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The 10 most inspiring travel quotes all time

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1. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” - Mark Twain

2. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” - St. Augustine

3. “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” - Robert Louis Stevenson

4. “The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.” - Samuel Johnson

5. “All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.” - Paul Fussell

6. “Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” - Jack Kerouac

7. “He who does not travel does not know the value of men.” - Moorish proverb

8. “People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.” - Dagobert D. Runes

9. “A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” - John Steinbeck

10. “No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” - Lin Yutang

By Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) on Nov 18, 2008, 03:28 in Travelicious Talkzone.

drvannostren says on Nov 18, 2008, 20:28:

"A detour is a choice between 2 tasks, each with it's own pros and cons.". Phil Koegan of Amazing Race

No matter where you go, the Korean tour bus isn't far behind.

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Portena says on Nov 20, 2008, 20:02:

Great quotes!

Prophesy is a good line of business, but it is full of risks ~ Mark Twain

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babygirl says on Nov 20, 2008, 21:32:

I LOVE these quotes!

“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” - Paul Theroux

“If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” - James Michener

“The journey not the arrival matters.” - T. S. Eliot

“When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.” - Clifton Fadiman

Best quote of the week... "should I be taking this pill with wine?" Canadian Girls Kick Ass!

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adrimm (Moderator) (☼Travelguide writer) says on May 23, 2009, 11:57:

Thank you Peter - great quotes

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scumbuster says on Aug 12, 2009, 19:47:

My quote: It isnt a vacation if you dont need your passport.

Tomas Jefferson “When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.”

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goin_south says on Sep 1, 2009, 11:34:

"If you don't have a map, how will you know when you have arrived?".... by goin_south

nothin I say is to be takn for my words, but rather for the words of Sailor Jerry.

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christobeldawg says on Oct 2, 2009, 22:41:

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traveling hopefully is always better than arriving

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goin_south says on Oct 2, 2009, 22:44:

for bg: "Welcome to the Baghdad Hilton"

nothin I say is to be takn for my words, but rather for the words of Sailor Jerry.

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