Our favourite inspirational travel quotes that encouraged us to travel – with abandon – over the years. Maybe they will do the same for you…
For us, there is no such thing as luxury travel; travel is, by default, a luxury. It is a privilege provided by the country of our birth, a privilege that many are not as fortunate to enjoy.
Sometimes, we have to pinch ourselves at just how ridiculous our lives have become: an ex-teacher and jobbing writer travelling the world for a living. It is absurd, it is astonishing, it is a luxury.
When I first went travelling at 21 years old, my father gave me this quote scrawled on a piece of card.
It encouraged me to get out, make the most of my privilege, see the world and enjoy the benefits of travelling – it remains one of the most inspirational travel quotes I’ve read (even if Twain did not actually say it).
Today, nearly 20 years and 90 countries later, it’s still in my wallet. Despite its tattered and dishevelled appearance, it’s every bit as important to me now as it was then.
With that in mind, we’ve collated our most beloved inspirational travel quotes to encourage readers to “explore, dream and discover” for themselves.
inspirational travel quotes
1. “To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.”
– Bill Bryson
2. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
– St. Augustine
3. “Travel is never a matter of money, but of courage.”
– Paulo Coelho
4. “With age, comes wisdom. With travel, comes understanding.”
– Sandra Lake
5. “When overseas you learn more about your own country, than you do the place you’re visiting.”
– Clint Borgen
6. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”
– Mark Twain
7. “Don’t tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon.”
– Paul Brandt
8. “The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.”
– Henry David Thoreau
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