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20 Travel Quotes to Inspire Wanderlust

These adventure quotes about traveling will set your wayfaring soul aflutter
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Travel quotes show us that wanderlust isn't just the desire to take a vacation. For the curious souls who seek out the unknown, wanderlust is a perpetual state of mind. And, considering the state of our Instagram feeds these days (what with all the festival-going, jet-setting, twirling-in-international-fields-of-flowers 'grammers out there), it's hard to not feel frustrated if you're still saving up the money and time for your own world tour.

That's why we put together this list of traveling quotes and adventure quotes. Traveling isn't about the class you flew to get to your destination or the famous monument you took a selfie with. Traveling is its own reward. Here, the best travel quotes on the internet that will feed your insatiable wanderlust.

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Step Outside Your Comfort Zone
Certainly, it's reassuring to be at home, knowing that your electrical outlets won't fry your straightener and your soda refills will be free, but leaving familiarity behind for the unknown just feels right once you get over that initial fear.

"A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for." --John A. Shedd

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Succinctly Said
Helen Keller's perspective on life as an adventure is inspiring.

"Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." --Helen Keller

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It's Not You, It's (a More Traveled, Worldly) Me
You can go back home again, but everything will feel different after a travel adventure.

"It's a funny thing about coming home. Looks the same, smells the same, feels the same. You realize what has changed is you." --F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Travel to Expand Your Point of View
You don't have to hold hands and sing "Kumbaya" with everyone you meet on your travels to realize that you're not as different from other cultures as you might have originally perceived.

"Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends." --Maya Angelou

BY EMILY WOODRUFF | JUN 20, 2017 | SHARES
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