Sometimes it takes the wisdom of those who have gone before us to inspire us to do great things. Traveling alone can be either an exciting or scary prospect (or both!), so if you’re searching for inspiration, here are some quotes to get you excited about your journey.
“The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before.” — Albert Einstein
“I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more.” — Thomas Jefferson
“The most important relationship in your life is the relationship you have with yourself. Because no matter what happens, you will always be with yourself.” — Diane Von Furstenberg
“When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.” — Liberty Hyde Bailey
“Don’t be scared to walk alone. Don’t be scared to like it.” — John Mayer
“My alone feels so good — I’ll only have you if you’re sweeter than my solitude.” — Warsan Shire
“I was forced to wander, having no one, forced by my nature to keep wandering because wandering was the only thing that I believed in, and the only thing that believed in me.” — Roman Payne
“Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.” — The Dhammapada
“The man who goes alone can start today, but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” — Henry David Thoreau
“Anything we fully do is an alone journey.” — Natalie Goldberg
“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
“Not I, nor anyone else, can travel that road for you. You must travel it for yourself.” — Walt Whitman
“It seemed an advantage to be traveling alone. Our responses to the world are crucially moulded by the company we keep, for we temper our curiosity to fit in with the expectations of others…Being closely observed by a companion can also inhibit our observation of others; then, too, we may become caught up in adjusting ourselves to the companion’s questions and remarks, or feel the need to make ourselves seem more normal than is good for our curiosity.” — Alain de Botton, The Art of Travel
“I am never happier than when I am alone in a foreign city; it is as if I had become invisible.” — Storm Jameson
“Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time.” — Hannah Arendt
“When you’re traveling with someone else, you share each discovery, but when you are alone, you have to carry each experience with you like a secret, something you have to write on your heart, because there’s no other way to preserve it.” — Shauna Niequist
“I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone.” — Daphne du Maurier
“Traveling solo does not always mean you’re alone. Most often, you meet marvelous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime.” — Jacqueline Boone
“There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey.” — Mandy Hale
“Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.” — Henry Rollins
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Photo credits:
Woman in Field: EladeManu via Flickr
Woman in City: Alex via Flickr
Woman at Beach: Eleazar via Flickr
Spreading Wings: EladeManu via Flickr
