50 Solo Traveler Quotes

November 19, 2020

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Traveling solo is one of the most incredible experiences. Whether you’re fresh out of college or well into your 50s, it is something that can be enjoyed at any age. I have put together a guide of my favorite 50 solo traveler quotes, some of the most inspirational travel quotes, to use in your Instagram caption or when journaling your adventures. 

Best Travel Alone Quotes

• “If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you are always in the same place.” — Nora Roberts
• “Traveling solo does not always mean you’re alone. Most often, you meet marvelous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime.” — Jacqueline Boone
• “To travel is worth any cost or sacrifice.” — Elizabeth Gilbert
• “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” — Helen Keller
• “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” — Susan Sontag
• “I didn’t know where I was going until I got there.” — Cheryl Strayed
• “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

Solo Trip Quotes

• “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
• “Travel only with thy equals or they betters: if there are none, travel alone.” — Buddha
• “Solo travel not only pushes you out of your comfort zone, it also pushes you out of the zone of others’ expectations.” — Suzy Strutner
• “Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time.” — Hannah Arendt
• “The impulse to travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life.” — Agnes Repplier
• “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world.” — Freya Stark
• “People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.” — Paulo Coelho
• “You never really travel alone, the world is full of friends waiting to get to know you.” —
• “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
• “Travel only with thy equals or they betters: if there are none, travel alone.” — Buddha
• “Solo travel not only pushes you out of your comfort zone, it also pushes you out of the zone of others’ expectations.” — Suzy Strutner
• “Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time.” — Hannah Arendt
• “The impulse to travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life.” — Agnes Repplier
• “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world.” — Freya Stark
• “People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.” — Paulo Coelho
• “You never really travel alone, the world is full of friends waiting to get to know you.” —
• “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
• “Travel only with thy equals or they betters: if there are none, travel alone.” — Buddha
• “Solo travel not only pushes you out of your comfort zone, it also pushes you out of the zone of others’ expectations.” — Suzy Strutner
• “Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time.” — Hannah Arendt
• “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world.” — Freya Stark
• “People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.” — Paulo Coelho
• “You never really travel alone, the world is full of friends waiting to get to know you.” —

• “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” — Anonymous
• “The question isn’t ‘ Who is going to let me?” It’s “Who is going to stop me” —
• “The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.” — Albert Einstein
• ’When you’re traveling with someone else, you share each discovery, but when you are alone, you have to carry each experience with you like a secret, something you have to write on your heart, because there’s no other way to preserve it.” — Shauna Niequist
• “Traveling solo does not always mean you’re alone. Most often, you meet marvelous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime.” — Jacqueline Boone
• “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” — Robert Frost
• “Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.” — Wendell Berry
• “You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.” — Diane von Furstenberg

Female Travel Quotes

• “It is confidence in our bodies, minds and spirits that allows us to keep looking for new adventures, new directions to grow in, and new lessons to learn – which is what life is all about.” — Oprah Winfrey
• “If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is.” — Angelina Jolie
• “Just watch, all of you men. I’ll show you what a woman can do…I’ll go across the country, I’ll race to the Moon… I’ll never look back.” — Edna Gardner Whyte
• “I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.” — Amelia Earhart
• “The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.” — Albert Einstein
• “The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” — Amelia Earhart
• “Do you really want to look back on your life and see how wonderful it could have been had you not been afraid to live in?” — Caroline Myss

Traveler Quotes for your next Instagram Caption

• “I have traveled many roads in my life. Some were imbued with pain and I needed to avert my gaze. Others were so beautiful that I would have remained there forever. But always, at some point in these routes, I reached a place where I encountered myself.” — Pablo Holmberg
• “I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth. Then I ask myself the same question” — Harun Yahya
• “The impulse to travel is one of the hopeful symptoms of life.” — Agnes Repplier
• “One day you’ll wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now”. — Paulo Coelho
• “Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body. But rather, to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up,totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming …. WOW what a ride.” — Mark Frost
• “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” — Tony Robbins
• “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” — Martin Buber
• “Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith.” — Margaret Shepard

Inspiring Travel Quotes

• “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” — Mary Anne Radmacher
• “Adventure can be an end in itself. Self-discovery is the secret ingredient.” — Grace Lichtenstein
• In a world through which I travel, I am endlessly creating myself. 
• “Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.” — Robin S. Sharma
• “Courage is not the absence of fear, it’s inspiring others to move beyond it.” — Nelson Mandela
• “I learned my strengths and my weaknesses. I experienced the exhilaration of the ups and the despairs of the lows and most of the feelings in between… I learned courage and I learned it myself”  — Ann Stirk
• “I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it.” — Rosalia de Castro

•  “Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith.” —Margaret Shepard
• “Life offers you a thousand chances…all you have to do is take one.” — Frances Mayes
• “The beginning of the adventure of finding yourself is to lose your way.” — Joseph Campbell
• “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” — T.S. Eliot
• “Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself.” — Walt Whitman
• “The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.” — Albert Einstein
• “You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.” — Diane Von Furstenberg
•  “Sometimes your only available transportation is a leap of faith.” —Margaret Shepard
• “Life offers you a thousand chances…all you have to do is take one.” — Frances Mayes
• “The beginning of the adventure of finding yourself is to lose your way.” — Joseph Campbell
• “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” — T.S. Eliot
• “Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself.” — Walt Whitman
• “You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.” — Diane Von Furstenberg

Interested in solo travel? Here are some other articles that you should check out:

• 7 Smart Solo Female Traveler Safety Tips
• Solo Hiking: 9 Hiking Tips for Female Travelers
• Backpackers Hostel: How to Choose the Best Hostel
• How to Make Friends When Traveling Solo

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