During her life, Eleanor Roosevelt visited every state in America and all continents except Antarctica. In her first year as First Lady, she traveled over 40,000 miles.

"The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience." --Eleanor Roosevelt

Whether you're at the penny hoarding stage of traveling and haven't even bought your ticket, or you're sitting in a cramped seat on the 10+ hour plane ride back home, keep in mind it's always about the journey.

"A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving." --Lao Tzu

Traveling will change you. Take the pieces of your newfound self with you instead of a plastic trinket.

"So much of who we are is where we have been." --William Langewiesche

Maybe you're born with a bad sense of direction. Or maybe it's wanderlust.

"Not all those who wander are lost." --J. R. R. Tolkien

Maybe this was meant metaphorically, but it works quite literally too, when it comes to travel. You won't get anywhere if you stay in your house like a hermit all day, ya recluse.

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." --Lao-Tzu