Personal Quotes
Travel
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
John Augustus Shedd
Writer
"You've got to dream a little bit if you're going to get somewhere."
George P. Shultz
Politician and former US Labor Minister / Foreign Minister
"Since life is short and the world is wide, the sooner you start exploring it, the better."
Simon Raven
British writer (1927-2001)
"Life is a traveling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken."
D.H. Lawrence
British Writer (1885-1930)
"It is not about constantly traveling to new countries, but to see the world with different eyes."
Marc Aurel
Roman Emporer (121-180)
"The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams."
Oprah Winfrey
Talk show host, actress and entrepreneur
"For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return."
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian painter, sculptor & architect
"Not all those who wander are lost."
J.R.R. Tolkien
British writer and philologist (1892-1973)
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness."
Mark Twain
Amercian Writer (1835-1910)
"One of the main points about travelling is to develop in us a feeling of solidarity, of that oneness without which no better world is possible."
Ella Maillart
Swiss athlete, travel writer and photographer (1903-1997)