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22 Quotes That Will Make You Want To Grab Your Passport, Get Up, And Go

You need to learn how to walk the world, he told me.
Kirsten Corley
October 31, 2016
“Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease.”
— Naguib Mahfouz, No Title
Tagged: Home, Wanderlust, travel
“I’m kind of shocked at how little I really need to be happy. Is this what traveling does to people? I think so.”
— Kristin Addis, A Thousand New Beginnings: Tales of Solo Female Travel Through Southeast Asia
Tagged: Happiness, travel
“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
“Traveling on her own will cause a woman to reevaluate her life and give her space to think, feel, and grow.”
— Kristin Addis, 6 Ways A Woman’s Life Is Changed Forever When She Travels Alone
Tagged: travel, Womanhood, Lifestyle, Wanderlust
“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'm in love with cities I've never been to and people I've never met.”
— John Green, Paper Towns
Tagged: Wanderlust, Traveling, Love, My Favorites
“Travelling isn’t always about running away from things, sometimes it’s about running into what you truly want.”
— American Nomad On Twitter, You Back Packing
Tagged: travel, Wanderlust, Psychology, Technology of Wishing, Love, Adventure
“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that god damn mountain.”
— Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
Tagged: travel, Wanderlust, Adventure, Lust For Life, Writers
“You need to learn how to walk the world, he told me. There's a lot out there.”
— Junot Dìaz, Drown
Tagged: Love, Traveling, Exploring, The World, Experiences
“Traveling has less to do with seeing things than experiencing them.”
— Nicholas Sparks, The Choice
Tagged: Traveling, Wanderlust, Life Changes, The Choice
“We are homesick most for the places we have never known.”
— Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Tagged: travel, Wanderlust, Exploring, Traveling
“leaving is easy, it always has been. 

what takes the most courage for a soul like mine is finding the strength to stay. ”
— Ashley Duvan, Instagram
Tagged: Wanderlust, Traveling
“The only good reason to go into debt is for traveling. Not Isabel Marant boots or expensive groceries.”
— Ryan O'Connell, 19 Pieces Of Advice You’ll Need To Make It Through Your 20s
Tagged: travel, Debt, Money
“I don't know what it is that your heart desires, but if you let another day go by without chasing after what you want in life, then maybe you don't want it as bad as you think.”
— Gloria Atanmo, From Excuses to Excursions: How I Started Traveling
Tagged: Hearts Desire, Chasing
“The road less traveled will never be crowded. Go the extra mile with work and you’ll go the extra mile in life.”
— Gloria Atanmo, From Excuses to Excursions: How I Started Traveling the World
Tagged: Hard Work, Road Less Traveled
“Traveling is a constant dialogue between yourself and your soul, growing, learning, and challenging anything and everything you’ve ever thought about life.”
— Gloria Atanmo, From Excuses to Excursions: How I Started Traveling the World
Tagged: Traveling, Wanderlust, Life Quotes
“No matter what language you speak or what part of the world you’re from, there’s a universal language of laughter, smiles, and love.”
— Gloria Atanmo, From Excuses to Excursions: How I Started Traveling the World
Tagged: Language, travel, Smiles, Love
“I travel because I want to breathe the air of unknown territories, dance with the dancers in remote locations, and dine with the locals of unfamiliar backgrounds.”
— Gloria Atanmo, From Excuses to Excursions: How I Started Traveling the World
Tagged: travel, Wanderlust
“My passport has single-handedly changed my life for the better, and if you told me to give up my passport or my degree, I’d practically thrust my degree into your arms [along with a slew of debt] and bid thee farewell as I took off on another adventure.”
— Gloria Atanmo, From Excuses to Excursions: How I Started Traveling the World
Tagged: Traveling, Passport, Wanderlust
“Do something that pays the bills, and something that makes you happy. Then repeat this cycle until the latter does both.”
— Gloria Atanmo, From Excuses to Excursions: How I Started Traveling the World
Tagged: Happiness, travel, Wanderlust
“If you want something bad enough, no dollar amount will come in the way of that. Don’t let the size of your dreams intimidate you.”
— Gloria Atanmo, From Excuses to Excursions: How I Started Traveling the World
Tagged: Traveling, Wanderlust, Dreams
“Sometimes you have to travel a long way to find what is near.”
— Paulo Coelho, Aleph
Tagged: Traveling, Soul Searching, Finding Yourself