Sometimes all we need is a good quote to fuel the flames for an upcoming adventure. In this post, you will find 71 of the most remarkable quotes for road trips and everyday adventures that we have compiled just for you! Use these quotes to get in the mood for your next road trip or adventure.
10 Inspiring Quotes on Travel
When it comes to travel, it doesn’t take much to be inspired. After all, travel opens us up to adventures and testing our limits. We like these inspiring quotes on travel because they highlight the difference between simply vacationing, and being intentional about visiting. For us, travel is not just about lounging at an exotic location, but rather it is about the process of growth and discovery that you get from having new experiences.
- “I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.” –Walt Whitman
- “I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
- “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Shoot for the moon, even if you fail, you’ll land among the stars” ― Cecelia Ahern
- “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” — Andre Gide
- “The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.” – G. K. Chesterton
- “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
- “The greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination. It’s all the wild stuff which happens along the way.” – Emma Chase
- “Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.” — Jack Kerouac
- “I guess the lesson is you can’t go everywhere. You should still go everywhere you can.” — Charles Finch
8 Travel Quotes for Couples
Part of our story is that we fell in love while traveling to our first National Park, and have built travel quests into our lives and relationship ever since. Travel is enhanced when you have your life’s companion by your side. These travel quotes for couples acknowledge the beauty of the companionship that couples experience while exploring together. If you haven’t tried traveling as a couple, we highly recommend it!
- “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” –Izaak Walton
- “Travel brings power and love back into your life.” – Rumi
- “I have found out there is no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” — Mark Twain
- “Travel is like love, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end.” — Pico Iyer
- “No road is long with good company.” – Turkish Proverb
- “Travel and tell no one, live a true love story and tell no one, live happily and tell no one, people ruin beautiful things.” ―
- “We were together, I forgot the rest.” – Walt Whitman
- “We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next to find ourselves…. And we travel, in essence, to become young fools again- to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more.”
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15 Travel Wisdom Quotes
Wisdom is the quality of knowledge, experience and good judgement. Travel and opening oneself up to new experiences develops these qualities. It is natural then that travel and the development of wisdom go hand in hand. Perhaps this is why some of our favorite quotes for road trips fit so well into the travel wisdom quotes section.
- “The wise man travels to discover himself.”– James Russell Lowell
- “Discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” –Marcel Proust
- “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream another dream” — CS Lewis
- “What if you save for 40 years, putting off all kinds of opportunities, then get hit by a bus the day before retirement? Better to plan for the future while also living in the present.” ―
- Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. — Lao Tzu
- 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. – Mark Twain
- “One day you will wake up and realize there won’t be anymore time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.” – Paulo Coelho
- “Slow down and enjoy life… Because it is certainly and unexpectedly short…” ―
- “If my ship sails from sight, it doesn’t mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.” – Enoch Powell
- “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” Anita Desai
- “A good plan allows for plenty of spontaneity and room for change – but without a plan at all, it’s difficult to work toward something significant over time.” ―
- “I just don’t want to be like those with opinions of a world they’ve never seen.”
― - Focus on the journey, not the destination. Joy is found not in finishing an activity but in doing it. Greg Anderson
- “Travel is freedom.” – Nomadic Matt
- “The point of travel is in the path walked not in the destination; the point of traveling is travel itself not arriving somewhere” —Tiziano Terzani
10 Adventure Travel Quotes
Everyday adventure is what we crave! These adventure quotes only enhance our desire to get out and see the world. Adventure and exploring have brought a lot of benefits to our lives. We not only get to see new things and have experiences that we never imagined but also get the satisfaction of growing from being open to the unknown. Choose adventure over routine!
- “And the purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
- “Adventure, yeah. I guess that’s what you call it when everybody comes back alive.” – Mercedes Lackey
- “If you come to a fork in the road, take it.” – Yogi Berra
- “If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine. It is lethal.”– Paulo Coelho
- “Do one thing every day that scares you.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
- “You will end up finding the way…if you dare to get lost first” —Tiziano Terzani
- “Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T.S. Eliot
- “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller
- “Jobs fill your pocket. Adventures fill your soul.” ―
- “Once a year, go somewhere you’ve never been before.” – The Dalai Lama
9 Quotes for Road Trips About Road Trips
There’s nothing like a quote about road trips to get you more ready to take a road trip! These quotes will make you want to explore as soon as possible!
- “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.” – Babs Hoffman
- “The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating.” – Aaron Lauritsen
- “Road trips are the equivalent of human wings. Ask me to go on one, anywhere. We’ll stop in every small town and learn the history and stories, feel the ground and capture the spirit. Then we’ll turn it into our own story that will live inside our history to carry with us, always. Because stories are more important than things.” – Victoria Erickson
- “Look for chances to take the less-traveled roads. There are no wrong turns.” — Susan Magsamen
- “A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” Lao Tzu
- “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein
- “I love to travel, but I hate to arrive.” – Albert Einstein
- “A journey is measured in friends rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill
- “Life is beautiful if you are on the road to somewhere.” — Orhan Pamuk
4 Quotes on How to Afford to Travel
Managing the costs associated with travel is often a perceived limitation that keeps folks from traveling. Travel does not, however, have to be expensive, and the expenses can be managed with a little bit of perspective and discipline. Here are a few of my favorite quotes about how to afford to travel.
- “But, in my experience, what keeps the vast majority of people home is not money but mindset.” Nomadic Matt
- “Travel is never a matter of money but of courage.” – Paulo Coelho
- “You can afford anything… but not everything. Every decision in life is a trade-off against something else.” – Paula Pant
- “I would rather own little and see the world, than own the world and see little of it.” – Alexander Sattler
7 Funny Road Trip and Travel Quotes
Life is a little better with some humor. These funny road trip quotes will leave you in the mood for setting your sights on your next destination. If you want more humor, check out one of my most embarrassing moments in a National Park here.
- “Love is the food of life, travel is dessert.” — Amanda Jane Sturges
- “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag
- “When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money.” – Susan Heller
- “Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in kilometers.” – George Carlin
- “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for awhile. Including you.”―
- “If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet.” – Rachel Wolchin
- “A road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places.” – Tom Lichtenheld
5 Travel as Personal Development Quotes
Travel is one of the most rewarding forms of personal development that we have experienced! When you travel, your world-view is sometimes challenged and you have to redefine what you previously thought. When you travel, you often will have time to reflect in a way that you do not make time for in your daily routine. When you travel, you overcome difficulties that lead to growth. These quotes illustrate how travel can be used as personal development.
- “A person susceptible to “wanderlust” is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation.”
― - “Your comfort zone may be more like a cage you can’t escape from than a safe place you can retreat to.”
― - “There is no learning in the comfort zone, and no comfort in the learning zone.” – My momma (Lorraine Moore)
- “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” ― Henry Miller
- “Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.” ― Terry Pratchett
3 Nature Travel Quotes
We seek harmony with nature and history when we travel. These nature travel quotes highlight the relationship between the two.
- “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” Lao Tzu
- “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” – Albert Einstein
- “The world is big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.” -John Muir
Conclusion
We hope that you enjoyed these fabulous quotes for road trips! Get out and see the world with new eyes. Feel free to leave your favorite road trip and travel quotes in the comments below and click here to join our email newsletter for free updates and travel tips.
If these quotes are making you feel like choosing your next adventure, check out some of our National Park trip itineraries like our Las Vegas Road Trip, our Road Trip through South Dakota, or our quick trip to Western Pennsylvania.
Happy exploring!
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Great quotes – uplifting and motivational 🤗 💫
Thank you! We love a good quote – especially when we are encouraged to get out and see the world! Best to you in your travels and outdoor adventures. Be safe, and happy exploring!