“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!
