Sometimes words speak to us and affect us in ways we can't explain. It's why people have beloved books and plaster their bulletin boards with inspirational sayings. If there's one thing that's guaranteed to stir up wanderlust in you, it's a good travel quote. Everyone knows St. Augustine's "The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page," but the following quotes are lesser known, and sure to make you want to pack your bags.

The last words of François Rabelais, better known from John Green's Looking for Alaska

"Adventure is worthwhile." --Aesop

"Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road." --Jack Kerouac

"Once a year, go someplace you've never been before." --Dalai Lama

"May all your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view." --Edward Abbey

“Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all of one’s lifetime.” --Mark Twain

"People don't take trips. Trips take people." --John Steinbeck

"Please be a traveler, not a tourist. Try new things, meet new people, and look beyond what's right in front of you. Those are the keys to understanding this amazing world we live in." --Andrew Zimmern

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"Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.” --Ray Bradbury

"Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind." --Seneca