Inspirational Travel & Journey Quotes | Have Clothes, Will Travel

Searching for the perfect journey quotes to caption your travel photos with? You’ve come to the right spot! Whether you’re trying to caption your impressive hiking photos or your beautiful beach pics, this post features more than 100 journey quotes to fuel your wanderlust and use in your Instagram captions! From quotes by Anthony Bourdain to Eleanor Roosevelt to Bob Marley, there’s sure to be the perfect quote in here for everyone.

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A woman steps out of a vintage VW van painted mind green and white, and waves her arms in the air. Text on the image reads, "A traveler with an open mind grows richer with each journey, with each encounter, with each conversation. - Jane Wilson-Howarth"

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Inspirational Travel & Journey Quotes to Share on Instagram

A group of four women sit in the back of a car. They're all smiling and holding up peace signs at the camera. White text over the image reads, "A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles. - Jim Cahill"

1. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. – Lao Tzu

2. Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you—it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you… Hopefully, you leave something good behind. -Anthony Bourdain

3. A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us. – John Steinbeck

4. You take a step, then another. That’s the journey. But to take a step with your eyes open is not a journey at all, it’s a remaking of your own mind. ― Card, Orson Scott

5. The perfect journey is never finished, the goal is always just across the next river, round the shoulder of the next mountain. There is always one more track to follow, one more mirage to explore. ― Rosita Forbes

A couple stand with their backs to the camera, overlooking a scenic view on a hike. Text on the image reads, "The journey is the treasure. - Lloyd Alexander"

6. If the journey you’re traveling seems too farfetched and wild beyond your imagination; continue on it, great things come to the risk-takers. And last but not least, live today; here, right now, you’ll thank your future self for it later. — Nikki Rowe

7. We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey. — John Hope Franklin

8. I go to see a Great Perhaps. – Francois Rabelais

9. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask for no guarantees, ask for no security. – Ray Bradbury

A red sun sets over the horizon of the sea, with a silhouette of a boat in the distance. Text on the image reads, "Wherever you go, go with all your heart. - Confucius"

10. Wherever you go, go with all your heart. – Confucius

11. I tramp a perpetual journey. – Walt Whitman

12. Drink heavily with locals whenever possible. – Anthony Bourdain

A woman stands in front of an old white and mint colored WV van, with her hands in the air and her back facing the camera. Black text on the image reads, "Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing at all. - Helen Keller"

13. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. – Helen Keller

14. A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles. – Jim Cahill

15. I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list. – Susan Sontag

16. The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experiences. – Eleanor Roosevelt

17. It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to. – J.R.R. Tolkien

18. Travel is more than seeing of sights; it’s a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living. – Miriam Beard

An empty road lined on either side by a forest of tall pine trees. White text over the image reads "To travel is to take a journey into yourself. - Danny Kaye"

19. Life is what happens when you are busy making plans. – Allen Saunders

20. A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. – John Steinbeck

21. The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to. – Alain de Botton

22. To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. – Freya Stark

A woman stands under a large tree, reaching up and admiring the red flowers on the branches. White text across the image reads, "It is good to have an end to journey toward. But it is the journey that matters in the end. - Ursula K Le Quin"

23. It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. ― Ursula K. Le Guin

24. To travel is to take a journey into yourself. – Danny Kaye

25. We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls. ― Anaïs Nin

26. Though the road’s been rocky it sure feels good to me. ― Bob Marley

27. The beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday. ― Steve Maraboli

28. Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost. ― Erol Ozan

An image of a sea-side town with white buildings and pink blossom trees. White text across the image says, "Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone's hand is the beginning of a journey. At other times, it is allowing another to take yours. - Vera Nazarian"

29. Sometimes, reaching out and taking someone’s hand is the beginning of a journey. At other times, it is allowing another to take yours. ― Vera Nazarian

30. It’s funny how, in this journey of life, even though we may begin at different times and places, our paths cross with others so that we may share our love, compassion, observations, and hope. This is a design of God that I appreciate and cherish. ― Steve Maraboli

31. You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are. ― Joss Whedon

32. Just walk, see, sit down if you like. And be. Just be, whatever you are with whatever you have, and realize that that is enough to be happy. There’s a whole world out there, right outside your window. You’d be a fool to miss it. ― Charlotte Eriksson

33. I made up my mind not to care so much about the destination, and simply enjoy the journey. ― David Archuleta

A local alleyway between buildings in a sea-side town, looking out over the ocean. Text across the image says, "Sometimes it's worth lingering on the journey for a while before getting to the destination. - Richelle Mead"

34. Sometimes it’s worth lingering on the journey for a while before getting to the destination. ― Richelle Mead

35. It’s not so much the journey that’s important; as is the way that we treat those we encounter and those around us, along the way. ― Jeremy Aldana

36. Sometimes you don’t know when you’re taking the first step through a door until you’re already inside. ― Ann Voskamp

37. I tramp a perpetual journey. ― Walt Whitman

A landscape of snow-covered mountains, with footprints in the snow leading away from the viewpoint. Black text across the image says, "If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads. - Anatole France"

38. If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads. ― Anatole France

39. At every given moment we are absolutely perfect for what is required for our journey. ― Steve Maraboli

40. There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey. ― Mandy Hale

41. We may run, walk, stumble. drive, or fly, but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way. ― Gloria Gaither

A man and woman drive in a convertible red sports car with top down. The woman has her hands in the art. Black text across the image says, "Sometimes, a journey makes itself necessary. - Anne Carson"

42. Sometimes a journey makes itself necessary. ― Anne Carson

43. Successful people enjoy the journeys they embark on, irrespective of whether they reach their destination or not. ― Zain Hashmi

44. A journey, I reflected, is of no merit unless it has tested you. ― Tahir Shah

An image of a rocky shoreline, looking down off moss-covered cliff. A pair of feet rests on the rocks. White text over the image says, "I go to see a great perhaps. - Francois Rabelais"

45. The journey is the treasure. ― Lloyd Alexander

46. Wouldn’t take nothing for my journey now. ― Maya Angelou

47. The journey of the sun and moon is predictable, but yours is your ultimate art. ― Suzy Kassem

48. May your journey through life be vibrant and full of colorful rainbows. ― Harley King

49. A journey is time suspended. ― Louis L’Amour

50. Let’s not grow with our roots in the ground. ― Criss Jami

A woman wearing a dress and moccasins walks down stone steps. Black text over the image reads "I tramp a perpetual journey. - Walt Whitman"

51. She wasn’t where she had been. She wasn’t where she was going, but she was on her way. ― Jodi Hills

52. Your journey is part of your story. But it is not the complete story of who and how you are. You are a soul, a spirit, who has traveled through this life and along the way; you learned and gathered bits and pieces from here and there. And you, yourself, have woven together a soul, a spirit. And that is who you are today. You define… you. – José N. Harris

53. Be music always. Keep changing the keys, tones, pitch, and volume of each of the songs you create along your life’s journey and play on. ― Suzy Kassem

54. The miracles of our dreams lie beneath our foot soles — in each and every tiny step we take as we journey to the stars… I reckon the destination isn’t the only miracle. ― Besa Kosova

55. Previous journeys had taught me the danger of taking too much stuff. ― Tahir Shah

56. Those who seek out the comfort of trees are usually on a journey for meaning, wisdom. ― Jessica Marie Baumgartner

An image overlooking a vast canyon at sunset, with cloudy skies and multicolored rocks and cliffs. White text across the image reads, "The journey of discovery is as exciting as the destination. - Terri Pearsons"

57. The journey of discovery, is as exciting as the destination. ― Terri Pearsons

58. The journey you undertake to get your answers is more important than the answers. The journey awakens your soul while readymade answers just pile up in your head. ― Shunya

59. You may run into some gray clouds along your journey, so hold on tight to the sunshine within you. ― Christine E. Szymanski

60. When things are not going as per the plan but you are still excited about the journey, know that you are on a thrilling adventure. ― Hrishikesh Agnihotri

61. You don’t know what happiness lies before you yet, you are now only in the commencement of your journey. ― Anne Brontë

Two women sit on a white stone wall, looking at each other and laughing; their suitcases sit beside them. Text across the image reads, "Life is a journey, ensure the adventure. - Lailah Gifty Akita"

62. Life is a journey, endure the adventure. ― Lailah Gifty Akita

63. Sometimes we must take the most important journeys in isolation; alone except for the experience itself. ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

64. The best path is the one that’s not there because we are in the process of creating it.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

65. Destination can be ignored but not the journey, because journey represents the life itself! ― Mehmet Murat Ildan

A vintage bicycle rests against a sign post on a city street. Black text over the image reads, "I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list. - Susan Sontag

66. Life is a journey, my friend. And we never know whether we will reach our destination. So, we shouldn’t care about that and enjoy the view while we are still travelling. ― Abhaidev

67. In this journey of life, you will meet people who will make you feel alive! ― Avijeet Das

68. I don’t think something can constitute a journey unless it leaves one’s world looking different than before. ― Daniel V Chappell

69. Gotta’ take that adventure, in order to understand your journey. ― Jennifer Pierre

70. Wellness encompasses a healthy body, a sound mind and a tranquil spirit. Enjoy the journey as you strive for wellness. ― Laurette Gagnon Beaulieu

An old WV van painted mustard yellow drives down a road towards towering rock formations and cliffs. Text across the image reads, "We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls. - Anais Nin"

71. If you wish to learn more than books could ever possibly teach you, traveling is the only way. ― Dr. Salma Farook

72. Destinations are endpoints. Journeys are learnings, paths of possibilities, blossoming… fresh beginnings. ― Rasheed Ogunlaru

73. A lot of times we find ourselves in this wonderful place where we’ve gotten to, but there is another place for us to go and we kind of have to leave behind the security of who we’ve become and go to the place who we are becoming. ― John Francis

74. Neither to heaven nor to hell, my journey is towards my home. ― Chidananda Tirtha

A person holds a watercolor postcard up in front of it's pictured scene - a waterfront marina where seagulls are flying in the sky. Text across the image reads, Life is what happens when you are busy making plans. - Allen Saunders"

75. Let’s ride this journey together as poets, writers, artistes, and muses. ― Avijeet Das

76. Your life is your journey and awareness is your signpost to your destination. Without awareness, we would walk around in a functional coma and react to life’s negativity. ― Dee Waldeck

77. Our journey, not our destination makes our finale special. ― Pragya Tiwari

78. Along every step of our journey through life, our mind is being programmed. If we are not programming it ourselves, someone else is doing it to us. ― Joseph Rain

79. A journey measured by miles traveled pales in comparison to a journey measured by smiles unraveled. ― Khang Kijarro Nguyen

80. Sometimes, you got to climb the mountain alone. Much precious time is wasted convincing others how beautiful it is up there. ― Shouvik Bhattacharya

A woman in the passenger seat of a car leans her arm and head out of the window, her long brown hair blowing in the wind, driving down a mountain road. Text across the image says, "the beautiful journey of today can only begin when we learn to let go of yesterday. - Steve Maraboli

81. Each path was once forged by someone who had no fear to start something new. ― Avina Celeste

82. Each person’s path is different. Some may be easier or harder, longer or shorter, but each path is different, incomparable to one another. Enjoy your journey, it is yours and only yours. ― Avina Celeste

83. My ideal journey: set out early and never arrive. ― Marty Rubin

84. Where you are is merely a point along the path to where you are going. ― Tony Cleaver

85. Let your love direct your journey. ― Avina Celeste

86. Purpose is the reason you’re on this journey. Passion is the torch that lights your way. ― Will Craig

A person in a yellow coat stands on a rock, overlooking a lake and foggy mountain range. Text across the image reads, "Though the road's been rocky, it sure feels good to me. - Bob Marley"

87. Your most precious journey is the journey to your own mistakes and so you can face them! ― Mehmet Murat ildan

88. You’re on a journey, a wildly varying adventure with many obstacles, and trials. If you’re not where you want to be, well, the adventure isn’t over, this is just another step or stop on the long roads. ― Jennifer Megan Varnadore

89. Be kind to men of every race and clime, my companions. They are the food for your God-ward journey. But be especially kind to men in their old age lest through unkindness your food be spoiled and you never reach your journey’s end. ― Mikhail Naimy

90. Put your ears to the ground, to the sky, to the sun and the moon… tune in to Mother Earth’s sweet song. She has messages to say, knowledge to relay, inspiration to convey… there is much for you to learn. Your journey has just begun. ― Melody Lee

91. Take time for the clearance of the mind, preparing for adherence to perseverance for the journey of another thousand miles. ― Curtis Tyrone Jones

92. A traveler with an open mind grows richer with each journey, with each encounter, with each conversation. ― Jane Wilson-Howarth

A woman walks down a grassy hillside. White text across the image reads, "There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey. - Mandy Nale"

93. On life’s journey, every person met, every place, every new word, language, scent and sound changes the traveler a little: forms who they are and who they become. ― Jane Wilson-Howarth

94. You do not have to run without a sigh, sometimes you gotta stay and have a break when you breathe and admire the beauty of the journey. ― Mahrukh

95. It is the length of the journey that ripens the joy of the outcome. ― Craig D. Lounsbrough

96. May the stars guide you on your journey, and your heart always lead you home. ― Melaina Rayne

97. The only way the journey ends is if you stop moving. ― Toni Sorenson

A woman wearing all black overlooks a lake from a tree-shaded viewpoint. Text across the image reads, "Some beautiful paths can't be discovered without getting lost. - Erol Ozan"

98. It may seem that you are on the path alone, but the light that guides you is coming from somewhere. Trust your every step because none of us walk this journey alone. ― Toni Sorenson

99. You can choose to fight your journey every step of the way or you can embrace it, recognizing each stumble or setback as an opportunity to strengthen your character, finesse your craft, and deepen your passion. Oh, this journey can be beautiful if you allow yourself to enjoy the rain! ― Kierra C.T. Banks

100. The highway of grace will get you somewhere a whole lot faster than the freeway of spite. ― Aaron Lauritsen

101. There is a wide world out there, full of pain, but filled with joy as well. The former keeps you on the path of growth and the latter makes the journey tolerable. ― R.A. Salvatore

102. One’s destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things. ― Henry Miller

103. There is beauty in all we know and beauty in all we don’t know. Our journey is to love it all. ― Thomas Warfield