“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move” – Robert Louis Stevenson
Travel Quote of the Day Archive
Travel Quote of the Day publishes a different travel quote every day to provide travel inspiration for those who yearn to explore the world. These travel quotes range in source from the world's greatest authors, to icons of popular culture, prominent recording artists, and the occasional blogger.
Travel is Fatal to Prejudice
July 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts” – Mark Twain
Stop Worrying About the Potholes
July 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey” – Fitzhugh Mullan
Holidays in the Sun
July 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I don’t wanna holiday in the sun, I wanna go to the new Belsen. I wanna see some history, ’cause now I got a reasonable economy” – The Sex Pistols (Holidays in the Sun)
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The Foreignness of What You No Longer Are
July 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Arriving at each new city, the traveler finds again a past of his that he did now know he had: the foreignness of what you no longer are or no longer possess lies in wait for you in foreign, unpossessed places” – Italo Calvino
Take Half the Clothes and Twice the Money
July 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money” – Susan Heller
Adventure Without Risk
July 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Adventure without risk is Disneyland” – Doug Coupland
Travel Bag Memories
July 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag” – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Life You Have Led
July 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The life you have led doesn’t need to be the only life you have” – Anna Quindlen
The Man Who Goes Alone
June 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready” – Henry David Thoreau
Oh My Sweet Carolina
June 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I went down to Houston and I stopped in San ‘Antone, I passed up the station for the bus. I was trying to find me something, but I wasn’t sure just what… man, I ended up with pockets full of dust” – Ryan Adams
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Peace Works Better than Conflict
June 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I spent a lot of time when I was president, trying to end wars, prevent killing, and promote understanding. What I have seen is that peace works better than conflict, and one of the best manifestations of it is in travel and tourism” – Bill Clinton
Journey of a Thousand Miles
June 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance” – Alton Brown
Talking with Men of Other Centuries
June 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Traveling is almost like talking with men of other centuries” – René Descartes
Not Knowing Where I’m Going
June 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it” – Rosalia de Castro
Let Your Heart Guide You
June 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Let your heart guide you. It whispers so listen closely” – Littlefoot’s Mother (from The Land Before Time)
Immigration Man
June 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Let me in, immigration man, can I cross the line and pray, I can stay another day? Won’t you let me in, immigration man? I won’t toe your line today, I can’t see it anyway” – Graham Nash (Immigration Man)
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An Honest Friend
June 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The best we can find in our travels is an honest friend” – Robert Louis Stevenson
Go Beyond Textbooks
June 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey” – John Hope Franklin
Do Nothing, then Rest Afterwards
June 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards” – Spanish Proverb
Like a Picture in a Frame
June 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its setting, so that the intrinsic qualities are made more clear. Travel does this with the very stuff that everyday life is made of, giving to it the sharp contour and […]
Rush Across the Sea
June 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“They change their climate, not their soul, who rush across the sea” – Horace
What Ships are Built For
June 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for” – John Augustus Shedd
Island in the Sun
June 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“On an island in the sun, we’ll be playin’ an’ havin’ fun. And it makes me feel so fine, I can’t control my brain” – Weezer (Island in the Sun)
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Travelers as Foreigners
June 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Travelers never think that they are the foreigners” – Mason Cooley
Go Someplace You’ve Never Been
June 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before” – Dalai Lama
One’s Own Country as a Foreign Land
June 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“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
Heathrow’s Terminal Illness
June 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I did not fully understand the dread term ‘terminal illness’ until I saw Heathrow for myself” – Dennis Potter
Travel is Like a Giant Blank Canvas
June 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Travel is like a giant blank canvas, and the painting on the canvas is only limited by one’s imagination” – Ross Morley
The Power of Wandering
June 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“One main factor in the upward trend of animal life has been the power of wandering” – Alfred North Whitehead
Like a Rolling Stone
June 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“How does it feel, to be on your own, with no direction home, like a complete unknown, like a rolling stone?” – Bob Dylan (Like a Rolling Stone)
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Walk Through the World in a More Deliberate Way
June 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Long-term travel doesn’t require a massive bundle of cash; it requires only that we walk through the world in a more deliberate way” – Rolf Potts
What Have I Gotten Myself Into?
June 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“If at some point you don’t ask yourself, ‘What have I gotten myself into?’ then you’re not doing it right” – Roland Gau
What Lies Within Us
June 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
I Love the Feeling of Being Anonymous
June 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I love the feeling of being anonymous in a city I’ve never been before” – Anonymous
Choice of a Traveling Companion
June 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Speaking as somebody who has been happily married for 35 years, I can’t imagine any choice more consequential for a lifelong journey than the choice of a traveling companion” – Ben Bernanke
Hitler Didn’t Travel
June 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Hitler didn’t travel. Stalin didn’t travel. Saddam Hussein never traveled. They didn’t want to have their orthodoxy challenged” – Howard Gardner
Vacation, All I Ever Wanted
June 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Vacation, all I ever wanted. Vacation, had to get away” The Go-Go’s (Vacation)
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What We All Want in Life
May 31, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“What we all want in life, to travel, fall in love, and be happy” – Anonymous
Travel Penetrates Your Consciousness
May 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Travel penetrates your consciousness, but not in a rational way” – Milton Glaser
A True Mirror to Their Minds
May 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The art of a people is a true mirror to their minds” – Jawaharlal Nehru
Travel is Like Love
May 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“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
Wherever I am at the Moment
May 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Home is where the heart is, and my heart is wherever I am at the moment” – Lily Leung
Happiness is a Way of Travel
May 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination” – Roy M. Goodman
Leaving on a Jet Plane
May 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“So kiss me and smile for me, tell me that you’ll wait for me, hold me like you’ll never let me go. Cause I’m leavin’ on a jet plane, don’t know when I’ll be back again. Oh babe, I hate to go.” – Peter, Paul and Mary (Leaving on a Jet Plane)
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Being in a Ship
May 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned” – Samuel Johnson
The Sleeper Must Awaken
May 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken” – Frank Herbert
The Genius that is the Human Eye
May 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Not to travel would be an insult to the genius that is the human eye’ – James Norris
Only Way of Catching a Train
May 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The only way of catching a train I ever discovered is to miss the train before” – G. K. Chesterton
Far Better Things Ahead
May 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind” – C. S. Lewis
Coast to Coast Without Seeing Anything
May 19, 2013 By 1 Comment
“The interstate highway system is a wonderful thing. It makes it possible to go from coast to coast without seeing anything or meeting anybody. If the United States interests you, stay off the interstates” – Charles Kuralt
I’m Going to Katmandu
May 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“I think I’m going to Katmandu, that’s really, really where I’m going to” – Bob Seger (Katmandu)
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A Fork in the Road
May 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“When you come to a fork in the road… take it” – Yogi Berra
Two Emotions in a Plane
May 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“There are only two emotions in a plane: boredom and terror” – Orson Welles
Those Who Wander
May 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Not all those who wander are lost” – J. R. R. Tolkien
Teetering in the Unknown
May 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown” – Gaby Basora
A Nation’s Culture
May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people” – Mohandas Gandhi
How We Spend Our Lives
May 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Because how we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives” – Anne Dillard
Born a Ramblin’ Man
May 11, 2013 By 2 Comments
“And when it’s time for leavin’, I hope you’ll understand, that I was born a ramblin’ man” – Allman Brothers Band (Ramblin’ Man)
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Seekers After Answers
May 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“We travel as seekers after answers we cannot find at home” – Phil Cousineau
Paths are Made by Walking
May 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Travelers, there is no path, paths are made by walking” – Antonio Machado
Memories and Footprints
May 8, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Take only memories, leave only footprints” – Chief Seattle
Safely Land in a Plane
May 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Whenever we safely land in a plane, we promise God a little something” – Mignon McLaughlin
Further One Goes
May 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The further one goes, the less one knows” – Lao Tzu
Homeward Bound
May 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories, and every stranger’s face I see, reminds me that I long to be homeward bound” – Simon & Garfunkel (Homeward Bound)
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Thought of Travelling
May 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The thought of travelling should not restrict the travelling of thought” – Michael Coldham-Fussell
Leave a Trail
May 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Perception of Reality
May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“After a lifetime of world travel I’ve been fascinated that those in the third world don’t have the same perception of reality that we do” – Jim Harrison
Travel for Fulfillment
April 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment” – Hilaire Belloc
No Happiness for the Person Who Does Not Travel
April 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“There is no happiness for the person who does not travel. For Indra is the friend of the traveler, therefore wander!” – Brähmann
Fear Makes Strangers of People
April 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends” – Shirley MacLaine
L.A. Woman
April 27, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Just got into town about an hour ago, took a look around, see which way the wind blow” – The Doors (L.A. Woman)
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Escape Like the Squirrels
April 26, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“When we get out of the glass bottle of our ego and when we escape like the squirrels in the cage of our personality and get into the forest again, we shall shiver with cold and frigidity, but things will happen to us so that we don’t know ourselves. Cool, unlying life will rush in” […]
Travel is Most Difficult for an Artist
April 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist” – W. H. Auden
Not Until We Are Lost
April 24, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves” – Henry David Thoreau
Like a Tree Without Roots
April 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots” – Marcus Garvey
Hardest Part of His Journey
April 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“He who is outside his door already has the hardest part of his journey behind him” – Dutch Proverb
Out of My Brain on a Train
April 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Inside outside, leave me alone. Inside outside, nowhere is home. Inside outside, where have I been? Out of my brain on the 5:15… Out of my brain on a train” – The Who (5:15)
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You Are Only Halfway There
April 19, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“When you have completed 95 percent of your journey, you are only halfway there” – Japanese Proverb
Leave the City of Comfort
April 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition” – Alan Alda
Travel Makes You Richer
April 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer” – Anonymous
Try New Places All the Time
April 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“The wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time” – Paul Fussell
Going Alone in Silence
April 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Only by going alone in silence, without baggage, can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness. All other travel is mere dust and hotels and baggage and chatter” – John Muir
When the Journey’s Over
April 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Clay lies still, but blood’s a rover. Breath’s aware that will not keep. Up, lad: when the journey’s over there’ll be time enough to sleep” – A. E. Housman
You Are a Tourist
April 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“And if you feel just like a tourist in the city you were born, then it’s time to go and define your destination; there’s so many different places to call home” – Death Cab for Cutie (You Are a Tourist)
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You Must Travel It for Yourself
April 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Not I, not anyone else, can travel that road for you – You must travel it for yourself” – Walt Whitman
Living on Earth is Expensive
April 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Living on Earth is expensive, but it includes a free trip around the Sun” – Anonymous
A Journey is Like a Marriage
April 10, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it” – John Steinbeck
Make Voyages!
April 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Make voyages! Attempt them… there’s nothing else” – Tennesee Williams
Possess the World
April 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“To travel is to possess the world” – Burton Holmes
We Need a Holiday
April 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“If we took a holiday, took some time to celebrate, just one day out of life, it would be, it would be so nice” – Madonna (Holiday)
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A Tiny Place You Occupy in the World
April 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” – Gustave Flaubert
Two Ways to Live Your Life
April 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle” – Albert Einstein
Men Who Make a City
April 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“It is men who make a city, not walls or ships” – Thucydides
Aware of the Outside World
April 2, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Through travel I first became aware of the outside world; it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into becoming a part of it” – Eudora Welty
Just One Night
April 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
“Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go now, yeah, yeah, let’s go… Before it’s too late, before she’s gone away…” – Sunrise (Just One Night)
