Quotes About Exploration

The man who goes afoot, prepared to camp anywhere and in any weather, is the most independent fellow on earth.

Nothing develops intelligence like travel.

We were in the Arabian Desert for nine months. And I was having the time of my life. It could have been an archeological expedition, a military expedition.

Take the back roads instead of the highways.

If you like trekking, go to the Himalayas or Peru. I love those kinds of trips. But it all depends on your own life and what you like and what you expect.

It's very far away/It takes about a half a day to get there/ If we travel by-dragonfly.

Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.

Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.

According to the ancient Chinese proverb, A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

I resolved to abandon trade and to fix my aim on something more praiseworthy and stable; whence it was that I made preparation for going to see part of the world and its wonders.

Buddha left a road map, Jesus left a road map, Krishna left a road map, Rand McNally left a road map. But you still have to travel the road yourself

The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast, and you miss all you are traveling for.

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.

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.

In the World through which I travel, I am endlessly creating myself.

Barefoot travel allows you to get the true feel of a place.

Once the travel bug bites there is no known antidote, and I know that I shall be happily infected until the end of my life

Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it is lethal.

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.

Happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.

I can't understand why men make all this fuss about Everest-it's only a mountain.

The airplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth.