I5 Inspirational Travel Quotes
- “Mountains are the beginning and the end of all landscapes.” – Ruskin Bond (Indian author)
- “I go to the mountains to find my mind; and my soul I leave behind.” – John Muir (Scottish-American naturalist, explorer, and writer)
- “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien (English philologist, poet, novelist, and academic)
- “The best view comes after the hardest climb.” – Edmund Hillary (New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist)
- “Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Live the life the mountain teaches you.” – John Muir (Scottish-American naturalist, explorer, and writer)
- “In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir (Scottish-American naturalist, explorer, and writer)
- “You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” – Mahatma Gandhi (Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist) *While not specifically about mountains, it captures the spirit of perseverance needed to explore them.
- “Perhaps the journey itself is the meaning.” – Dan Eldon (American photojournalist)
- “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” – Confucius (Chinese philosopher and politician)
- “Mountains are calling and I must go.” – John Muir (Scottish-American naturalist, explorer, and writer)
- “Adventure isn’t hanging on a rope off the side of a mountain. Adventure is an attitude that we must apply to the day to day obstacles of life.” – John Amatt (British mountaineer and writer)
- “Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddam mountain.” – Jack Kerouac (American novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright)
- “The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Saint Augustine (Roman bishop and theologian)
- “You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy a plane ticket to get you closer.” – Anonymous
- “It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” – Edmund Hillary (New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist)
