20 Inspirational Travel Quotes to get you on the Road and on your Gap Year
Have you ever wanted to get out of your comfort zone and see the world around you, but always been too scared to do it? Well your gap year is the time to take that deep breath and leap into the unknown. Here are some of the most inspirational travel quotes that will make you finally pack your bags and get on the road.
1. "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page." - Augustine of Hippo
2. "Let's find some beautiful place to get lost." - Unknown
3. "Travel brings power and love back into your life." - Jalaluddin Mevlana Rumi
4. "The journey not the arrival matters." - T.S. Eliot
5. "Not all those who wander are lost." - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
6. "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." - Mark Twain
7. "The journey is my home." - Muriel Rukeyser
8. "Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world." - Gustave Flaubert
9. "Great things never came from comfort zones." - Unknown
10. "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." - Lao Tzu
11. "Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves." - Henry David Thoreau
12. "What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies." - Jack Kerouac, On the Road
13. "To travel is to live." - Hans Christian Andersen
14. "Don’t tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon." - Paul Brandt
15. "No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow." - Lin Yutang
16. "If you can dream it you can do it." - Walt Disney
17. "If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home." - James Michener
18. "There are far, far better things ahead than we leave behind" - C.S. Lewis
19. "Once a year, go somewhere you have never been before." - Dalai Lama
20. "No matter, the road is life." - Jack Kerouac, On the Road
21. “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta
What are you waiting for?
Getting out and seeing the world around you is such an important part of life, and gap year is the perfect time to do it. It can be scary... but don't panic, we're here to help. A team programme might suit you, as all the logistics are sorted for you. Or you might be an independent traveller who's ready to plan their own itinerary. Either way, we're here to help, just get in touch! If you're feeling anxious about travelling then read our blog here for some advice to overcome your nerves. You can read an ex-Leaper's account of her time on a programme and what it taught her about travelling here.
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Written by
Alice McLeod
on 26 / 07 / 2023
