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29 Best Travel Quotes To Inspire Your Next Epic Adventure

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Everyone loves a good quote. At Upgraded Points, this is especially true when it revolves around travel, adventure, wanderlust, different cultures, new cities, old cities, nature, experiences… you get it.

Whether you need an inspiring photo to set as your desktop background or use as a bookmark, pin on Pinterest or even tape to the bathroom mirror, these beauties are sure to do the trick.

“Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.”  – Jennifer Lee

 

“Then one day when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.” – Ewan McGregor

 

“Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep & permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Mary Ritter Beard

 

“The best journeys are the ones that answer questions that at the outset you never even thought to ask.” – Rick Ridgeway

 

“Just Go.”

“To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, to gain all while you give, to roam the roads of lands remote… to travel is to live.”  – Hans Christian Anderson

 

“It is in the still silence of nature where one will find true bliss.” – J.J.C.

“Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life.”  – Michael Palin

 

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” – Carl Sagan

 

“Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien

 

“The world is waiting…”

 

“Not until we are lost, do we begin to find ourselves.” –Henry David Thoreau

 

“Everywhere you travel to, be there fully.” – Lailah Gifty Akita

 

“There’s a part of me that thinks perhaps we go on existing in a place even after we’ve left it.” – Colum McCann

 

 

“The world is a book and those who do not travel, read only a page.” – St. Augustine

 

“Work. Save. Travel. Repeat.”

 

“If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet, he said.” – Rachel Wolchin

 

“I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

 

“Take Me Away…”

 

 

“The Wanderlust has got me… by the belly-aching fire.” – Robert W. Service

 

“A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.” – Isabelle Eberhardt

 

“There is still so much to see…”

 

“Travel doesn’t become an adventure until you leave yourself behind.” – Marty Rubin


“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller

 

“Take only memories, leave only footprints.” – Chief Seattle

 

“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

“It’s a funny thing coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same, feels the same, even smells the same. You realize what’s changed, is you…”  – Eric Roth

 

“Let’s be adventurers…”

 

“We travel in essence, to become young fools again – to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more.”  – Pico Iyer

 

Looking for more ways to boost your wanderlust? Don’t miss our 60 Best Travel Books to Inspire Your Next Trip!


Reader poll: Do you have a favorite travel quote? Drop us a line in the comments, we’d love to hear from you!

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While there is no best travel quote, as there are so many great ones, one of our favorites is: “We travel in essence, to become young fools again – to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more.”  – Pico Iyer

About Erin Miller

An experienced points hacker, Erin is Alex’s partner-in-crime and contributes to Upgraded Points with in-depth guides and relationship management. Erin’s work has been cited in multiple major publications.

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2 comments

Ezinna7

March 31, 2018

My Top 3 from the post are:
1. “The world is a book and those who do not travel, read only a page.” – St. Augustine.
2. “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher.
3. “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien.
If and when you want to travel try visiting Kenya and Seychelles. I and my family had a great time there.

Erin Miller

May 07, 2018

Thanks for sharing your favorites! The second you mentioned is one of mine as well. We would LOVE to visit they Seychelles sometimes – it’s on our list! 🙂

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