Great Travel Quotes - Page 5

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.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Country, Travel, Adventure

"Does Travel Really Matter Anyway?" by Kim Mance, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 11, 2008.

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Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.

Benjamin Disraeli

Inspirational, Travel, Memorable

Benjamin Disraeli (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Benjamin Disraeli (Illustrated)”, p.481, Delphi Classics

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Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.

Anatole France

Inspirational, Inspiring, Nature

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A wise traveler never despises his own country.

William Hazlitt

Wise, Country, Travel

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To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.

Aldous Huxley

Inspirational, Country, Travel

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The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.

Rudyard Kipling

Inspirational, Funny, Country

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It is not down in any map; true places never are.

Herman Melville

Nature, Travel, Home

Herman Melville (1892). “Moby Dick”, p.57

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If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home.

James A. Michener

Inspirational, Funny, Travel

"Good Advice". Book by William Safire and Leonard Safir, 1982.

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What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do - especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.

William Least Heat-Moon

Travel, Carpe Diem, Past

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We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Inspirational, Life, Beauty

Jawaharlal Nehru (1967). “Aug. 1949-Feb. 1953”

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We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.

Anais Nin

Inspirational, Funny, Travel

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Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversations.

Elizabeth Drew

Travel, Fun, Mind

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To travel is to take a journey into yourself.

Danny Kaye

Travel, Adventure, Journey

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I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.

Mark Twain

Travel, Hate, Memorable

Mark Twain, General Press (2016). “The Complete Works of Mark Twain: All 13 Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Essays”, p.1919, GENERAL PRESS

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There ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. - Mark Twain, author Making the team is one thing, becoming a team is another.

Graham Lowe

Sports, Travel, Team

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Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist.

W. H. Auden

Travel, Artist, Difficult

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The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.

Russell Baker

Inspirational, Funny, Travel

Russell Baker (1965). “All Things Considered”

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You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.

Dr. Seuss

Inspirational, Life, Knowing Who You Are

Theodor Seuss Geisel, “Oh, The Places You'll Go”

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What does it mean to pre-board? Do you get on before you get on?

George Carlin

Inspirational, Funny, Mean Girls

"George Carlin: Jammin' in New York", www.imdb.com. 1992.

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Culture shock is often felt sharply at the borders between countries, but sometimes it doesn't hit fully until you've been in a place for a long time.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Country, Travel, Long

Henri Cartier-Bresson, Michael L. Sand (1999). “The Mind's Eye: Writings on Photography and Photographers”

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In both business and personal life, I've always found that travel inspires me more than anything else I do. Evidence of the languages, cultures, scenery, food, and design sensibilities that I discover all over the world can be found in every piece of my jewelry.

Ivanka Trump

Travel, Journey, Design

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Travel like Ghandi, with simple clothes, open eyes and an uncluttered mind.

Rick Steves

Inspirational, Funny, Travel

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People who don't travel cannot have a global view, all they see is what's in front of them. Those people cannot accept new things because all they know is where they live.

Martin Yan

Inspirational, Travel, Views

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Trust me, it's paradise. This is where the hungry come to feed. For mine is a generation that circles the globe and searches for something we haven't tried before. So never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay the welcome. Just keep your mind open and suck in the experience. And if it hurts, you know what? It's probably worth it.

Alex Garland

Beach, Hurt, Circles

"The Beach". www.imdb.com. February 2, 2000.

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Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost

Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

"The Road Not Taken" l. 16 (1916)

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