25 Travel and Vacation Quotes to Inspire Your Next Adventure

Heed these words of travel wisdom from Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain and more.

25 Travel and Vacation Quotes to Inspire Your Next Adventure

Woman hiking in a lake

After Anthony Bourdain's death in 2018, many people shared one of his most enduring and beautiful quotes: "Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s OK. The journey changes you."

Bourdain isn't the only one with profound thoughts to share on the power of travel. Throughout history, authors, philosophers and other great minds have shared their brilliant musings on how travel can make us stronger, more enlightened, more open-minded and all-around better people.

Here are some of our favorite words of travel wisdom. Use these vacation quotes to be inspired for your next life-changing journey.

A Travel Quote for Book Lovers

Augustine of Hippo travel quote

On the Illusion of Control When We Travel

John Steinbeck quote

Travel Breaks Down Barriers

Mark Twain prejudice and travel opinion

Strive to Make It a Daring Adventure

Inspirational Helen Keller quote

We Live for Those Breathtaking Moments in Far-Flung Places

Quote by Maya Angelou

And Humans Are Not Built for Mindlessly Repetitive Routines

John A. Shedd ship metaphor

One of the Best Things About Travel Is That It Continuously Pushes You Out of Your Comfort Zone

Neale Donald Walsch comfort zone

And Each One Is Unlike Any Other

Sunrise and sunset quote by Jo Watson

Ship or Mountain, Don't Wait for Things to Happen to You

Jonathan Winters inspirational quote

Seek Out New Experiences as Often as Possible

Frank Herbert on new experiences

On the Difference Between Tourists and Travelers

Paul Theroux on tourists

A Figurative Trail, Not an Actual One

Ralph Waldo Emerson quote

Sometimes, We Need to State the Obvious

Wallace Stevens quote on the beauty of the world

Traveling Takes Courage, But It Is Always Worth It

Andre Gide courage quote

The More You Travel, the Bigger the World Gets

Knowledge and travel quote from Mark Hertsgaad

Gather as Many Stories as You Can

Ibn Battuta travel quote

Traveling Is the Ultimate Education

Mohammed travel quote

Travel Is Like Yoga for the Mind

Oliver Wendell Holmes quote

Don't Limit Yourself by Not Taking Risks

Inspirational T.S. Eliot quote

The Journey Is the Destination

Ernest Hemingway quote on journeys

Where We've Lived, But Also, Where We've Traveled

Willian Langewiesche travel quote

Thus Why We'll Always Seek to See the Moon on the Other Side of the World

Mary Anne Radmacher quote

Travel Pro Tip: Get Lost as Often as Possible

Erol Ozan on getting lost

This Is Why There Is No Such Thing as Too Much Travel

Change quote Roberto Bolano

Kerouac's Got a Point: Shut Up and Travel

Jack Kerouac On the Road quote