Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

travel

A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. 3 sayings from George Edward Moore

The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist. 32 more quotes from William Blake

Our deeds still travel with us from afar, and what we have been makes us what we are. 52 quotes from George Eliot

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company. 22 other quotes from Andre Gide

An English man does not travel to see English men. 14 other views from Laurence Sterne

Travelers repose and dream among my leaves. 32 views from William Blake

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. 39 quotes from Robert Louis Stevenson

For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. 39 more wisdom & wit from Robert Louis Stevenson

I've met the most interesting people while flying or on a boat. These methods of travel seem to attract the kind of people I want to be with. 14 quotes from Hedy Lamarr

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive. 39 more views from Robert Louis Stevenson

You cannot travel within and stand still without. 2 quotes from James Lane Allen

He travels the fastest who travels alone. 12 views from Rudyard Kipling

Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. 75 other quotes from Benjamin Disraeli

Travel teaches toleration. 75 quotes from Benjamin Disraeli

To travel is to take a journey into yourself. 3 more quotes from Danny Kaye

Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water. 24 quotes from W. C. Fields

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education in the elder, a part of experience. 67 quotes from Francis Bacon

Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. 45 sayings from Thomas Fuller

We are what our thoughts have made us so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live they travel far. 9 other thoughts from Swami Vivekananda

If you have enthusiasm, you have a very dynamic, effective companion to travel with you on the road to Somewhere. 14 quotes from Loretta Young

I travel to Jakarta, I see what an important country it is. I've been working with them for a year. 2 wisdom & wit from Anatoli Boukreev

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist. 21 quotes from W. H. Auden

We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls. 21 sayings from Anais Nin

Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed. 9 quotes from Howard Nemerov

I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it. 2 other thoughts from Rosalia de Castro

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection. 7 quotes from Lawrence Durrell

Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of. 6 more wisdom & wit from Ella Maillart

The time to enjoy a European trip is about three weeks after unpacking. 4 more thoughts from George Ade

Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, yet you will find nothing anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here. 10 wisdom & wit from Ramakrishna

You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself. 6 quotes from Ella Maillart

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels. 22 more quotes from Henry Adams

Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels. 7 more quotes from Nikos Kazantzakis

Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive. 6 other sayings from Ella Maillart

When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself. 6 more views from Liberty Hyde Bailey

Just got back from a pleasure trip: I took my mother-in-law to the airport. 16 views from Henny Youngman

Travel, of course, narrows the mind. 8 quotes from Malcolm Muggeridge

Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work. 17 quotes from Chief Joseph

Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man. 17 more views from John Burroughs

To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. 42 thoughts from Josh Billings

Travelling expands the mind rarely. 3 sayings from Hans Christian Andersen

A wise traveler never despises his own country. 38 thoughts from William Hazlitt

I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do. 13 quotes from John Muir

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world. 38 more quotes from William Hazlitt

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more. 70 other quotes from Thomas Jefferson

To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world. 13 more views from John Muir

It is not fit that every man should travel it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. 38 sayings from William Hazlitt

I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad and to travel for it too! 81 more wisdom & wit from William Shakespeare

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. 52 wisdom & wit from Gilbert K. Chesterton

When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable. 3 other quotes from Clifton Paul Fadiman

I have found adventure in flying, in world travel, in business, and even close at hand... Adventure is a state of mind - and spirit. 3 more thoughts from Jacqueline Cochran

I might have been born in a hovel but I am determined to travel with the wind and the stars. 3 thoughts from Jacqueline Cochran

Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther. 2 other thoughts from Thomas Hood

The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see. 52 more quotes from Gilbert K. Chesterton

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. 135 more quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time. 6 quotes from Jerzy Kosinski

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. 9 thoughts from Charles Spurgeon

Travel gives me the opportunity to walk through the sectors of cities where one can clearly see the passage of time. 6 other quotes from Jerzy Kosinski

I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad. 115 other wisdom & wit from George Bernard Shaw

To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries. 45 wisdom & wit from Aldous Huxley

Never go on trips with anyone you do not love. 35 quotes from Ernest Hemingway

Two great talkers will not travel far together. 2 quotes from George Borrow

Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up. 35 more quotes from Ernest Hemingway

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. 6 sayings from Hilaire Belloc

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success. 10 views from John D. Rockefeller

It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for the opportunity to rain on a tent. 27 more thoughts from Dave Barry

The photograph reverses the purpose of travel, which until now had been to encounter the strange and unfamiliar. 19 wisdom & wit from Marshall McLuhan

For people to understand me when I travel, I speak with my hands. 2 thoughts from Marcel Carne

I was born to travel and write verse. 3 quotes from Theophile Gautier

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything. 8 views from Charles Kuralt

Venice is like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go. 4 quotes from Truman Capote

In America there are two classes of travel - first class, and with children. 10 thoughts from Robert Benchley

I would travel only by horse, if I had the choice. 2 quotes from Linda McCartney

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears. 5 sayings from Cesare Pavese

When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee. 8 other quotes from Helen Hayes

Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities. 8 more quotes from Lewis Mumford

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. 4 quotes from Lin Yutang

I travel the garden of music, thru inspiration. It's a large, very large garden, seen? 2 quotes from Peter Tosh

If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul. 8 thoughts from Alphonse de Lamartine

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. 100 quotes from Oscar Wilde