Travel Quotes & Phrases


The Earth is full of adventures and maps are a visual language to help you tell your story! Through the wise words of seasoned travelers and our customers we curated a collection of travel quotes.

Maps are a special long-lasting gift that can inspire new adventures over a lifetime! Whether you're commemorating your family heritage, wedding, anniversary, birthday, graduation, planning your next great excursion, or simply displaying a story of your adventures, incorporating a travel quote into your custom map adds a touch of personal insight and inspiration.

Our travel and adventure quotes range from the adventurous spirits of explorers like Amelia Earhart to the reflections of literary figures such as Mark Twain. The quote can share the joys of travel and a guiding mantra for life’s journeys.

Use these quotes to personalize your map, making it not just a tool for referencing but also a source of motivation and reflection. Ideal for hanging in your home or office, these personalized maps serve as a constant reminder of where you’ve been and the endless possibilities that await. Let each quote inspire you and your loved ones to explore new horizons, with every glance at your custom map rekindling the spirit of adventure.

We hope you may enjoy these ideas for your map!

If you have more ideas that we should add, please send us a note!


popular quotes

  • Our Adventures
  • Seek Adventure
  • Explore America
  • Adventure Awaits
  • Adventure is waiting
  • You're Going Places
  • Find Joy in the World
  • Oh, the places you'll go!
  • What a wonderful world
  • Little by little, one travels far
  • Not all those who wander are lost
  • The Adventures of The (Smith) Family
  • Be the change - you wish to see the the World.

adventure quotes

  • You're Going Places! (Unknown)
  • Find Joy in the World. (Unknown)
  • Explore, Dream, Discover. (Mark Twain)
  • Welcome to Great Adventure! (Unknown)
  • Little by little, one travels far. (J.R.R. Tolkien)
  • Together we can change the world. (Unknown)
  • Life is short and the world is wide. (Simon Raven)
  • Geography is the science of the world (Unknown)
  • Not all those who wander are lost. (J.R.R. Tolkien)
  • The mountains are calling and I must go. (John Muir)
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  • Together we can change the world. (Unknown)
  • Wherever you go, go with all your heart. (Confucius)
  • It feels good to be lost in the right direction. (Unknown)
  • Take only memories, leave only footprints. (Chief Seattle)
  • Be the Change you Wish to See the the World. (Unknown)
  • I haven't been everywhere, but it's on my list. (Susan Sontag)
  • We are by nature, explorers. Be curious. (Stephen Hawkings)
  • Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. (Helen Keller)
  • Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. (Zig Ziglar)
  • A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. (Laozi)
  • Travel: The only thing you will buy that makes you richer (Unknown)
  • Once a year go somewhere you have never gone before. (Dalai Lama)
  • In life, it’s not where you go. It’s who you travel with. (Charles Schulz)
  • We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us. (Robyn Yong)
  • The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious (Albert Einstein)
  • You can, you should, and if you're brave enough to start, you will. (Stephen King)
  • Sometimes beautiful paths can't be discovered without getting lost. (Erol Ozan)
  • The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. (Albert Einstein)
  • Travelling: It leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. (Ibn Battutah)
  • All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. (Walt Disney)
  • Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go. (T.S. Eliot)
  • Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. (Andre Gide)
  • Navigating our future requires that we see the world as one interconnected system. ( Jack Dangermond)
  • Two roads diverged in a wood and I, I took the one less traveled by. And that has made all the difference (Robert Frost)
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  • 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. (Mark Twain)

love quotes

  • All you need is love. (The Beatles)
  • I love you just the way you are. (Billy Joel)
  • Loving You ~ In Every Direction. (Unknown)
  • Love was made for me and you. (Nat King Cole)
  • Together with you is my favorite place to be. (Unknown)
  • I've fallen in love many times...always with you. (Unknown)
  • If I know what love is, it is because of you. (Herman Hesse)
  • The best thing to hold onto in life is each other. (Audrey Hepburn)
  • I love you from the North to the South to the East to the West. (Unknown)
  • I love you and that's the beginning and end of everything. (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
  • You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I've ever had. (Nicolas Sparks)
  • I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. (Roy Croft)
  • To the world you may be one person, but to one person you are the world. (Bill Wilson)
  • You are the source of my joy, the center of my world, and the whole of my heart. (Unknown)
  • I love you for all that you are, all that you have been, all that you're yet to be. (Ernest Hemingway)

happiness quotes

  • Happiness is a state of mind. (Walt Disney)
  • Start each day with a grateful heart. (Unknown)
  • Being happy never goes out of style. (Lilly Pulitzer)
  • There is no beauty without happiness. (Christian Dior)
  • Whoever is happy will make others happy. (Anne Frank)
  • Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. (Eleanor Roosevelt)
  • Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened. (Dr. Seuss)
  • No medicine cures what happiness cannot. (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
  • When it rains, look for rainbows. When it's dark, look for stars. (Unknown)
  • We don't laugh because we're happy, we're happy because we laugh. (William James)

life quotes

  • To live is the rarest thing in the world. (Oscar Wilde)
  • You get in life what you have the courage to ask for. (Oprah Winfrey)
  • Life is about making an impact, not making an income. (Kevin Kruse)
  • I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. (Arthur Robinstein)
  • Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. (Allen Saunders)
  • In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. (Abraham Lincoln)

kids quotes

  • Oh, the places you'll go! (Dr. Seuss)
  • Let your dreams be your wings. (Unknown)
  • If you can dream it, you can do it. (Walt Disney)
  • Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud. (Maya Angelou)
  • Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. (Henry David Thoreau)
  • Give the world the best you have, and the best will come to you. (Madeline Bridge)

usa quotes

  • Our USA Travels
  • Explore America
  • Our American Adventures
  • The United States of America
  • John & Jody / Explore America
  • Our National Park Adventures
  • The (Wilson's) / Wild Adventures
  • John & Jody's / Great Adventures
  • Our Family's / American Adventures
  • The (Smith) Family / American Adventures

short quotes

  • Let's Get Lost
  • Our Adventures
  • Seek Adventure
  • Adventure Awaits
  • Find Your Adventure
  • Adventure Is Waiting
  • Never Stop Exploring
  • Let The Journey Begin
  • Follow Your Own Path
  • Peace, Love, Adventure
  • We Live For Adventure!
  • The Best Is Yet To Come
  • Come Get Lost With Me
  • Dream • Explore • Discover
  • The World / Make a Difference
  • Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost
  • It feels good to be lost in the right direction

compass inscription

The following arrangements look great in the Compass for our World Maps:

  • Jake & Katie's / Adventures (Top/Bottom)
  • Jake & Katie's / World Travels (Top/Bottom)
  • Jake & Katie's / Wild Adventures (Top/Bottom)
  • Jake & Katie's / Est. 2020 / Adventures (Top/Center/Bottom)
  • The Henderson's / Est. 2020 / Adventures (Top/Center/Bottom)
  • The Henderson Family / Adventures
  • Jake, Katie, Together (3 item legend)
  • Not all who wander are lost
  • Oh, the places we'll go!
  • Oh, the places you'll go!
  • Dream • Explore • Discover
  • The World / Make a Difference
  • Loving You ~ In Every Direction
  • And I Think To Myself, What A Wonderful World
  • Here's To Love, Adventure, Laughter, & Happy Ever After
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