34 Quotes That Inspire Wanderlust
Today we decided to share something a little different. This is a list of 34 wanderlust quotes that have inspired us while working towards and planning our upcoming 2-year trip. We like to put little reminders on our lock screens, on the refrigerator, in our debt-free binder which is now our trip planning binder, and in the day planner, we use to keep track of bills and deadlines. These wanderlust quotes have helped to motivate us when we were feeling defeated or stressed out from working way too much. We hope that they inspire you as much as they have us.
1.) One Day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now. – Paulo Coelho
This one hit me hard. I have a very long bucket list and felt like I hadn’t made much of a dent in it. Anytime I was questioning if I was crazy during this process I would come back to this quote. Michael is much more go with the flow so it didn’t seem to bother him as much.
2.) Move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. Walk in someone else’s shoes or at least eat their food. Open your mind, get up off the couch, move. – Anthony Bourdain
We always loved this man and were so saddened by how his story ended. He has touched so many lives and encouraged many people to step out of their comfort zone. This definately deserves a place on our wanderlust quotes list.
3.) Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it solely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime. – Mark Twain
This is one of those wanderlust quotes that really shakes you to get out of your hometown if only for a little while. The world is a big place. Get out there!
4.) I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. You can’t read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense of how things work, you can’t even reliably cross a street without endangering your life. Your whole existence becomes a series of interesting guesses. – Bill Bryson
We have been traveling with kids for so long that we always try to see things through a child’s eyes. We are oddly looking forward to not knowing what is going on and getting out of our comfort zones.
5.) There was no defining moment, no end result, and no sudden enlightenment. I had waited for it in vain when I should have been living in the moment, enjoying a journey, my journey, my time on this planet. – Keith Foskett
This is from The Journey In Between: A Thru-Hiking Adventure on El Camino de Santiago that I just finished last month. I had to save this when I got to it. These words spoke to my very soul. It was the perfect quote for mindfulness during travel. I am a planner. I have been working hard to stay in the moment as often as possible. Thanks Foz for the perfect quote at the perfect time.
6.) Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Total wanderlust quote!
7.) The world is big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark. – John Muir
A classic wanderlust quote to inspire all of us to get out there more.
8.) Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things: air, sleep, dreams, sea, the sky. All things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it. – Cesare Pavese
Wow! Just Wow! This one has spent some serious time on a post-it note in our travel binder.
9.) Sometimes you just need an adventure to cleanse the bitter taste of life from your soul.
We can’t figure out where this one came from but if any of you know, please let us know if you do. We enjoy the idea of this because we have had these moments many times.
10.) Blessed are the curious for they shall have adventures. – Lovelle Drachman
Don’t be surprised if you see this on a sign in our camper this fall because it’s one of our favorites!
11.) The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. – Lao Tzu
Everybody knows this one but it really helped us when we were plugging away trying to get out of debt and work our way towards two years of RV travel. It sounded like an impossible dream when we started but one little step at a time we have made huge strives towards living out our wildest dreams.
12.) The only impossible journey is the one you never begin. – Tony Robbins
This one goes right along with #11 and has been inspiring us to keep working to make our dreams come true.
13.) Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; It is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living. – Mary Ritter Beard
This one lives in our trip planning binder right now.
14.) In God’s wilderness lies the hope of the world. – John Muir
Maybe that’s why we love being outside so much. We love to hike and really get out into nature as much as we can.
15.) Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere. – Isabelle Eberhardt
This is another one that just speaks to our souls. It’s the perfect wanderlust quote.
16.) Travel is never a matter of money but of courage. – Paolo Coelho
This one might bother some people but we kept this in our debt-free binder while working on paying everything off. I know plenty of people that could move somewhere else but chose not to because they are afraid of change or the unknown. I had to calm some of my own fears to make the choice to go all-in and live our dreams. Getting to a point where this trip is a real possibility has taken a ton of work and sacrifice but it’s also taken a lot of courage.
17.) A ship in a harbor is safe. But that’s not what ships are built for. – John A. Shedd
Another one to remind me to have the courage to do what I have always dreamed of.
18.) For what it’s worth; it’s never too late, or in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best of the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you have never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find you are not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again. – Eric Roth
More beautiful courage to add to my wanderlust.
19.) Go where you feel most alive.
This one is simple but it is a great reminder.
20.) We have nothing to lose and a world to see.
Michael bought me a little jewelry tray that says this on the trip that started all of our conversations about wanting to travel for a couple of years with our kids. We see it everyday and it stays with us.
21.) I have loved her, my little wanderer, with a mind full of wild forests and eyes that await adventures. – Conny Cernik
A lovely wanderlust quote!
22.) If you never go, you will never know.
23.) It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. – Edmund Hillary
It’s definitely a battle of our will to go for this!
24.) All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost: The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. – J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit and LOTR are my favorite books of all time.
25.) Oh Darling, Let’s be adventurers.
26.) If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal. – Paulo Coelho
This reminds us to keep pushing past our comfort zones.
27.) We must take adventures in order to know where we truly belong. – Unknown
The point of this trip is to figure out where we eventually want to live so this one just feels right.
28.) It’s time to remember what it’s like to feel alive. – Unknown
Total Wanderlust Quote!
29.) I urge you; go find buildings and mountains and oceans to swallow you whole. They will save you, in a way nothing else can. – Christopher Poindexter
When we’re questioning all of our choices, this quote reminds us why we’re doing this.
30.) Explore the world with an open mind, a sturdy carry-on, and clothes that don’t wrinkle. – Madeleine Albright
Cute and fun!
31.) Traveling – It gives you home in a thousand strange places, then leaves you a stranger in your own land. – Ibn Battuta
Wanderlust junkies all know this!
32.) I think it’s time for another adventure. – J.R.R. Tolkien
Aww… I just love this!
33.) I want to make memories all over the world. – Unknown
We do. We really, really do.
34.) If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet. – Patrick Rothfuss
That’s 34 Wanderlust Quotes to hopefully inspire all of you as much as they have inspired us.
Happy Travels!
Days to go: 190!! (6 months and 6 days!!) It’s getting so close!
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