for too long.” – Eden Sher
  • “I sometimes think that Thomas Cook should be numbered among the secular saints. He took travel from the privileged and gave it to the people.” – Robert Runcie
  • “I think a major element of jetlag is psychological. Nobody ever tells me what time it is at home.” – David Attenborough
  • “I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.” (Letter to John Banister, Jr., June 19, 1787)” – Thomas Jefferson, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 11: January 1787 to August 1787
  • “I think young people should travel and travel often to other countries… like I do.” – Henry Rollins
  • “I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.” – Caskie Stinnett
  • “I want everybody to travel, to travel and not be afraid.” – Dhani Jones
  • “I would gladly live out of a siutcase if it meant I could see the world.” – Unknown
  • “If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.” – Seth Godin
  • “If you do something that has never been done you will collect treasures that have never been found.” – Jenna Newton
  • “If you have enthusiasm, you have a very dynamic, effective companion to travel with you on the road to Somewhere.” – Loretta Young
  • “If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough.” – Unknown
  • “I’m not a big planner when I travel; I just feel it out.” – Daria Werbowy
  • “Instead of bringing back 1600 plants, we might return from our journeys with a collection of small unfêted but life-enhancing thoughts.” – Alain de Botton, The Art of Travel
  • “It is better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times. ” – Asian proverb
  • “It is better to travel than to arrive. Better, by far, to find your own way than to have someone else choose it for you — don’t you think?” – Lesley Howarth, MapHead: No.2
  • “It is not the destination where you end up but the mishaps and memories you create along the way!” – Penelope Riley, Travel Absurdities
  • “Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than moving planes, ships or trains.” – Alain de Botton, The Art of Travel
  • “Just to travel is rather boring, but to travel with a purpose is educational and exciting.” – Sargent Shriver
  • “Leave no path untaken.” – Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book
  • “Let our road be long, let it be very long, let it be very very long and in fact let our road be infinite! Travel means flow, flow means life!” – Mehmet Murat ildan
  • “Let the sea breeze blow your hair, let the sunset bring tranquility to your heart, let the distant places you travel allow you to explore yourself.” – Somya Kedia
  • “Let’s go -somewhere anywhere- everywhere!” – Unknown
  • “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. ” – Neale Donald Walsch
  • “Life is about the adventures you take and the memories you make. So travel often and live life with open eyes and an open heart.” – Katie Grissom
  • “Life is beautiful if you are on the road to somewhere” – Orhan Pamuk, The New Life
  • “Look for chances to take the less-traveled roads. There are no wrong turns.” – Susan Magsamen, The 10 Best of Everything Families: An Ultimate Guide for Travelers
  • “Make voyages. Attempt them. There’s nothing else.” – Tennessee Williams, Camino Real
  • “Maps are essential. Planning a journey without a map is like building a house without drawings.” – Mark Jenkins, The Hard Way: Stories of Danger, Survival, and the Soul of Adventure
  • “Maybe you had to leave in order to miss a place; maybe you had to travel to figure out how beloved your starting point was.” – Jodi Picoult, Handle with Care
  • “Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent.” – Tahir Shah, In Search of King Solomon’s Mines
  • “With languages, you are at home anywhere.” – Edward De Waal

If you know some interesting travel quotes please share it below in comments section. Or may be you know authors of some above quotes which are marked as unknown author? Let me know about it.