Traveling Quotes

Paris is a place in which we can forget ourselves, reinvent, expunge the dead weight of our past.

Michael Simkins

The more I see of other countries the more I love my own.

The little Road says Go The little House says Stay And oh it's bonny here at home But I must go away.

Josephine P. Peabody

Good company in a journey makes the way to seem the shorter.

Travel teaches toleration.

Benjamin Disraeli

I am fevered with the sunset I am fretful with the bay For the wander-thirst is on me And my soul is in Cathay.

As the Spanish proverb says "He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him." So it is in traveling: a man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge.

Down to Gehenna or up to the throne He travels the fastest who travels alone.

Rudyard Kipling

This was his first trip on the Ossifar Distana, his first real splash in life. Look what it got him. Mister Smiff liked anonymity. He kept a low profile, often traveling under assumed names, claiming to be anything from a banker to a (very) successful life insurance salesman. He’d never broken the law, at least not irreparably. He was quite generous, well liked, sponsoring many charities anonymously – which is why it was so surprising to find him floating face down in the private spa in his apartment, murdered. He had been murdered, unless it was a freak shaving accident. Those old razors weren’t called cut-throats for nothing. Yikes.

Christina Engela

Want more fizz in your life? Shake things up.

Practice trust in small matters for huge returns in the large ones.

Nothing is lost in a stumble, only in the refusal to get up.

The alchemy of diamonds from the rough is to mine every moment.

Experiment with grounding yourself with who you are, not what you do.

Those who walk the talk get the work.

As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to reconnect with a long-held love.

If you’ve broken any promises you’ve made to yourself, now is the time to make up for it.

The beauty of New York rests on a completely different base. It's unintentional. It arose independent of human design, like a stalagmitic cavern. Forms which are in themselves quite ugly turn up fortuitously, without design, in such incredible surroundings that they sparkle with a sudden wondrous poetry.

Whether by plane, bus or carpet, own the magic in your ride.

If you built the box, you can also break it down.

When life hands you lemons, why stop at lemonade? Create an entire product line.

If it’s true we only live once, then raise your red velvet curtain every chance you get.

Keep moving. Your next big thing may be just around the corner.

Till your inner garden and your outer landscape will flourish

Give full attention to life’s moments and the images you capture will be everlasting.

The adventures of a lifetime begin with “Yes.

Whether you need to make a call or answer one,don’t put your passions on hold.

Though I have not lived in New York City for more than two decades, these storytellers – from the United States, Britain and Canada – have touched my heart with their openness, inspired me with their joie de vivre and deepened my appreciation for my hometown as a worldwide phenomenon. Welcome to our New York.

Fear not your flame as you flood your caverns with firelight.

By necessity, we are direct and swift in speech and movement. This is the true dynamic that underlies our apocryphal rudeness. Also true: we do not make eye contact. Neither do we encourage it. Consider the number of humans a New Yorker will pass on a given day – on the subway, in a train or bus terminal, in an office or simply walking down the street. To facilitate speed and minimize drama, it’s productive to keep one’s eyes focused ahead.

You’d be surprised who will back down when you speak up.

For all the energy directed toward the stratagem of big city living, New Yorkers are never too distracted to respond to, and more often, proactively assist visitors. Tourists tracing the routes of subway maps with their fingers, squinting at street signs or staring at a slip of paper with confusion are typical recipients of our generosity. We know our city can be as challenging as it is fascinating, and we want visitors to have a good experience.

No map? No problem. Let commitment and determination lead the way.

I know when people think of New York, they think of theater, restaurants, cultural landmarks and shopping,” I told him. “But beyond the iconic skyline and the news from Wall Street, New York is a collection of villages. In our neighborhoods, we attend school, play Kick the Can, handball and ride our bikes. I grew up knowing the names and faces of the baker, the shoe repair family, the Knish man and the Good Humor man who sold me and the other kids in my neighborhood half a popsicle for a nickel. My father took me to the playground where he pushed me on the swing, helped balance me on the seesaw and watched as I hung upside down by my feet on the monkey bars. Yes,” I told the interviewer, “people actually grow up in New York.

At chaos’ core lies the invitation.

If you want it badly enough, it’s yours.

Our lives follow the stories we tell ourselves.

New insights from being present are a gift.

Stay open. You may find your tribe where you least expect it.

From the depths of your well, tap your will.

Increase the number of adventures you act on and you’ll lighten the weight of regret.

Those who receive the blessing are those who see beyond its disguise.

No matter how many strikes are hurled at you, only you decide when you’re out.

Endings are the embryos of new beginnings.

If “Been there, done that” isn’t your mantra,then make haste down your “bucket list.

An unlimited supply of wonder and trust, bolsters life lived as a process of discovery.

Diving in IS testing the water.

Go for it. It will make a great story.

Like flowers blooming through cement,we, too, can grow beyond our cracks.

Be who you are. You may not always please but you will never go wrong.

Be courageous: be still.

Sometimes we have to break down to break through.

When traveling in rural Africa, it's important to not actually *go* to a hospital until the patient is on the brink of expiration, otherwise things are apt to get worse.

With the smell so close, the ocean came into view only a few moments later, sometimes peeking between old brick buildings with bright blue eyes, other times peering for a lingering moment like long lost relatives seeing one another for the first time.

Shannon A. Thompson

...to this day there is something illusionistic and illusory about the relationship of time and space as we experience it in traveling, which is why whenever we come home from elsewhere we never feel quite sure if we have really been abroad.

In my travels I found no answers, only wonders.

A person does not grow from the ground like a vine or a tree, one is not part of a plot of land. Mankind has legs so it can wander.

irony is for a traveler while traveling, happiness increases as the distance increases.

shivangi lavaniya

hough we travel the whole over to find the perfect match,we must carry it with us a light or it's playing hard to catch.

Ana Claudia Antunes

The ride back to Kathmandu was comfortable and relaxing. There were more overturned trucks (the gas-powered ones seem to tip the most often, I’m surprised there weren’t more explosions), goats being herded across the highway by ancient women, children playing games in traffic, private cars and buses alike pulling over in the most inconvenient places for a picnic or public bath, and best of all the suicidal overtaking maneuvers (or what we would call ‘passing’) by our bus and others while going downhill at incredible speeds or around hairpin turns uphill with absolutely no power left to actually get around the other vehicle.

Jennifer S. Alderson

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