Wanderlust on Paper: 36 Must-Have Short Travel Quotes for Your Journal

Wanderlust on Paper: 36 Must-Have Short Travel Quotes for Your Journal

At our core, we are all travelers. We keep a travel journal not only to preserve our memories but also to ignite inspiration for future journeys and to help plan new adventures. I've gathered 36 concise travel quotes that can enrich your journal pages. Combine them with photos from your trip and travel-themed stickers to craft a unique, memorable keepsake.
 
1. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. -Lao Tzu
2. A ship in a harbor is safe, but it is not what ships are built for. -John A. Shedd
3. Adventure is worthwhile. -Aesop
4. Always take the scenic road.
5. Be careful who you make memories with. Those things can last a lifetime. -Ugo Eze
6. Go where you feel most alive.
7. I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth. Then I ask myself the same question. -Harun Yahya
8. I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. -Mary Anne Radmacher

 
9. I don’t know the question, but travel is definitely the answer.
10. I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list. -Susan Sontag
11I love places that make you realize how tiny you and your problems are.
12I love to travel, but hate to arrive. -Albert Einstein
13If it scares you, it may be a good thing to try. -Seth Godin
14If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears. -Glenn Clark
15Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. -Neale Donald Walsch
16Life is a journey, not a destination. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
17Live your life by a compass, not a clock.
18No matter how you travel, it’s still you going. -Jeff Goldblum
19. Not all who wander are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien
20Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves. -Henry David Thoreau

 
21Of all the books in all the world, the best stories are found between the pages of a passport.
22One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. -Henry Miller
23Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost. -Erol Ozan
24So shut up, live, travel, adventure, bless, and don’t be sorry. -Jack Kerouac, “Desolation Angels”
25The best things in life are the people we love, the places we’ve been, and the memories we’ve made along the way.
26To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. -Dame Freya Madeline Stark
27To travel is to take a journey into yourself. -Danny Kaye
28. Travel far enough, you meet yourself. -David Mitchell
29. Travel is the spice of life. -Charley Boorman

 
30Travel like Gandhi, with simple clothes, open eyes, and an uncluttered mind. -Rick Steves
31Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. -Gustave Flaubert
32Travel opens your heart, broadens your mind, and fills your life with stories to tell.
33Wanderlust isn’t about running away from it all. It’s about experiencing the outside to discover the inside. -Unknown
34We must travel in the direction of our fear. -John Berryman
35. We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment. -Hilaire Belloc
36.Wherever you go, go with all your heart. -Confucius

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