Travel Quotes - Page 15

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels.

The person you have known a long tme is embedded in you like a jewel. The person you have just met casts out a few glistening beams & you are fascinated to see more of them. How many more are there? With someone you've barely met the curiosity is intoxicating.

People come back from flights and tell you a story like it's a horror story. That's how bad they make it sound. They're like, 'It was the worst day of my life. We didn't board for 20 minutes and they made us sit there on the runway for 40 minutes.' Oh really? What happened next? Did you fly in the air, incredibly, like a bird? Did you partake in the miracle of human flight you non-contributing zero?'

Courage is found in unlikely places.

I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

Traveler, there is no path, the path must be forged as you walk.

Everyone has a photographic Memory, some just don't have film.

I used to think that nails-down-a-chalkboard was the worst sound in the world. Then I moved on to people-eating-cereal-on-the-phone. But only this week did I stumble across the rightful winner: it's the sound of a baggage carousel coming to a grinding halt, having reunited every passenger on your flight with their luggage, except for you.

I believe when you’re stuck in one spot for too long it’s best to throw a grenade where you stand, and jump…and pray.

Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you call. Wanted to sail upon your waters, since I was three feet tall. You've seen it all, you've seen it all. Watched the men who rode you, switch from sails to steam. In your belly, you hold the treasure that few have ever seen, most of them dreams, most of them dreams.

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

I think once you start traveling, you don’t stop

Hymns are companions for life travelers.

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

Airline hostesses show you how to use a seatbelt in case you haven't been in a car since 1965.

One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.

It’s daunting to find the language so foreign, so distant, but also so thrilling. One is absolved of responsibility when the language is incomprehensible.

I love flying. I've been to almost as many places as my luggage.

Adventure is worthwhile.

I have experimental evidence that time travel is not possible.

The Wanderlust has got me... by the belly-aching fire

Maps encourage boldness. They're like cryptic love letters. They make anything seem possible.

I had a desire to see something besides my own shores, if only to be content to return to them someday. If I wish to live in my native land and love her, it should not be out of ignorance.

There is something special about a quiet untouched forest that just pulls you into the moment. Something that no parks will ever be able to achieve. Isn't that what we're all searching for in life? To just be happy and content in the moment, to just be there in the "now"?