WanderWhy do you travel? Sometimes, it’s an inspiring quote, a movie, a book or someone you know or heard about who accomplished a feat previously deemed impossible. Or that quote/movie/book/someone stirred the inner workings of your wanderlust and kickstarted those daydreaming gears that were previously dormant.
For us at Our Travel Footprints, we constantly derive wake-up calls in the form of inspirational quotes. In this article, we share with you, top travel quotes that resonate and inspire you, and us.
Top inspirational travel quotes we live by
May these travel quotes spur you on to take that step towards fulfilling your travel dreams and partake in this vast world.
“Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” – Anonymous
Material goods or travel? If there’s one thing we would tell our younger selves when it comes to spending money on things or travel, always choose experience over material possessions. It enriches your perspective and lasts forever.
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine
The idea of the world as a book invites us to venture forward and delve into the little nooks and crannies in the world and be amazed.
“Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle
Our Travel Footprints travel blog is inspired by this quote, to travel deeply, yet responsibly.
“To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen
Such a simple yet profound quote that speaks of how we can inject vitality into our routine through travelling.
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Marcel Proust
This reminds us that travel is as much about perspective as it is about the destination.
“Adventure may hurt you, but monotony will kill you.” – Anonymous
An invitation to embrace the risks and challenges of travel, because it’s far better than a mundane life.
“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” – Anita Desai
Do you feel like your perspective or worldview shifted after every trip? Each trip leaves an indelible mark on us, shaping us as individuals.
“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag
A playful reminder of the immense possibilities travel offer and the joy of discovery that beckons.
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Forge your own trail and live to tell the tale!
“The journey not the arrival matters.” – T.S. Eliot
As they say, it’s the journey that matters, not the destination. Lessons learnt on the road are infinitely more meaningful than the destination itself.
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – André Gide
Scary as it is, travel compels us to get out of our comfort zone and plunge into the unknown. We are bound to be richly rewarded for it.
“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius
Whatever you choose to embark on, do it with wild abandon and go all out.
“Travel makes one modest. You see but a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustave Flaubert
We are but a tiny speck in this big, big world and travel truly humbles us by giving us a perspective of our place in it.
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu
Everything, including travels, begins with the very first step.
“To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark
Travel is two-parts excitement, and one-part fear.
“The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” – Oprah Winfrey
Take it from the Queen herself: Pursue the life you have always dreamt of and make it an adventure, be it travel or anything else.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.” – Mark Twain
Call it what you will: YOLO, carpe diem or what-not. How many times have you looked back in life and wished you had started that thing you have always wanted to do instead of being stagnated by fear?
“We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” – Anonymous
Travel has the power to enrich our lives, and to return a better human being.
“Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” – Dalai Lama
Keep that curious spark in you alive and make exploration a part of your life.
“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta
Travel has the ability to astound us speechless, while simultaneously making us into intrepid storytellers.
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