9 Inspiring Quotes For Independent Travel

The air was soft, the stars so fine, the promise of every cobbled alley so great, that I thought I was in a dream. – Jack Kerouac, On The Road

We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of the dream. – Arthur O'Shaughnessy, Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started… and know the place for the first time. – T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland

Travel is ninety percent anticipation and ten percent recollection. – Edward Streeter

Bear in mind that the special advantage of vagabonding is the experience of not really knowing what happens next, which you can obtain at bargain rates in all cases….The challenges you face offer no alternative but to cope with them. And in doing that, your life is being fully lived. – Ed Buryn, Vagabonding in Europe and North Africa

What do you suppose will satisfy the soul, except to walk free, and own no superior? – Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

Travel is glamorous only in retrospect. – Paul Theroux

The day is of infinite length for him who knows how to appreciate and use it. – Goethe

Old men and far travelers may lie with authority. – Unknown

Dave Lee

Dave is the Founder and Editor in Chief of Go Backpacking and Feastio. He's been to 66 countries and lived in Colombia and Peru. Read the full story of how he became a travel blogger.