Top 25 Trip Quotes

Quotes are important in many ways. A good quote can bring the heart of a story together in a way that leaves a lasting impact on the world. A quote can paint a picture of the person who said it, their priorities and passions, as well as their place in history.  Not only do quotes serve as a reminder of our moods and motivations, but also to reflect on our dreams and decisions. How many quotes come to mind, which have stood the test of time throughout the years? Many. Ranging from teachers, doctors, adventurers, leaders and  philosophers… A good quote can withstand the test of time.

A great travel quote has the ability to set the mood for our travels or travel plans. 

If you are having a bout of wanderlust, keep reading below for some great travel inspo via our top 25 trip quotes!

‘Live with no excuses and travel with no regrets.’ 

– Oscar Wilde

‘When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.’

– John Muir

‘You don’t have to be rich to travel well.’ 

– Eugene Fodohre

‘A mind that is stretched by a new experience, can never go back to its old dimensions.’

– Oliver Wendell Holmes

‘Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.’

 – Dalai Lama

‘Responsible travel is not only better for our world, it’s also more interesting and memorable. Responsible tourism is the future of travel.’

-Simon Reeve

‘Wherever you go, go with all your heart.’

 – Confucius

‘The gladdest moments, me thinks, is a departure into unknown lands.’

– Sir Richard Burton

‘Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.’

 – Anonymous

‘If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.’

– Jim Rohn

‘The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page.’

– Saint Augustine

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

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

‘Take only memories, leave only footprints.’

– Chief Seattle

‘Still round the corner, there may wait, a new road or a secret gate.’

– J.R.R. Tolkien

‘The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.’

– Marcel Proust

‘Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.’

– Gustave Flaubert

‘Travel opens your heart, broadens your mind and fills your life with stories to tell.’

– Paula Bendfeldt

‘Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember and remember more than I have seen.’

– Benjamin Disraeli

‘Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.’

– David Mccullogh

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

– Andre Gide

‘I would rather own a little and see the world, than own the world and see a little of it.’

– Alexander Sattler

‘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.’

– Anthony Bourdain

‘To travel is to Live.’

– Hans Christian Andersen

‘I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.’

– Carl Sagan

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

– Lin Yutang

When is the last time you read a good travel quote which motivated you to start planning your next trip?

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