Okay, I admit it. I am a complete sucker for travel quotes. When you’re taking the road less traveled, away from the office space, travel quotes keep you motivated. They take the place of that inspirational boss who pushes you to work hard. They remind you that you following your dreams will always lead to success.
And in our search for motivation to follow through and move abroad to Austria, we came across our fair share of inspiration. Whether the words came from Walt Disney, JRR Tolkien or an unknown author, each quote helped us in a completely different way. Their words reminded us to focus on what’s most important in life: PASSION.
Here is a list of travel quotes that have made a difference in our lives. We’ve paired them with images from our travels that depict the same feeling the words convey. We hope they inspire you to think outside of the box, figure out what your heart wants, and follow it blindly, without looking back.
Our Favorite Inspirational Travel Quotes
1. “If we were meant to stay in one place, we’d have roots instead of feet.”
2. “A year from now, you will wish you had started today.” – Karen Lamb
3. “Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me… Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.” – Shel Silverstein
4. “Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever.” – Walt Disney
5. “The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one.” – Elbert Hubbard
6. “Every adventure starts with a single step.”
7. “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist.” – Oscar Wilde
8. “You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose site of the shore.” – David Weatherford
9. “There is freedom waiting for you, on the breezes of the sky. And you ask “What if I fall?” Oh but my darling, what if you fly?” – Erin Hanson
10. “Still round the corner, there may wait, a new road or a secret gate.” – JRR Tolkien
11. “If you’re running from the past and looking to the future, it doesn’t leave much room for the present.”
12. “All great changes are preceded by chaos.” – Depak Shopra
13. “You are confined only by the walls you build yourself.”
14. “It is a big and beautiful world. Most of us live and die in the same corner where we were born and never get to see any of it. I don’t want to be most of us.” – Oberyn Martell, Game of Thrones
15. “One day your life with flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching.”
16. “To see the world, things dangerous to come to. To see behind the walls, draw closer. To find each other. And to feel. That is the purpose of life.” –The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
17. “Our footprints always follow us on days when it’s been snowing. They always show us where we’ve been, but never where we’re going.” – Winnie the Pooh
18. “Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.” – Disraeli
19. “Some of us think holding on makes us stronger, but sometimes it is letting go.” – Hermann Hesse
20. “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” – Beverly Sills
21. “A river cuts through rock not because of its power, but its persistence.”
