13 Quotes That Will Make You Want to Get Up and Go

Recently, I asked some of my favorite travel writers what their favorite quotes are.  Here’s what they came up with:

Andi of My Beautiful Adventures: “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain

Annette of Bucket List Journey: ”Don’t tell me how educated you are, tell me how much you traveled.” – Mohammed

Beverly of Pack Your Passport: ”Go confidently in the direction of your dreams, live the life you’ve imagined!” – Henry David Theroux.

Fidel of Scene With a Hart: ”In the world, there are so many women with which you can sleep and so few women with which you can speak.” – Ernest Hemingway

Hayley of Hayley on Holiday: “Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer.” – Unknown

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Helen of Travel With Laughter: “Laughter is an instant vacation.” – Milton Berle

Jacqueline of 6 Months of Live: ”I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

Justin of Justin Was Here: ”Some people chase dreams. Other people are meant to LIVE them.” - Justin Jones

Kate of Adventurous Kate: ”Drink heavily with locals whenever possible.” - Anthony Bourdain

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Matthew of Matthew Hirtes: ”The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination.” - Don Williams, Jr.

Melissa of Press Play: “Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” – Paul Theroux

Pamela of Spunkgirl Monologues: “Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” - Maya Angelou

Here’s one of my favorites: “I can’t see this world unless I go outside my Southern Comfort Zone.” – Brad Paisley

Do you have a favorite travel related quote?

Be sure to check out my Thought of the Day series on Facebook for more wonderful quotes.   I also share quotes via Twitter and Pinterest.

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