"To travel is to see, to return is to talk" - African proverb
"To travel is to live." - Hans Christian Andersen
"I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there." - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls." - Anaïs Nin
"It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression, 'As pretty as an airport'." - Douglas Adams
"Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and the journey. They are home." - Anna Quindlen
"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end." - Ernest Hemingway
"If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." - George Harrison
"Make voyages. Attempt them. There's nothing else." - Tennessee Williams
"Take only memories, leave only footprints." – Chief Seattle
"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 Teran
"People travel because it teaches them things they could learn no other way." – Lance Morrow
"There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go." – Jack Kerouac
"My first rule of travel is never to go to a place that sounds like a medical condition and Critz is clearly an incurable disease involving flaking skin." – Bill Bryson
"To many people holidays are not voyages of discovery, but a ritual of reassurance." - Philip Andrew Adams
"Travel doesn’t become adventure until you leave yourself behind." – Marty Rubin
"Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes in the middle of nowhere you find yourself." – Author unknown
"Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow." – Anita Desai
"The perfect journey is never finished, the goal is always just across the next river, round the shoulder of the next mountain. There is always one more track to follow, one more mirage to explore." – Rosita Forbes
"You have to taste a culture to understand it." – Deborah Cater
"The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist." – Russell Baker
"Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up." – Ernest Hemingway
"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
"People who don’t travel cannot have a global view, all they see is what’s in front of them. Those people cannot accept new things because all they know is where they live." - Martin Yan
"When overseas you learn more about your own country, than you do the place you’re visiting." - Clint Borgen
Showing posts with label travel quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label travel quotes. Show all posts
06 February 2013
29 March 2012
My favourite travel quotes pt. 3
"Travel far enough, you meet yourself." David Mitchell
"We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves." – Pico Iyer
"If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it is lethal." – Paulo Coelho
"There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign." – Robert Louis Stevenson
"Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter." - Izaak Walton
"The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway." - Henry Boye
"I think that travel comes from some deep urge to see the world, like the urge that brings up a worm in an Irish bog to see the moon when it is full." - Lord Dunsany
"Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe." - Anatole France
"If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space." – Anonymous
"It is not down in any map; true places never are." - Herman Melville
"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." - G.K. Chesterton
"Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness." - Ray Bradbury
"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
"Heroes take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves." – Carol Pearson
"Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey." – Fitzhugh Mullan
"Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation." - Elizabeth Drew
"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." - Lao Tzu
"Travel penetrates your consciousness, but not in a rational way." - Milton Glaser
"Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." - Helen Keller
"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
"He who would travel happily must travel light." - Antoine de St. Exupery
"Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken." - Frank Herbert
"If you come to a fork in the road, take it." – Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation." - Elizabeth Drew
"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." - Jawaharlal Nehru
"Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world." - Scott Cameron
"I love to travel, but I hate to arrive." - Albert Einstein
"The wise man travels to discover himself." - James Russell Lowell
"Traveling tends to magnify all human emotions." — Peter Høeg
"I should like to spend the whole of my in life travelling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home." — William Hazlitt
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for" – John A. Shedd
"I like animals. I like natural history. The travel bit is not the important bit. The travel bit is what you have to do in order to go and look at animals." – David Attenborough
"You lose sight of things… and when you travel, everything balances out." – Daranna Gidel
"I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education." – David Rockefeller
"We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves." – Pico Iyer
"If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it is lethal." – Paulo Coelho
"There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign." – Robert Louis Stevenson
"Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter." - Izaak Walton
"The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway." - Henry Boye
"I think that travel comes from some deep urge to see the world, like the urge that brings up a worm in an Irish bog to see the moon when it is full." - Lord Dunsany
"Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe." - Anatole France
"If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space." – Anonymous
"It is not down in any map; true places never are." - Herman Melville
"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." - G.K. Chesterton
"Half the fun of the travel is the esthetic of lostness." - Ray Bradbury
"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
"Heroes take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves." – Carol Pearson
"Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey." – Fitzhugh Mullan
"Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation." - Elizabeth Drew
"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." - Lao Tzu
"Travel penetrates your consciousness, but not in a rational way." - Milton Glaser
"Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." - Helen Keller
"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
"He who would travel happily must travel light." - Antoine de St. Exupery
"Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken." - Frank Herbert
"If you come to a fork in the road, take it." – Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation." - Elizabeth Drew
"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." - Jawaharlal Nehru
"Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world." - Scott Cameron
"I love to travel, but I hate to arrive." - Albert Einstein
"The wise man travels to discover himself." - James Russell Lowell
"Traveling tends to magnify all human emotions." — Peter Høeg
"I should like to spend the whole of my in life travelling abroad, if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home." — William Hazlitt
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for" – John A. Shedd
"I like animals. I like natural history. The travel bit is not the important bit. The travel bit is what you have to do in order to go and look at animals." – David Attenborough
"You lose sight of things… and when you travel, everything balances out." – Daranna Gidel
"I am a passionate traveler, and from the time I was a child, travel formed me as much as my formal education." – David Rockefeller
24 January 2011
My favourite travel quotes pt. 2
"To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries." - Aldous Huxley
"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find how you yourself have altered." - Nelson Mandela
"When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money." - Susan Heller
"Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"I think that travel comes from some deep urge to see the world, like the urge that brings up a worm in an Irish bog to see the moon when it is full." - Lord Dunsany
"A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it." - George Moore
"Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe." - Anatole France
"Experience, travel - these are as education in themselves" - Euripides
"Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind." - Seneca
"All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware." - Martin Buber
"The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing." - Daniel J. Boorstin
"Travel teaches toleration." - Benjamin Disraeli
"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." - G.K. Chesterton
"Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience." - Sir Francis Bacon
"Travelers never think that they are the foreigners." - Mason Cooley
"Certainly, 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
"There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror." - Orson Welles
"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train." - Oscar Wilde
"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
"To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive." - Robert Louis Stevenson
"I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad." - George Bernard Shaw
"The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere." - Xun Zi
"I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine." - Caskie Stinnett
"It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse." - William Hazlitt
"We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment." - Hilaire Belloc
"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find how you yourself have altered." - Nelson Mandela
"When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money." - Susan Heller
"Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"I think that travel comes from some deep urge to see the world, like the urge that brings up a worm in an Irish bog to see the moon when it is full." - Lord Dunsany
"A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it." - George Moore
"Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe." - Anatole France
"Experience, travel - these are as education in themselves" - Euripides
"Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind." - Seneca
"All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware." - Martin Buber
"The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing." - Daniel J. Boorstin
"Travel teaches toleration." - Benjamin Disraeli
"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." - G.K. Chesterton
"Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience." - Sir Francis Bacon
"Travelers never think that they are the foreigners." - Mason Cooley
"Certainly, 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
"There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror." - Orson Welles
"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train." - Oscar Wilde
"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
"To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive." - Robert Louis Stevenson
"I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad." - George Bernard Shaw
"The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere." - Xun Zi
"I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine." - Caskie Stinnett
"It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse." - William Hazlitt
"We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment." - Hilaire Belloc
20 April 2010
My favourite travel quotes
"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
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller
"No matter where you go, there you are." - unknown
"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page." – St. Augustine
"Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen." - Benjamin Disraeli
"The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are." – Samuel Johnson
"Not all those who wander are lost." – J. R. R. Tolkien
"No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow." – Lin Yutang
"A traveler without observation is a bird without wings." – Moslih Eddin Saadi
"The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it." – Rudyard Kipling
"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home." – James Michener
"A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles." – Tim Cahill
"The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see." - G. K. Chesterton
"Most of my treasured memories of travel are recollections of sitting." - Robert Thomas Allen
"If you look like your passport photo, you're too ill to travel." - Joe Pasquale
"The journey not the arrival matters." - T. S. Eliot
"Don't tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you have traveled." — Mohammed
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller
"No matter where you go, there you are." - unknown
"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page." – St. Augustine
"Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen." - Benjamin Disraeli
"The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are." – Samuel Johnson
"Not all those who wander are lost." – J. R. R. Tolkien
"No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow." – Lin Yutang
"A traveler without observation is a bird without wings." – Moslih Eddin Saadi
"The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it." – Rudyard Kipling
"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home." – James Michener
"A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles." – Tim Cahill
"The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see." - G. K. Chesterton
"Most of my treasured memories of travel are recollections of sitting." - Robert Thomas Allen
"If you look like your passport photo, you're too ill to travel." - Joe Pasquale
"The journey not the arrival matters." - T. S. Eliot
"Don't tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you have traveled." — Mohammed
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