I’m a big fan of inspirational quotes, especially inspirational quotes about travelling alone. Here are my 12 all-time favourite solo travel quotes — and I’d love to hear yours. Also I’d love to hear about how travelling alone had changed your life — good, bad and ugly. Comment below, or email me!

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Quotes to inspire your travels:

1. There are seven days in the week and some day isn’t one of them ~ Benny Lewis
2. Life is short and the world is wide ~ Simon Raven
3. Go. Fly. Roam. Travel. Voyage. Explore. Journey. Discover. Adventure. ~ Taher Quaizer
4. Climb that goddam mountain! ~ Jack Kerouac
5. Jobs fill your pocket. Advenutures fill your soul. ~ Jaime Lyn Beatty
6. Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations. ~ Zig Zigler
7. We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls. ~ Anais Nin
8. I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list. ~ Susan Sontag
9. If you think travel is dangerous, try routing. It will kill you ~ Paulo Coelho
10. Don’t listen to what they say. Go. See. ~ Chinese Proverb
11. Travel is never a matter of money, but of courage. ~ Paulo Coelho
12. Half the fun of travel is the aesthetic of lostness. ~ Ray Bradbuty

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