115 Exploration Quotes For When You Need A Dose Of Wanderlust

“The mountains are calling so I must go” 

We can do better than that by now right, can’t we? As a world traveler who can’t sit still (I went on over 30 trips this past year) I’m always looking for a good wanderlust quote to use on an Instagram post (I’m a cliche, I know) or to just inspire me to get out and explore. 

Short Exploration Quotes 

Short explore quotes for when you need a short Instagram caption or one-liner. 

1. “To infinity and beyond!” – Toy Story

2. “Just keep swimming.” – Finding Nemo

3. “Adventure awaits.” – Unknown

4. “The world is my playground.” – Unknown

5. “Life is a journey, enjoy the ride.” – Unknown

6. “Life is a journey, not a destination.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

7. “The journey is the reward.” – Chinese Proverb

8. “To explore is to discover.” – Unknown

9. “Life is a journey, make the most of it.” – Unknown

10. “Adventure is out there.” – Up

11. “The world is a canvas, and we are the artists.” – Unknown

12. “Life is a journey, the best way to experience it is to get lost in it.” – Unknown

13. ” I always have many roads to travel, but I take the one which leads to you.'” – Amit kalantri

Explore The World Quotes By Women

Because women can travel the world, too. 

14. “The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLain

15. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller

16. “Adventure is worthwhile in itself.” – Amelia Earhart

17. “The beauty of the world lies in the diversity of its people.” – Unknown

18. “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

19. “The world is a puzzle; travel is the missing piece.” – Unknown

20. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu (as quoted by Xena in the TV show Xena: Warrior Princess)

21. “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” –  Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series

22. “The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” – As quoted by Belle in the Disney film Beauty and the Beast

23. “To travel is to live.” –  Anna in the Disney film Frozen

Quotes About Exploring The Unknown

24. “The thing about trains… it doesn’t matter where they’re going. What matters is deciding to get on.” – The Polar Express

25. “Adventure may hurt you but monotony will kill you.” – Unknown

26. “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

27. “We can neither hurry nor hasten the works of God.” — Lailah Gifty Akita

28. “Travel is about the gorgeous feeling of teetering in the unknown.” – Anthony Bourdain

29. “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” – Aldous Huxley

30. “It’s a small world after all.” – Disneyland

31. “Into The Unkown” – Frozen

Exploring Life Quotes That Are Actually Song Lyrics

32. “We are young, heartache to heartache we stand, no promises, no demands, love has a power, when you’re young” – “On the Road Again” by Willy Nelson

33. “I wanna get lost in your rock and roll and drift away” – “Drift Away” by Dobie Gray

34. “I wanna wander through the back roads of your heart, and find my way through the shadows of the dark” – “Back Roads” by Justin Moore

35. “Pack up your bags, head out the door, leave everything behind and explore” – “Exploration” by Judah & The Lion

36. “The road is long, with many a winding turn, that leads us to who knows where, who knows when” – “The Weight” by The Band

37. “Sittin’ on the dock of the bay, watching the tide roll away, ooo I’m just sittin’ on the dock of the bay, wasting time” – “Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding

38. “I’m on the road again, I just can’t wait to get on the road again, the life I love is making music with my friends” – “On the Road Again” by Willie Nelson

39. “So let’s get lost, let’s get lost, let’s get lost in each other’s eyes, and maybe we can find a little paradise” – “Get Lost” by The Head and the Heart

40. “I’m leavin’ on a jet plane, don’t know when I’ll be back again, oh babe I hate to go” – “Leavin’ on a Jet Plane” by John Denver

41. “We’re on a road to nowhere, come on inside, takin’ that ride to nowhere, we’ll take that ride” – “Road to Nowhere” by Talking Heads

Famous Exploration Quotes

Some of the more famous explore quotes that may be a little overrated but still dang inspirational quotes to use. 

42. “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Augustine of Hippo

43. “The gladdest moment in human life, me thinks, is a departure into unknown lands.” – Sir Richard Burton

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

45. “The world is a canvas to the imagination.” – Henry David Thoreau

46. “The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.” – C.C. Scott

47. “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca

48. “I am not a tourist, I am a traveler. Tourists stay in hotels, travelers find a home.” – Roman Payne

49. “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” – Aldous Huxley

50. “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

51. “The world is a great book, of which they that never stir from home read only a page.” – St. Augustine

52. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” – Steve Jobs

53. “There is no time to be bored in a world as beautiful as this.” – Unknown

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

55. “No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world.” – Dead Poets Society

56. “The world is a very big place and you can get lost in it if you don’t know where you’re going.” – Robert Frost

57. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” – Helen Keller

58. “To travel is to take a journey into yourself.” – Danny Kaye

59. “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

60. “The world is a very big place, and the people who live in it are very small.” – Hans Christian Andersen

61. “The journey is the reward.” – Chinese Proverb

62. “One of the great things about travel is that you find out how many good, kind people there are.” – Edith Wharton

63. “The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” – Henry David Thoreau

64. “The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be the beginning.” – Ivy Baker Priest

65. “We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.” – Hilaire Belloc

66. “I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

67. “The world is a canvas to the imagination.” – Henry David Thoreau

68. “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” – Seneca

69. “I am not a tourist, I am a traveler. Tourists stay in hotels, travelers find a home.” – Roman Payne

70. “Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things – air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky – all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” – Cesare Pavese

71. “The journey is the reward.” – Chinese Proverb

72. “I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” – Mark Twain

73. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore” – Andre Gide

74. ” Wisdom gathered over time is a priceless possession.” – Unknown

75. ” Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Unknown

76. “There is strange comfort in knowing that no matter what happens today, the Sun will rise again tomorrow.” – Aaron Lauritsen

Road Trip Quotes 

Long and short exploration quotes to use on your road trips! I love to live life by exploring things near to home and am constantly jumping in the car to drive around California and the West Coast. 

77. “A road trip is like a giant scavenger hunt. You never know what you’ll find.” – Unknown

78. “The road trip is the perfect opportunity to be a little bit crazy, a little bit wild, and a little bit spontaneous.” – Unknown

79. “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta

80. “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Augustine of Hippo

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

82. “The road trip is the ultimate rite of passage. It’s the journey that shapes us more than the destination.” – Unknown

83. “The road trip is the perfect opportunity to be a little bit crazy, a little bit wild, and a little bit spontaneous.” – Unknown

84. “a Journey is Like Marriage. The Certain Way to Be Wrong is to Think You Control It.” – John Steinbeck

85.  “once a Year, Go Someplace You’ve Never Been Before.” – Dalai Lama

86.  “two Roads Diverged in a Wood and I – I Took the One Less Traveled by.” – Robert Frost

Funny Quotes About Exploring

87. You know, sometimes you need exploring quotes that make you giggle, especially if you are recapping a trip that didn’t go as planned. 

88. “Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.” – jerry seinfeld

89. “The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.” – rudyard kipling

 90. “Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in kilometers.” – george carlin

91. “Drink heavily with locals whenever possible.”- anthony bourdain

92.  “Airplane travel is nature’s way of making you look like your passport photo.” – al gore

Space Exploration Quotes

Hey, you didn’t think our adventure quotes were just about exploring the earth, right? Time to hit the stars! 

93. “Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit.” – Frank Borman

94. “Life is an adventure, it’s not a package tour.” – Eckhart Tolle

95. Space is the place.” – Sun Ra

96. “Space isn’t remote at all. It’s only an hour’s drive away if your car could go straight upwards.” – Fred Hoyle

97. “Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction.” – Unknown

98. “The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.” – Carl Sagan

99. “Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is.” – Douglas Adams

100. “The exploration of space will go ahead, whether we join in it or not, and it is one of the great adventures of all time, and no nation which expects to be the leader of other nations can expect to stay behind in the race for space.” – John F. Kennedy

101. “Space is an opportunity to find out where we are, where we have come from, and where we are going.” – Frank Borman

102. “Space is an open frontier for exploration, discovery, and the advancement of science, technology, engineering, and math. It is a unique proving ground for testing and validating systems and technologies that will advance our capabilities and understanding of the universe.” – Jim Bridenstine

103. “Space is not only a frontier, but a place of great opportunity.” – George W. Bush

104. “Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson

Exploring Nature Quotes

I find that some of these nature quotes really really hits people in the right way. 

105. “There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.” – Jack Kerouac 

106. “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir

107. “Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” – Lao Tzu

108. “The earth has music for those who listen.” – George Santayana

109. “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” – Gary Snyder

110. “The beauty of the natural world lies in the details.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne

111. “The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.” – Anne Frank

112. “Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” – Gary Snyder

113. “Nature is a labyrinth in which the very haste you move with will make you lose your way.” – Francis Bacon

114. “Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.” – John Ruskin

115. “Nature is my therapy.” – Unknown

I hope this helps you find many quotes about exploring new things to add some inspiration to your life!! If you have more favorite age of exploration quotes to add, please drop a comment so everyone can see. I’m always gathering more ideas and travel quotes for myself!

You would think I would be over traveling – I’ve spent at least half the year away from my bed, but I just can’t stop traveling and exploring the world. I was just in Berlin for the first time, and Quebec City but next up I have tons of road trips around California happening. 

Totally going to be using some of these exploring new places quotes to help inspire some itineraries!