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Kristin Addis Quotes

Total quotes: 39
“Nothing is more rewarding and admirable than leading by silent example.”
— Kristin Addis, 6 Steps You Can Take To Become Fearless
Tagged: Life, travel, inspiration, Advice, Self-awareness
“It’s strange how someone who was once my best friend became a total stranger.”
— Kristin Addis, An Open Letter To The One Who Got Away
Tagged: one who got away, Life, Love, Relationships, travel, letter, forgiveness
“One of the biggest regrets of the dying is not being true to and taking more time for themselves.”
— Kristin Addis, 22 Ways Traveling Alone Changes You For The Better
Tagged: travel, self, inspiration, Wanderlust, World, Earth, Culture, humanity
“Traveling shows us that we have more similarities with people from other cultures than differences, that the world isn’t that scary after all, and that people are fundamentally good.”
— Kristin Addis, 22 Ways Traveling Alone Changes You For The Better
Tagged: travel, self, inspiration, Wanderlust, World, Earth, Culture, humanity
“I feel awkward and like everyone’s staring at me when I take selfies. But the downside of leaving a place with no photos of myself in it is greater than the temporary shame I might feel from the stares of a few perfect strangers.”
— Kristin Addis, How To Take Beautiful Travel Photos of Yourself
Tagged: Selfies, Photos, travel
“We know it’s rude to point the bottom of your feet at someone in Thailand, we understand how to shake someone’s hand in Southern Africa, and we grasp that it’s important to say, ‘Bonjour’ when entering a store in France.”
— Kristin Addis, 8 Reasons People Who Travel Make The Best Employees
Tagged: travel, Wanderlust, Success, Life, Lifestyle, Free Spirit, Career, inspiration
“The past is okay with me. Everything that brought me to this point is just fine. All of the things that felt so good and so horrible in the moment led me to this point, and it’s all a learning experience anyways, isn’t it?”
— Kristin Addis, A Thousand New Beginnings: Tales of Solo Female Travel Through Southeast Asia
Tagged: goodbye, The Past, Leetting Go
“You see, the lovely thing about you is the person who you are right here, without the pressures of real life and the stress of where the next paycheck will come from.”
— Kristin Addis, I Could Love You, But I Love The Road Too
Tagged: Love, travel, road, trip, Life, Free Spirit
“When I join a local ceremony, hitchhike across a country, or learn how to ski, do I really need a counterpart there to legitimize that, to legitimize me?”
— Kristin Addis, In Defense Of Single Women Who Travel
Tagged: Womanhood, Single, travel, Free Spirit, Success, Society
“The place to find the perfect out-of-the-box thinkers, problem solvers, and movers and shakers is the arrivals hall at an international airport.”
— Kristin Addis, 8 Reasons People Who Travel Make The Best Employees
Tagged: travel, Wanderlust, Success, Life, Lifestyle, Free Spirit, Career, inspiration
“In time, she will find that it’s not actually all that hard to be captain of the ship.”
— Kristin Addis, 6 Ways A Woman’s Life Is Changed Forever When She Travels Alone
Tagged: travel, Womanhood, Lifestyle, Wanderlust
“Sometimes, something magical happens when you travel: you remember exactly why you’re doing it, and you’re so happy and present in that moment. Sometimes it’s the people you meet; sometimes it’s the places you’re at.”
— Kristin Addis, A Thousand New Beginnings: Tales of Solo Female Travel Through Southeast Asia
Tagged: travel, Why We Travel, The Highs Of Travel
“I always have an open heart and, it makes me both a lover and a habitual hurter. It’s the name of the game we travelers play, and I don’t know how to play it any other way, mistakes and all.”
— Kristin Addis, A Thousand New Beginnings: Tales of Solo Female Travel Through Southeast Asia
Tagged: Open Heart, travel, Travel The World, What It Means To Be A Traveler
“They say all it takes to ruin a place is one bad egg, but I think the opposite. All it took to restore my faith... was one random act of kindness.”
— Kristin Addis, A Thousand New Beginnings: Tales of Solo Female Travel Through Southeast Asia
Tagged: One Act of Kindness, Be Kind, Bad Eggs
“True freedom from fear lies in caring less what others think, and the first step in ceasing to care what people think of you is ceasing to care what their reactions are.”
— Kristin Addis, 6 Steps You Can Take To Become Fearless
Tagged: True Freedom, Freedom
“America, we need more cities organized like those in Europe. Sorry, BP, you (and your profits) can suck an egg.”
— Kristin Addis, 8 Things About The United States That Seriously Confuse People From Everywhere Else
Tagged: travel, Friendship, tips, Advice, inspiriation, Wanderlust, America, Culture
“Why can’t being single and free be as valuable and respected as the role of a mother or wife?”
— Kristin Addis, In Defense Of Single Women Who Travel
Tagged: Womanhood, Single, travel, Free Spirit, Success, Society
“I think I’m better off spending my time in a relationship with myself, out exploring the world, becoming more in tune with the person who I will most definitely never break up with – me.”
— Kristin Addis, In Defense Of Single Women Who Travel
Tagged: Womanhood, Single, travel, Free Spirit, Success, Society
“Corporations negotiate with millions and travelers do so with dollars and cents – volume is really the only difference.”
— Kristin Addis, 8 Reasons People Who Travel Make The Best Employees
Tagged: travel, Wanderlust, Success, Life, Lifestyle, Free Spirit, Career, inspiration
“The longer she travels on her own, the more likely she is to prioritize experiences above all else. Stilettos and purses will lose their luster; she’ll crave far off places and splurge on plane tickets instead.”
— Kristin Addis, 6 Ways A Woman’s Life Is Changed Forever When She Travels Alone
Tagged: travel, Womanhood, Lifestyle, Wanderlust
“I don’t have to internalize negativity from someone whose opinion doesn’t matter dearly to me.”
— Kristin Addis, 30 Healthy Promises To Make To Yourself Before Turning 30
Tagged: Negativity, Your In Control Of Your Emotions
“You probably had no idea your friendship is exactly what the doctor ordered.”
— Kristin Addis, A Thousand New Beginnings: Tales of Solo Female Travel Through Southeast Asia
Tagged: Friendship, Perfect Friendship, Thanks For Being My Friend, Good Friends, Best Friends
“Compassion heals and helps us understand. It cultivates patience and removes the ‘us vs. them’ mentality. It improves the mood and when you feel connections to people rather than differences, life becomes easier.”
— Kristin Addis, Solo Female Travel: Musing On Travel with Kristin Addis
Tagged: Compassion, Healing, Us. Vs Them
“All I have ever really wanted out of the world is to see the whole of it.”
— Kristin Addis, A Thousand New Beginnings: Tales of Solo Female Travel Through Southeast Asia
Tagged: See The World, Travel The World, travel
“I won’t let my scars keep me from living openly and spontaneously. It’ll just take some time to get there, and that’s okay.”
— Kristin Addis, A Thousand New Beginnings: Tales of Solo Female Travel Through Southeast Asia
Tagged: Scars, Moving On, Letting Go
“If we end it right in the throes of infatuation, remembering it only for the nights entangled in romance and lust, before there could be any complications or hurt pride,
then we’ll both be safe.”
— Kristin Addis, We’re Just Damaged Goods Looking For Love
Tagged: Love, travel, Life, Free Spirit, vulnerability
“It’s a pretty American thing to say, ‘We should totally hang out again sometime,’ without meaning it one iota.”
— Kristin Addis, 8 Things About The United States That Seriously Confuse People From Everywhere Else
Tagged: Americans, Americans and Friendship, Idiosyncrasies of Americans
“Maybe those around you expressed concern or tried to talk you out of it, because the idea of a girl traveling on her own still, unfortunately, draws some skepticism.”
— Kristin Addis, 13 Questions All Solo Female Travelers Are So Tired Of Answering
Tagged: Womanhood, Fearless, female, travel, Life, Opportunity, Free Spirit, Wanderlust
“Each time I walk into a hostel I make five new friends, each time a local takes interest in why I’m alone, I get invited to a family dinner or a cool local ceremony.”
— Kristin Addis, 13 Questions All Solo Female Travelers Are So Tired Of Answering
Tagged: Womanhood, Fearless, female, travel, Life, Opportunity, Free Spirit, Wanderlust
“These days I spend more time in countries that are statically safer by a long-shot than the USA, so by leaving home I am actually decreasing the chances of something sinister happening.”
— Kristin Addis, 13 Questions All Solo Female Travelers Are So Tired Of Answering
Tagged: Womanhood, Fearless, female, travel, Life, Opportunity, Free Spirit, Wanderlust
“The point of hitchhiking is not just to get a free ride, but rather because of the guarantee that it will be an experience completely out of the unknown.”
— Kristin Addis, This Woman Hitchhiked Around the World (And Lived to Tell the Tale)
Tagged: hitchhiking, travel, Womanhood, Experiences, Life
“When you know a lot about the world, you can positively and intelligently contribute to conversations about art, politics, and leisure.”
— Kristin Addis, 22 Ways Traveling Alone Changes You For The Better
Tagged: travel, self, inspiration, Wanderlust, World, Earth, Culture, humanity
“Each local experience has the potential to open your world even further, allowing space for new belief systems and ways of sharing meals, spirituality, and methods of daily life that were previously mysteries.”
— Kristin Addis, The Five People You Meet When Traveling Alone
Tagged: Experience, travel, Life, local, Love, practice, system, Beliefs, Wanderlust
“As for me, sometimes I’m so deliriously happy that I could cry. If I saw you again I would hug you, just to thank you for walking away.”
— Kristin Addis, An Open Letter To The One Who Got Away
Tagged: one who got away, Life, Love, Relationships, travel, letter, forgiveness
“Don’t get buried in self-doubt just because someone else, no matter who they are to you in life, projects his/her own self-doubts onto you.”
— Kristin Addis, 6 Steps You Can Take To Become Fearless
Tagged: Life, travel, inspiration, Advice, Self-awareness
“Once that pain is engrained, we do everything we can to avoid it again. Don’t get in too deep.”
— Kristin Addis, We’re Just Damaged Goods Looking For Love
Tagged: Pain, Deep Pain, Avoiding Pain
“You see, I could love you, but I love the road, too.”
— Kristin Addis, I Could Love You, But I Love The Road Too
Tagged: Love, travel, road, trip, Life, Free Spirit
“I am still a successful woman even if I’m not married.”
— Kristin Addis, In Defense Of Single Women Who Travel
Tagged: Womanhood, Single, travel, Free Spirit, Success, Society
“Most people know the feeling of déjà vu. It’s when you can’t quite place it, but you know you’ve felt exactly that way before in another time and another place. There’s an opposite to this feeling called jamais vu. It’s when you go back to the same place but nothing about it is familiar, and you feel like nothing but strangers surround you.”
— Kristin Addis, A Thousand New Beginnings: Tales of Solo Female Travel Through Southeast Asia
Tagged: Jamais vu, déjà vu, travel, Strange Land, New Eyes
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