Traveling alone is one of the scariest, thrilling, and empowering experiences that someone can have. āļøš
Because of this, I have rounded up some of the best traveling alone quotes for those who love to travel solo and are seeking some inspiration and motivation.
Side note: If I have missed any quotes about solo traveling, please share them in the comments and I will sure to include them in future updates! š
79+ Traveling Alone Quotes For Solo Travelers!
1. “Travel is an investment in yourself.” – Proverb
2. “If you never go, you will never know.” – Unknown
3. “To Travel is to Live.” – Hans Christian Andersen
4. “Travel far enough to meet yourself.” – David Mitchell
5. “Dare to live the life you always wanted.” – Unknown
6. “Being a solo traveler made me an adult.” Proverb
7. “A traveler should be happy, not perfect.” – Unknown
8. “Just because my path is different, doesn’t mean I am lost.” – Proverb
9. “Traveling solo made me a stronger person.” – Unknown
10. “Some journeys can be only traveled alone.” – Ken Poirot
11. “To travel is to take a journey into yourself.” – Danny Kaye
12. “He travels the fastest who travels alone.” – Rudyard Kipling
13. “I followed my heart and it led me to the airport.” – Unknown
14. “Anything we fully do is an alone journey.” – Natalie Goldberg
15. “Traveling solo means getting to know the real you.” – Proverb
16. “Some journeys in life can only be traveled alone.” – Ken Poirot
17. “Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.” – Mae West
18. “Traveling alone was like laundry for my thoughts.” – Mark Foster
19. “Traveling the world on my own made me more confident.” – Proverb
20. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” – Neale Donald Walsch
21. “Donāt be scared to walk alone. Donāt be scared to like it.” – John Mayer
22. “The best trip is the journey you take in finding yourself.” – Angela Vallely
23. “I travel a lot. I hate having my life disrupted by routine.” – Caskie Stinnett
24. “If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.” – Maxwell Maltz
25. “You must go on adventures to find out where you belong.” – Sue Fitzmaurice
26. “You will only know the road until you have to travel on it.” – Ā
27. “Travel doesnāt become an adventure until you leave yourself behind.” – Proverb
28. “The life you have led doesnāt need to be the only life you have.” – Anna Quindlen
29. “Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.” – Roy M. Goodman
30. “Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone.” – Buddha
31. “The question isnāt who is going to let me; itās who is going to stop me.” – Ayn Rand
32. Ā “Iām not afraid of storms, for Iām learning how to sail my ship.” – Mary Louise Alcott
33. “When a woman becomes her own best friend life is easier.” – Diane Von Furstenberg
34. “When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.” – Liberty Hyde Bailey
35. “London on your own actually seems more exotic than Egypt on a tour.” – Laura Fraser
36. “You canāt control the past, but you can control where you go next.” – Kirsten Hubbard
37. “Then one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.” – Ewan Mcgregor
38. “A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.” – Isabelle Eberhardt
39. “My alone feels so good. I’ll only have you if youāre sweeter than my solitude.” – Warsan Shire
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Ā41. “Life is short and the world is wide, the sooner you start exploring it, the better.” – Simon Raven
42. “Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.ā – Gustav Flaubert
43. “You never really travel alone. The world is full of friends waiting to get to know you.” – Unknown
44. “The journey of life is amazingly beautiful if you take it as a fearless adventure.” – Debasish Mridha
45. “I wondered why it was that places are so much lovelier when one is alone.” – Daphne Du Maurier
46. “Not I, nor anyone else, can travel that road for you. You must travel it for yourself.” – Walt Whitman
47. “Traveling is not something youāre good at. Itās something you do. Like breathing.” – Gayle Foreman
48. “If you are waiting for someone to travel with you, you may end up waiting for a lifetime.” – Proverb
49. “I Love The Feeling Of Being Anonymous In A City Iāve Never Been Before.” – Proverb
50. “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide
51. “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” – Proverb
52. “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher
53. “āI think one travels more usefully when they travel alone because they reflect more.” – Thomas Jefferson
54. “Loneliness, tenderness, high society, notoriety, you fight for the throne and you travel alone.” – Bob Dylan
55. “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the most pleasant sensations in the world.ā – Freya Stark
56. “I am never happier than when I am alone in a foreign city; it is as if I had become invisible.” – Storm Jameson
57. “This is the journey of your life. Donāt try to explain it to others, because only you can see it.” – Nitin Namdeo
58. “Traveling alone doesnāt mean living lonely. It is when you travel alone you are most open to others.” – Salil Jha
59. “Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.” – Henry Rollins
60. “There are some places in life where you can only go alone. Embrace the beauty of your solo journey.” – Mandy Hale
61. “The man who goes alone can start today, but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.” – Proverb
62. “It is pointless to embark on any journey if you do not believe yourself worthy of the destination.” – Anthon St. Maarten
61. “Traveling alone will be the scariest, most liberating, life-changing experience of your life. Try it at least once.” – Unknown
62. “The first rule of travel is that you should always go with someone you love, which is why I travel alone.” – Andrew Oā Hagan
63. “Sometimes, the journey has to be traveled alone to appreciate the strengths that lie deep inside of you.” – Steven Aitchison
64. “When a thing beckons you to explore it without telling you why or how this is not a red herring; itās a map.” – Gina Greenlee
65. “You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.” – Ella Maillart
66.”For my part, I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travelās sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
67. “You are the one that possesses the keys to your being. You carry the passport to your own happiness.” – Diane Von Furstenberg
68. “I see my path, but I donāt know where it leads. Not knowing where Iām going is what inspires me to travel it.” – Rosalia de Castro
69. “As you travel solo, being totally responsible for yourself, itās inevitable that you will discover just how capable you are.” – Unknown
70. “Never limit yourself because of othersā limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.ā – Mae Jemison
71. “Solo travel not only pushes you out of your comfort zone, but it also pushes you out of the zone of otherās expectations.” –
72. “Itās a long ride home with nothing but me for company. I bore myself sometimes. Not often. Just now and again.” – A.J. Hartley & David Hewson
73. “Anybody can be an explorer if they want to be. You can be an astronaut if you want. Figure out what you want to do, and then go do it.” – Helen Thayer
74. “Traveling solo does not always mean youāre alone. Most often, you meet marvelous people along the way and make connections that last a lifetime.ā – Jacqueline Boone
75. “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
76. “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
Final Thoughts
Hopefully, these insightful and motivational quotes about traveling alone have inspired you to start packing your bags and venture out into the world by yourself.
If you are looking for some tips and must-knows for traveling alone, this guide is a really fantastic place to start!