Quote#503
Travel isn't always pretty
Travel isn't always pretty. It isn't always comfortable. But that's okay. The journey changes you.
200 travel quotes, part 2
100 quotes on this page. It covers Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania. Page 2 of 2.
Page 2 of 2
100 quotes on this page. It covers Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania. Page 2 of 2.
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Quote#508
Move, eat, learn
If you're twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel as far and as widely as possible.
Quote#513
It seems that the more places
It seems that the more places I see and experience, the bigger I realise the world to be.
Quote#518
Open your mind
Travel changes you. As you move through this life you leave marks behind, however small.
Quote#524
Don't tell me how educated
Don't tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you have travelled.
Quote#528
Travel in the younger sort
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
Quote#534
He that travelleth into a country
He that travelleth into a country before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school and not to travel.
Quote#538
Let your memory be your travel bag
Let your memory be your travel bag.
Quote#542
Stop worrying about the potholes
Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.
Quote#548
Life begins at the end
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.
Quote#552
Do one thing every day
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Quote#558
The purpose of life is to live it
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly for newer and richer experience.
Quote#562
Travel far, travel wide
Travel far enough and you will find that the strangest thing about strangers is how quickly they stop being strange.
Quote#568
Two roads diverged
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference.
Quote#573
Miles to go
The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.
Quote#578
In three words
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
Quote#583
The road goes ever on
The road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began.
Quote#588
It's a dangerous business
It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.
Quote#593
Home is behind
Home is behind, the world ahead, and there are many paths to tread.
Quote#598
One's destination
One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.
Quote#603
Travel brings you home
The full use of your powers along lines of excellence is the definition of happiness, and travel stretches them.
Quote#609
I haven't been everywhere
I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list.
Quote#613
To my mind
To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time.
Quote#617
I can't think of anything
I can't think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything.
Quote#623
Life is short
Life is short and the world is wide.
Quote#627
Travel is rebellion
Travel is rebellion in its purest form.
Quote#633
Wanderlust
Wanderlust: a strong desire to travel, from the German for a lust to wander.
Quote#637
Fernweh
Fernweh: a longing for far-off places, the opposite of homesickness.
Quote#643
Resfeber
Resfeber: the restless race of a traveller's heart before the journey begins.
Quote#647
Sonder
Sonder: the realisation that every passer-by is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.
Quote#653
Hygge on the road
Hygge: the warmth of a small, well-lit room while the weather outside does its worst.
Quote#658
Dolce far niente
Dolce far niente: the sweetness of doing nothing, best practised on a terrace after lunch.
Quote#663
Sobremesa
Sobremesa: the conversation that keeps you at the table long after the food is gone.
Quote#668
Saudade
Saudade: the presence of an absence, a longing for something that may never return.
Quote#673
Ikigai
Ikigai: the reason you get up in the morning, worth searching for at home and abroad.
Quote#678
Shinrin-yoku
Shinrin-yoku: forest bathing, the practice of walking slowly among trees with no goal at all.
Quote#683
Wabi-sabi
Wabi-sabi: finding beauty in what is imperfect, weathered and temporary.
Quote#688
Meraki
Meraki: doing something with soul, creativity and love, leaving a piece of yourself in the work.
Quote#694
Ubuntu
Ubuntu: I am because we are.
Quote#698
Hakuna matata
Hakuna matata: there are no worries.
Quote#702
Pole pole
Pole pole: slowly, slowly. The pace that gets you up Kilimanjaro.
Quote#708
Inshallah
Inshallah: if it is meant to be. A useful attitude when the bus is four hours late.
Quote#712
Mañana
Mañana does not always mean tomorrow. Sometimes it just means not today.
Quote#718
Tranquilo
Tranquilo: relax, it will happen, and worrying will not speed it up.
Quote#722
Jugaad
Jugaad: a clever improvised fix made from whatever is at hand.
Quote#728
Mai pen rai
Mai pen rai: never mind, it's fine. The most useful phrase in Thailand.
Quote#732
Kaizen on the road
Kaizen: small continuous improvements. Pack a little lighter every trip.
Quote#738
Nunchi
Nunchi: the art of reading the room without a word being spoken.
Quote#743
Guanxi
Guanxi: the network of relationships that makes things possible.
Quote#748
Lagom
Lagom: not too little, not too much. Just the right amount, including in your backpack.
Quote#753
Sisu
Sisu: stubborn determination in the face of hardship, especially cold and dark.
Quote#758
Friluftsliv
Friluftsliv: open-air living, the belief that being outdoors is a fundamental part of being well.
Quote#763
Allemansratten
Allemansratten: the right to roam. In Sweden the countryside belongs to everyone who respects it.
Quote#769
Gezellig
Gezellig: cosy, convivial, the feeling of a Dutch cafe on a rainy afternoon.
Quote#773
Craic
Craic: good conversation, good company and good fun, usually in that order.
Quote#779
Slainte
Slainte: to your health, the only Gaelic word you truly need in a pub.
Quote#783
Ciao means both
Ciao serves as both hello and goodbye, from a Venetian phrase meaning I am your servant.
Quote#787
Bon voyage
Bon voyage: a good crossing. The phrase is older than the aeroplane by centuries.
Quote#793
Buen camino
Buen camino: the greeting pilgrims exchange on the road to Santiago.
Quote#797
Namaste
Namaste: the light in me honours the light in you.
Quote#803
Shalom and salaam
Shalom and salaam come from the same root and both mean peace.
Quote#807
Aloha means more
Aloha means hello, goodbye and love, and locals will tell you it is a way of behaving, not a greeting.
Quote#813
Mana
Mana: spiritual power and presence, carried by people and by places.
Quote#818
Kaitiakitanga
Kaitiakitanga: guardianship of the land, on the understanding that you are only borrowing it.
Quote#823
Turangawaewae
Turangawaewae: a place to stand, the ground where you feel connected and empowered.
Quote#828
Songlines
Songlines: routes across the land recorded in song, a map you can sing rather than fold.
Quote#833
Walkabout
Walkabout: a journey undertaken on foot to reconnect with country and self.
Quote#838
A guest is a gift
A guest brings good fortune with him.
Quote#843
The guest is God
Atithi Devo Bhava: the guest is equivalent to God.
Quote#848
Travel east, travel west
East, west, home is best.
Quote#854
He who does not travel
He who does not travel does not know the value of men.
Quote#858
Do not follow the path
Do not follow the path. Go where there is no path and begin the trail.
Quote#864
If you want to go fast
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
Quote#868
Smooth seas
A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.
Quote#872
The sea is common
The sea is common to all.
Quote#878
Every road leads
All roads lead to Rome.
Quote#882
When in Rome
When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
Quote#888
A journey shared
A shared journey is half as long.
Quote#892
Travel light, travel far
The lighter the load, the longer the road.
Quote#898
Slowly, slowly
Slowly, slowly the egg walks on legs.
Quote#903
The frog in the well
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
Quote#908
Fall seven times
Fall seven times, stand up eight.
Quote#913
Better a diamond with a flaw
Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one.
Quote#918
Learning is a treasure
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
Quote#923
A book is a garden
A book is a garden carried in the pocket.
Quote#928
Trust in God
Trust in God, but tie up your camel.
Quote#933
The desert teaches
In the desert, the only thing you own is what you can carry.
Quote#939
The best time to plant a tree
The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is now.
Quote#943
A ship without a compass
He who has no destination will never have a favourable wind.
Quote#949
Every exit is an entry
Every exit is an entry somewhere else.
Quote#953
Not I, nor anyone else
Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself.
Quote#957
Afoot and light-hearted
Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.
Quote#963
Now I see the secret
Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.
Quote#967
Keep your eyes on the stars
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
Quote#973
Do what you can
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Quote#977
Far better it is
Far better it is to dare mighty things than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much.
Quote#983
There is nothing like a dream
There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
Quote#988
He who is fixed to a star
He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.
Quote#993
Once you have tasted flight
Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward.
Quote#998
Simplicity is the ultimate
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Pack accordingly.
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