As cheesy as this sounds, I’m obsessed with short travel quotes. I’m constantly scrolling through Pinterest searching for the best travel quotes and adding them to my boards. In fact, I change the background on my phone to a new inspiring and short travel quote every month.
I often cure my post-travel blues by reading short travel quotes. I even look for motivating, short travel quotes right before I embark on a trip to put me in the perfect travel mood.
I’ve put together a list of my absolute favorite short travel quotes and I hope that they inspire you to explore more of this beautiful world!
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Short Travel Quotes: 101 Quotes to Fuel Your Wanderlust
These short travel quotes are perfect for your background on your phone, your Instagram bio, or even your Instagram captions. Wherever you use them, may you feel the joy of traveling!
Inspirational Short Travel Quotes
1. “I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” — Mary Anne Radmacher
2. “The life you’ve led doesn’t have to be the only life you have.” — Anna Quindlen
3. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” — Saint Augustine
4. “Not all those who wander are lost.” — J.R.R. Tolkien
5. Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” — Neale Donald Walsch
6. “Two roads diverged in a wood and I — I took the one less traveled by.” — Robert Frost
7. “Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.” — Jennifer Lee
8. “Take every chance you get in life because some things only happen once.” — Karen Gibbs
9. “The gladdest moment in human life, me thinks, is a departure into unknown lands.” — Sir Richard Burton
10. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” — Andre Gide
11. “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
12. “Don’t tell me how educated you are. Tell me how much you traveled.” — Mohammed
13. “Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience in the world in the way they’ve been told to.” — Alan Keightley
14. “There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.” — Jack Kerouac
15. “The most beautiful in the world is, of course, the world itself.” — Wallace Stevens
16. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
17. “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveller is unaware.” — Martin Buber
18. “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
19. “A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes
20. “Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.” — Irving Wallace
Anonymous Short Travel Quotes
21. “Traveling allows you to become so many different versions of yourself.” — Anonymous
22. “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” — Anonymous
23. “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” — Anonymous
24. “Work, save, travel, repeat.” — Anonymous
25. “Go where you feel the most alive.” — Anonymous
26. “Seek adventures that open your mind.” — Anonymous
27. “Life was meant for good friends and great adventures.”— Anonymous
28. “Don’t be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.” — Anonymous
29. “Collect moments, not things.” — Anonymous
30. “Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience.” — Anonymous
31. “Just go.” — Anonymous
32. “I have an insane calling to be where I’m not.” — Anonymous
33. “Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded.” — Anonymous
34. “Fill your life with experiences, not things. Have stories to tell, not stuff to show.” — Anonymous
35. “Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.” — Anonymous
36. “Replace fear of the unknown with curiosity.” — Anonymous
37. “The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.” — Anonymous
38. “Spontaneity is the best kind of adventure.” — Anonymous
39. “Then, I realized adventures are the best way to learn.” — Anonymous
40. “Adventure may hurt you, but monotony will kill you.” — Anonymous
41. Blessed are the curious for they will have adventures.” — Anonymous
42. “Dare to live the life you’ve always wanted.” — Anonymous
43. “There is still so much to see.” — Anonymous
44. “Don’t call it a dream. Call it a plan.” — Anonymous
45. “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” — Anonymous
46. “Travel. See the world.” — Anonymous
47. Traveling — it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” — Anonymous
48. “Travel is life.” — Anonymous
49. “It doesn’t matter where you are. You are nowhere compared to where you can go.” — Anonymous
50. “The goal is to die with memories — not dreams.” — Anonymous
51. “Better to see something once than hear about it a thousand times.” — Anonymous
52. “Don’t listen to what they say, go see.” — Anonymous
53. “Little by little, one travels far.” — Anonymous
54. “Travel is not a reward for working, it’s education for living.” — Anonymous
55. “It feels good to be lost in the right direction.” — Anonymous
56. “Quit your job, buy a ticket, get a tan, fall in love, never return.” — Anonymous
57. “I love the feeling of being anonymous in a city I’ve never been before.”
58. “You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy a plane ticket and that’s kind of the same thing.” — Anonymous
59. “There’s no way I was meant to just pay bills and die.” — Anonymous
60. “Oh, darling, let’s be adventurers.” — Anonymous
61. “Life is a journey. Make the best of it.” — Anonymous
62. “I need a six month vacation, twice a year.” — Anonymous
General Short Travel Quotes
63. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” Helen Keller
64. “I travel a lot. I hate my having my life be disrupted by routine.” Caskie Stinnett
65. “Take only memories, leave only footprints.” — Chief Seattle
66. “Oh, the places you’ll go.” Dr. Seuss
67. “To travel is to live.” — Hans Christian Andersen
68. “I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met.” — Melody Truong
69. “Travel far enough, you meet yourself.” — David Mitchell
70. “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” — Anita Desai
71. “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” — Confucius
72. “Live life with no excuses, travel with no regrets.” — Oscar Wilde
73. “People don’t take trips — trips take people.” — John Steinbeck
74. “If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet.” — Rachel Wolchin
75. “Adventure is worthwhile.” – Amelia Earhart
76. “Life is short and the world is wide.” — Simon Raven
77. “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist.” — Oscar Wilde
78. Jobs fill your pocket. Adventures fill your soul.” — Jamie Lyn Beatty
79. “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” — Aldous Huxley
80. “A great way to learn about your country is to leave it.” — Henry Rollins
81. “You don’t have to be rich to travel well.” — Eugene Fodor
82. “Travel is never a matter of money but of courage.” — Paolo Coelho
83. “Live your life by a compass, not a clock.” — Stephen Covey
84. “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” — Susan Sontag
85. “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” — Mae West
86. “With age, comes wisdom. With travel, comes understanding.” — Sandra Lake
87. “I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.” — Carl Sandburg
88. “You go away for a long time and return a different person — you never come all the way back.” — Paul Theroux
89. “Travel… the best way to be lost and found at the same time.” — Brenna Smith
90. “The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.” — Oprah Winfrey
91. “Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.” — Dalai Lama
92. “Doing what you like is freedom. Liking what you do is happiness.” — Frank Tyger
93. “I love to travel but hate to arrive.” — Albert Einstein
94. “Jet lag is for amateurs.” — Dick Clarck
95. “Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.” — Robin Sharma
96. “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” — Abraham Lincoln
97. “In the world through which I travel, I am endlessly creating myself.” — Frantz Fanon
98. “Sometimes when you lose your way, you find yourself.” — Mandy Hale
99. “The only true failure would be not to explore at all.” — Ernest Shackleton
100. “The world is not in your maps and books. It’s out there.” — The Hobbit
101. “To travel is to take a journey into yourself.” — Danny Kaye
Which one of these short travel quotes is your favorite? Let me know in the comments below!
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Disha Smith is the founder of Disha Discovers. She quit her job in 2017 to travel the world to explore new cultures and experience new adventures. She has since been to 95+ countries and counting and has lived in South Africa, Thailand, Croatia, and Australia. She has done all kinds of travel ranging from luxury to budget backpacking, and her mission is to inspire others to discover their own sense of adventure and to help them plan a life full of meaningful experiences through travel.