116 Inspiring Road Trip Quotes To Get You To Hit The Road

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  • November 18, 2020 November 18, 2020
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Are you looking for some inspiration to hit the road? I’ve gone on a web road trip to gather a list of the most uplifting quotes about road trips that are built to fuel your wanderlust and get you one step closer to the open road. If you’re looking for inspiration or for road trip quotes that will make you laugh, you’re in the right place.

1. “Always take the scenic route, you never know what adventures you will find.”– Unknown

2. “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.” – Babs Hoffman

3. “One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller

4. “Map out your future – but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.” – Jon Bon Jovi

5. “Look for chances to take the less-traveled roads. There are no wrong turns.” — Susan Magsamen

6. “Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.” –Jerry Seinfeld

7. “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” – Lewis Carroll

8. “Roads are a record of those who have gone before.” ― Rebecca Solnit

9. “Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.” – Jack Kerouac

10. “Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere, and sometimes in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself.” – Unknown

11. “Happiness is a road trip with a good playlist.” – Unknown

12. “It is better to travel well than to arrive.” – Buddha

13. “Making memories one road trip at a time.”– Unknown

14. “If you come to a fork in the road, take it.” – Yogi Berra

15. “The road must eventually lead to the whole world.” – Jack Kerouac

16. “Some roads aren’t meant to be traveled alone.” ― Chinese Proverb

17. “No road is long with good company.” – Turkish Proverb

18. “Roads were made for journeys, not destinations.” – Confucius

19. “Hard roads require a will of steel” – Mehmet Murat ildan

20. “My life is the road, man. I need to keep moving.” – Unknown

21. “The road is hard, and you have to get accustomed to it.” – Unknown

22. “It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.” – Unknown

23. “Road trips aren’t measured by mile markers, but by moments.” – Unknown

24. “Take the long way home.” – Unknown

25. “Road trips required a couple of things: a well-balanced diet of caffeine, salt and sugar and an excellent selection of tunes—oh, and directions.” – Jenn McKinlay

26. “People having babies and getting married…and I’m like: where am I road tripping to next?” – Unknown

27. “A road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places.” – Tom Lichtenheld

28. “Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in kilometers.”- George Carlin

29. “The best part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination … it’s the fast food along the way…” – Unknown

30. “I get emotionally attached to the cars ahead of me on long road trips.” – Unknown

31. “That’s why I love road trips, dude. It’s like doing something without actually doing anything.” – John Green

32. “It doesn’t matter how old you get, buying snacks for a road trip should always look like an unsupervised 9-year-old was given $100.” – Unknown

33. “Sometimes all you need is a good friend and a full tank of gas – Unknown

34. “You make me wanna roll my windows down and cruise.” — Florida Georgia Line, Cruise

35. “It doesn’t matter where you’re going, it’s who you have beside you.” – Unknown

36. “Because the greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination. It’s all the wild stuff that happens along the way.” – Emma Chase

37. “Just grab a friend and take a ride, Together upon the open road” – A Goofy Movie

38. “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” – Izaak Walton

39. “It’s a road trip! It’s about adventure! . . . It’s not like we have somewhere to go.” – John Green

40. “I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads.” ― Paulo Coelho

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

42. “I want to go on a road trip. Just you, and me. The highway, the radio, the blue sky, the back roads, and windows down. We’ll talk about everything and nothing. We’ll sing our hearts out, and we’ll make memories we’ll never forget. Just you and me.” – Unknown

43. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

44. “My life is full of mistakes. They’re like pebbles that make a good road.”– Unknown

45. “If you make the mistake of looking back too much, you aren’t focused enough on the road in front of you.” – Brad Paisley

46. “Look at life through the windshield, not the rearview mirror.” – Byrd Baggett

47. “Life is beautiful if you are on the road to somewhere.” — Orhan Pamuk

48. “Every journey is simultaneously a beginning and an ending: I was leaving my old life behind and starting on a road trip to find a new me.” – Debi Tolbert Duggar

49. “Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two.” – Unknown

50. “Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take.” – Angela N. Blount

51. “I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.” – Walt Whitman

52. “The open road is a beckoning, a strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself.” – William Least Heat Moon

53. “I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don’t know where it’s going to lead me, but I follow it.” – Grace Jones

54. “Driving at night is about communicating with lights.” – Lukhman Pambra

55. “All he needed was a wheel in his hand and four on the road.” – Jack Kerouac

56. “Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” – Erol Ozan

57. “Still, round the corner, there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.” – J. R. R. Tolkien

58. “Never underestimate the therapeutic power of driving and listening to very loud music.” – Unknown

59. “I love road trips. You get into this Zen rhythm; throw the sense of time out the window.” – Miriam Toews

60. “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” – Douglas Adams

61. “To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen

62. “Road trips are the equivalent of human wings. Ask me to go on one, anywhere. We’ll stop in every small town and learn the history and stories, feel the ground and capture the spirit. Then we’ll turn it into our own story that will live inside our history to carry with us, always. Because stories are more important than things.” – Victoria Erickson

63. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by.” – Robert Frost

64. “The road is there, it will always be there. You just have to decide when to take it.” – Chris Humphrey

65. “If you’re on a road trip, you need driving music.” – Edgar Wright

66. “The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating.” – Aaron Lauritsen

67. “What it takes to realize everything is fine around you? A road trip to the mountains where your soul dwells in the echoes of the winds that carry fragments of clouds with them. What it takes to realize world is going back to chaos and infinite hurry? End of the aforementioned road trip.” – Crestless Wave

68. “We all have that one friend who is either on a road-trip or planning a road-trip or thinking about a road-trip or talking to people who are on road-trip or posting quotes about road-trip.” – Crestless Wave

69. “I’m on the road constantly. I’m a nomad. I don’t really have a home right now. I don’t identify with one place in particular.” – Daya

70. “A passenger on a road journey is in the hands of a driver; a reader embarking on a book is in the hands of a narrator.” – Romesh Gunesekera

71. “Wherever you get to is better than where you started. To stay on the road is a massive achievement.” – Anthony Joshua

72. “Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road.” – Walt Whitman

73. “When all’s said and done, all roads lead to the same end. So it’s not so much which road you take, as how you take it.” – Charles de Lint

74. “You can be writing every day. When you go on a road trip, the trip itself becomes part of the story.” ― Steve Rushin

75. “Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don’t complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief, and jealousy. Don’t bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!” – Bob Marley

76. “You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.” – William Hazlitt

77. “Now, on this road trip, my mind seemed to uncrinkle, to breathe, to present to itself a cure for a disease it had not, until now, known it had.” – Elizabeth Berg

78. “Take care of your car in the garage, and the car will take care of you on the road.” – Amit Kalantri

79. “I climb behind the steering wheel… I drive off immediately without once looking back; it’s a long journey but it leads to freedom.” – Corinne Hofmann

80. “The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.” – Alain de Botton

81. “I love being on the road. I love that lifestyle, traveling city to city, rocking out and moving on to the next place.” – Caleb Johnson

82. “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.” – Babs Hoffman

83. “Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.” — Jack Kerouac

84. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by.”   – Robert Frost

85. . “Still, round the corner, there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.” – J. R. R. Tolkien

86. “Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” – Erol Ozan

87. “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” – Lewis Carroll

88. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

89. “I climb behind the steering wheel… I drive off immediately without once looking back; it’s a long journey but it leads to freedom.” – Corinne Hofmann

90. “To awaken alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure. You have no idea of what is in store for you, but you will, if you are wise and know the art of travel, let yourself go on the stream of the unknown.” – Freya Stark

91. “I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don’t know where it’s going to lead me, but I follow it.” – Grace Jones

92. “I take to the open road, healthy, free, the world before me.” – Walt Whitman

93. “God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.” – Isak Dinesen

94. “Driving at night is about communicating with lights.” – Lukhman Pambra

95. “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” – Douglas Adams

96. “Never underestimate the therapeutic power of driving and listening to very loud music.” — Unknown

97. “I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” – Robert Louis Stevenson

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

99. “Road trips are the equivalent of human wings. Ask me to go on one, anywhere. We’ll stop in every small town and learn the history and stories, feel the ground and capture the spirit. Then we’ll turn it into our own story that will live inside our history to carry with us, always. Because stories are more important than things.” – Victoria Erickson

100. “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” – Izaak Walton

101. “What it takes to realize everything is fine around you? A road trip to the mountains where your soul dwells in the echoes of the winds that carry fragments of clouds with them. What it takes to realize world is going back to chaos and infinite hurry? End of the aforementioned road trip.” – Crestless Wave

101. “If you’re on a road trip, you need driving music.” – Edgar Wright

102. “Part of us believes the new car is better because it lasts longer. But, in fact, that’s the worst thing about the new car. It will stay around to disappoint you, whereas a trip to Europe is over. It evaporates. It has the good sense to go away, and you are left with nothing but a wonderful memory.” – Daniel Gilbert

103. “Road trips required a couple of things: a well-balanced diet of caffeine, salt and sugar and an excellent selection of tunes—oh, and directions.” – Jenn McKinlay

104. “Because the greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination. It’s all the wild stuff that happens along the way.” — Emma Chase

105. “Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.” – Jerry Seinfeld

106. “A road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places.” – Tom Lichtenheld

107. “We all have that one friend who is either on a road-trip or planning a road-trip or thinking about a road-trip or talking to people who are on road-trip or posting quotes about road-trip.” – Crestless Wave

108. “I’m on the road constantly. I’m a nomad. I don’t really have a home right now. I don’t identify with one place in particular.” – Daya

109. “Map out your future – but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.” – Jon Bon Jovi

110. “Now, on this road trip, my mind seemed to uncrinkle, to breathe, to present to itself a cure for a disease it had not, until now, known it had.” – Elizabeth Berg

111. “A passenger on a road journey is in the hands of a driver; a reader embarking on a book is in the hands of a narrator.” – Romesh Gunesekera

112. “The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating.” – Aaron Lauritsen

113. “I love road trips. You get into this Zen rhythm; throw the sense of time out the window.” – Miriam Toews

114. “I love being on the road. I love that lifestyle, traveling city to city, rocking out and moving on to the next place.” – Caleb Johnson

115. “Wherever you get to is better than where you started. To stay on the road is a massive achievement.” – Anthony Joshua

116. “To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen

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Road Trip Quotes: 55 Incredible Quotes to Inspire Your Next Road Trip

The open road is a place of adventure, inspiration and explanation. There’s nothing like a long, scenic drive for clearing the head.

This list of the best road trip quotes might inspire your next trip or make your next big caption! Take what you need for road trip encouragement or Instagram – just make sure to give credit where credit is due.

And enjoy the ride.

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Long drives can be very therapeutic and good for your soul – sort of meditative (unless they’re long because you’re stuck in traffic…)

The soothing feeling of being alone on the open road, listening to your favourite playlist while resting your eyes on the horizon can’t easily be described. 

I’ve however tried to capture that feeling with some of my favourite long drive quotes…

  • “I love road trips. You get into this Zen rhythm; throw the sense of time out the window.” – Miriam Toews
  • “Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.” – Jack Kerouac
  • “Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to take.”  – Angela N. Blount
  • “Map out your future – but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.” – Jon Bon Jovi

Don’t you agree with the last two quotes? It’s a nice reminder that letting go of control can lead us to beautiful places and open amazing new opportunities for us. 

Many times I’ve tried to control my life too much and would get frustrated when it wouldn’t go my way. It’s only when I’d stop resisting and go with the flow that life would really surprise me…

  • “I climb behind the steering wheel… I drive off immediately without once looking back; it’s a long journey but it leads to freedom.” – Corinne Hofmann
  • “Live your life by a compass, not a clock.” – Stephen Covey

A road trip is an awesome opportunity to spend some time with your loved ones, driving for hours, share your best stories and relive old memories while creating new ones.

With that in mind, here are some of my favourite funny road trip quotes!

  • “Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn’t block traffic.” – Dan Rather
  • “You make me wanna roll my windows down and cruise.” – Florida Georgia Line
  • “At the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling.” – Shanti

I couldn’t agree more with this quote. If you’re not messy and dirty, are you even doing it right? 

  • “A tourist is a fellow who drives thousands of miles so he can be photographed standing in front of his car.” – Emile Ganest
  • “Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save fuel, take your next trip in Kilometers.” – George Carlin
  • “Road trips require a couple of things; a well-balanced diet of caffeine, salt and sugar and an excellent selection of tunes. Oh- and directions!” – Jenn McKinlay

YES for the caffeine, salt, sugar and the music! However, I don’t think road trips always require directions! Sometimes getting lost is the best part of a road trip… Don’t you think?

  • “If you’re not lost, you’re not much of an explorer.” – John Perry Barlow

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YES John Perry Barlow!Get out of your comfort zone. Life will surprise you with some unexpected destinations. Just keep an open mind and heart…

A road trip with your best friends makes the whole difference. The car boredom or mishaps along the way become fun and exciting when you’re surrounded with the right people. It can go both ways – you either end up hating your friends or developing a stronger bond with them. 

Pick your travel buddies wisely, friends! It’s an art. 

  • “Even when I visit the most beautiful countries in the world, it’s the people I come home telling stories of.” – We Dream of Travel
  • “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill
  • “Some roads aren’t meant to be travelled alone.” – Chinese Proverb
  • “What we find in a soul mate is not something wild to tame, but something wild to run with.” – Robert Brault
  • “I travelled the whole world to discover the greatest adventure was you.” – We Dream of Travel
  • “People don’t take trips, trips take people.” – John Steinbeck
  • “We all have that one friend who is either on a road trip or planning a road-trip or thinking about a road-trip or talking to people who are on road-trip or posting quotes about road-trip.” – Crestless Wave

Oops, I may be that friend! Call me the road trip junkie – I’m always down for an adventure. Anyone wanna tag along?

Maybe you just have a weekend to go on a road trip or can’t take the time off work to hit the road. 

You should still get out there on  a road trip! It’ll help you disconnect with your routine, maintain perspective, force you to put down your phone and you will come home rested and ready to take on a new week. 

Here are some of our favourite short road trip quotes to inspire your short wanderlust.

  • “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.” – Izaak Walton

Have you ever tried going on a road trip with someone who triggers the s*** out of you? YIKES.

  • “No road is long with good company.” – Turkish Proverb
  • “Making memories, one road trip at a time.” – Unknown
  • “Travel far enough, you meet yourself” – David Mitchell

I can 100% relate to this quote. I left home when I was 18 years old and moved to a new country. I’ve been travelling ever since and it really has helped me understand myself better. My travel experience has taught me what my values, boundaries and needs are and I doubt I would be as self-aware as I am today if I didn’t hit the road so early! 

You may want to leave the kids at home, take a break from your partner, or go on a solo trip to get some “me-time”, but let me tell you one thing: a good old family road trip is sometimes just what you need. 

Here are some of our favorite quotes for family travel…

  • “A road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places.” – Tom Lichtenheld
  • “In 1903 the Wright brothers invented airplanes, because in 1902 they took a road trip across the country with their family.” – Bill Engvall
  • “The entire road trip could be summed up as one giant attempt to keep from crashing the car during fits of rage and fits of hysteria.” – Kari Martindale

If you’re going on a road trip, you want to make sure that you bring your camera to capture every second of your adventure… Let your inner artist out!

We’ve compiled our favourite road trip Instagram captions to accompany them!

  • “One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller
  • “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” – Douglas Adams

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  • “You may not find a path, but you will find a way.” – Tom Wolfe
  • “Once you have travelled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.” – Pat Conroy
  • “Sometimes, it’s only in walking the path that we discover why we are walking at all.” – Richard Paul Evans

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  • “The road is there, it will always be there. You just have to decide when to take it.” –  Chris Humphrey

This quote means so much to me. It’s a good reminder that there’s always an opportunity if you look for it, or are open to it. It’s sometimes so easy to get stuck in our own thoughts or in a situation, failing to understand that there’s ALWAYS a way out. 

  • “Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” –  Jack Kerouac
  • “I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.” – Mary Anne Radmacher

Ohhh yes. Once you’ve explored the corners of the globe, you’re not the same anymore. To me, it’s a blessing and a curse… On the one hand, it has opened my mind so much, but on the other hand, I now have the travel bug! 

  • “Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of travelling.” – Margaret Lee Runbeck
  • “Life is beautiful if you are on the road to somewhere.” – Orhan Pamuk, The New Life
  • “Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere and sometimes in the middle of nowhere you find yourself” – Stacey Westfall

In my experience, I’ve learned the most about myself in situations I had never been in and that were quite tricky to handle. That’s when my instinct kicked in… And surprised me!

  • “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey” – Babs Hoffman

Have you ever watched a TV show or a movie that made you want to drop everything and go on a road trip?

Here are some of my most inspiring road trip TV and movie quotes that make me want to travel and discover new places.

  • “Well, we’re not in the middle of nowhere, but we can see it from here.” – Thelma & Louise
  • “According to the map, we’ve only gone four inches.” – Dumb & Dumber
  • “We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” – Walt Disney
  • “Just grab a friend and take a ride, together upon the open road.” – The Goofy Movie
  • “Adventure is out there.” – Up
  • “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
  • “We’re almost there, but nowhere near it. All that matters is that we’re going.” – Gilmore Girls

One thing I realized through travelling, which became one of my life lessons, is that it’s not about the destination but about the journey. 

  • “Fifty years from now, when you’re looking back at your life, don’t you want to be able to say you had the guts to get in the car?“ – Transformers
  • “I love waking up in the morning not knowing what’s gonna happen or whom I’m gonna meet. Where I’m gonna wind up.” – Titanic
  • “When I get home I shall write a book about this place… If I ever do get home” – Alice in Wonderland

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Last but not least, here are our favourite road trip quotes about exploring at The Broke Backpacker…

  • “The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to.” – Alain de Botton
  • “Because the greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination. It’s all the wild stuff that happens along the way.” – Emma Chase
  • “Now, on this road trip, my mind seemed to uncrinkle, to breathe, to present to itself a cure for a disease it had not, until now, known it had.” – Elizabeth Berg
  •  “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” – Helen Keller
  • “There’s nowhere to go but everywhere…” – Jack Kerouac, On the Road: the Original Scroll

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  • “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag

Alright, that was a lot of road trip quotes  and captions. I hope you’re feeling inspired by now and ready to  hit the pedal! 

Road trips are the best way to travel: you will save heaps of money, you will be independent and you will get to explore some hidden gems as you’re getting lost on the road. And no form of travel is more conducive to blaring slick tunes at ear-splitting volume – “Fast Car” from Tracy Chapman is a must. 

Have I missed any road trip quotes or captions? What’s your favourite road trip quote I’ve listed? Let me know in the comments, I would love to hear from you!

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100 Best Road Trip Quotes: Funny, Thought Provoking and Inspiring

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Do you ever need a little pick me up or some motivation to get out on the open road again? If so, then these quotes are for you! We’ve got 100 of our favourite quotes that will inspire your next trip. Get ready to hit the gas pedal and enjoy the ride because we’re going on an adventure together with these inspiring words.. From inspirational quotes to funny quotes, this list has it all. If you’re looking for something new to read on your next vacation or just want some inspiration before hitting the open road, then look no further than this list of fun and interesting quotes!

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The appeal of the open road can’t be beat. Being in a car and driving down that long stretch gives you time to really experience what is around on your way, as well as take breaks along the way. There is a certain feeling that comes with driving for hours on end through mountains or along coastal cliffs without any set destination in mind: freedom. The sense of adventure and exploration being rewarded by beautiful views as you turn another corner can be exhilarating. The following quotes are so true for those who love being out there and take long drives!

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1. “ Sometimes the most scenic roads in life are the detours you didn’t mean to make. ” – Angela N Blount

2. “ No road is long with good company. ” – Turkish proverb

3. “ The road goes on forever and the party never ends. ” – Robert Earl Keen

4. “ Sometimes the best therapy is a long drive, upbeat music and good company. ” – Unknown

5. “ Really in the mood for a long drive with no real destination. ” – Unknown

6. “ Take the long way home. ” – Unknown

7. “ A long drive to nowhere is the best way to clear the mind. ” – Meggan Roxanne

Road trips are great adventures for those who want to take their time getting there without worrying about having enough vacation days left when they arrive! These quotes are for those adventure seekers, who would likes spontaneity and being on the open road!

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8. “ Because the greatest part of a road trip isn’t arriving at your destination. It’s all the wild stuff that happens along the way. ” – Emma Chase

9. “ Wherever you get to is better than where you started. To stay on the road is a massive achievement. ” – Anthony Joshua

10. “ Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost. ” – Erol Ozan

11. “ The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating ” – Aaron Lauritsen

12. “ Even when I visit the most beautiful countries in the world, it’s the people I come home telling stories of. ” – We Dream of Travel

13. “ Look for chances to take the less-travelled roads. There are no wrong turns. ” – Susan Magsamen

14. “ We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. ” – Walt Disney

15. “ The road less travelled is the road to adventure. ” – Unknown

16. “ Nothing adventured, nothing attained. ” – Peter McWilliams

17. “ We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm, and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. ” – Jawaharlal Nehru

18.“ Adventure, without it, why live? ” – Hortense Odlum

19. “ If you’re not lost, you’re not much of an explorer. ” – John Perry Barlow

20. “ Get your motor runnin’, Head out on the highway, Lookin’ for adventure… ” – Steppenwolf, Born to be Wild

21. “ It’s a road trip! It’s about adventure! . . . It’s not like we have somewhere to go. ” – John Green

Everyone has their favourite way of spending an extended amount of family time together – but what could be better than a trip with your loved ones? Here are some quotes that illustrate the importance and beauty in sharing those moments.

friends & family road trip quote

22.“ Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less travelled by. ” –Robert Frost

23. “ And just like that, we’re on our way to everywhere. ” – Emery Lord

24. “ Just grab a friend and take a ride, together upon the open road. ” – The Goofy Movie

25. “ We are all travellers in the wilderness of the world & the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend. ” –Robert Louis Stevenson

26. “ A road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places. ” – Unknown

27. “ A family that travels together, stays together. ” – Unknown

28.  “ You make me wanna roll my windows down and cruise. ” — Florida Georgia Line, Cruise

If you need a break from the seriousness of long drives, then funny quotes may be just what you’re looking for. While many people use these humorous phrases to keep themselves entertained on their journey or during traffic, they can also act as relief if one is feeling stressed out. Below are some examples that will make your drive more enjoyable!

funny road trip quote

29. “ It doesn’t matter how old you get, buying snacks for a road trip should always look like an unsupervised 9 year old was given $100. ” – Unknown

30. “ We all have that one friend who is either on a road trip or planning a road trip or thinking about a road-trip or talking to people who are on a road trip or posting quotes about a road trip. ” –Crestless Wave

31. “ People having babies and getting married… and I’m like: where am I road tripping to next? ” – Unknown

32. “ That’s why I love road trips dude. It’s like doing something without actually doing anything. ” – Unknown

33. “ I feel like most of my problems could be solved with a trip to … anywhere. ” – Unknown

34. “ Yeah, working is great…but have you tried travelling? ” – Unknown

35. “ Never underestimate the therapeutic power of driving and listening to very loud music. ” – Unknown

36. “ Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey. ” – Babs Hoffman

37. “ Road trips require a couple of things: a well balanced diet of caffeine, salt and sugar, and an excellent set of tunes – oh, and directions. ” – Jenn McKinlay

Here is a collection of classic quotes that are short and sweet!

short road trip quote

38. “ A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles. ” – Tim Cahill

39. “ Take only memories, leave only footprints. ” – Unknown

40. “ Life is beautiful if you are on the road to somewhere. ” – Orhan Pamuk, The New Life

41. “ It feels good to be lost in the right direction. ” – Unknown

42. “ Live your life by a compass, not a clock. ” – Unknown

43. “ Road trips aren’t measured by mile markers, but by moments. ” – Unknown

44. “ Always take the scenic route. ” – Unknown

45. “ Making memories, one road trip at a time. ” – Unknown

46. “ Happiness is a road trip. ” – Unknown

47. “ There are no mistakes. Only new paths to explore. ” – Gregory David Roberts

48.“ Adventure is out there. ” – Unknown

49. “ There is something about the momentum of travel that makes you want to just keep moving, to never stop. ” – Bill Bryson

50. “ Roads were made for journeys, not destinations. ”– Unknown

Road trips are a great way for couples to reconnect and make some awesome memories. The best thing about them is that they’re always new, even if you do the same trip every year. You can’t go wrong with road trips as an opportunity of getting back on the same page in your relationship! Unlike vacations where everything feels so familiar because it’s just like all other times before, experiencing something together again such as driving along scenic roads will allow both parties involved to explore anew without feeling bored or repetitive.

couple road trip quote

51. “ Couples who travel together, stay together. ” – Unknown

52. “ Let’s find some beautiful places to get lost together. ” – Unknown

53. “ It doesn’t matter where you are going, it’s who you have beside you. ” – Unknown

54. “ Oh darling, let’s be adventurers! ” – Unknown

55. “ I want to see the world with you. ” – Unknown

56. “ Happiness is… planning a trip to somewhere new, with someone you love. ” – Unknown

57. “ And we will travel together and just be in love forever. ” – Unknown

There is something to be said for the freedom and independence that comes with traveling alone. It can provide a sense of security, but it doesn’t always have to make things lonely. Quotes below are meant as companions on your journey from one place to another 😉

solo road trip quote

58. “ I’m on the road constantly. I’m a nomad. I don’t really have a home right now. I don’t identify with one place in particular. ” – Daya

59. “ I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it. ” – Rosalia De Castro

60. “ I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don’t know where it’s going to lead me, but I follow it. ” – Grace Jones

61. “ Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road. ” – Jack Kerouac

62. “ I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world. ” – Mary Anne Radmacher

63. “ I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list. ” – Susan Sontag

64. “ My favourite thing is to go where I’ve never been. ” – Diane Arbus

65. “ Every journey is simultaneously a beginning and an ending: I was leaving my old life behind and starting on a road trip to find a new me. ” – Debi Tolbert Duggar, Riding Soul-O

66. “ On the road again, Goin’ places that I’ve never been, Seein’ things that I may never see again, And I can’t wait to get on the road again ” – Willie Nelson, On The Road Again

67. “ I love being on the road. I love that lifestyle, traveling city to city, rocking out and moving on to the next place. ” – Caleb Johnson

68. “ Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever I choose. ” – Walt Whitman

69. “ I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. ” – Robert Louis Stevenson

70. “ I see my path, but I don’t know where it leads. Not knowing where I’m going is what inspires me to travel it. ” – Rosalía de Castro

71. “ I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads. ” – Paulo Coelho

72. “ When you go on a road trip, the trip itself becomes part of the story. ” – Steve Rushin

73. “ I love road trips. You get into this Zen rhythm; throw the sense of time out the window. ” – Miriam Toews

74. “ I love being on the road. I love that lifestyle, traveling city to city, rocking out and moving on to the next place. ” – Caleb Johnson

The best way to get away from the every day grind is to take a road trip. Road trips are great for clearing your mind and freshening up your outlook on life. Here are some of our inspirational quotes about travel that should help you if you’re feeling stuck or just need a little inspiration before hitting the open road!

life inspirational road trip quotes

75. “ Look at life through the windshield, not the rearview mirror. ” – Byrd Baggett

76. “ Do Not Follow Where The Path May Lead. Go Instead Where There Is No Path And Leave A Trail. ” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

77. “ The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating ” – Aaron Lauritsen

78. “ Every journey is simultaneously a beginning and an ending: I was leaving my old life behind and starting on a road trip to find a new me. ” – Debi Tolbert Duggar

79. “ Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling. ” – Unknown

80. “ To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live. ” – Hans Christian Andersen,

81. “ We had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life. ” – Jack Kerouac, On the Road: the Original Scroll

82. “ The world is too big to stay in one place, and life is too short to do just one thing. ” – Unknown

83. “ If we wait until we are ready, we will be waiting for the rest of our life! ” – Lemony Snicket

84. “ Live life with no excuses, travel with no regret. ” – Oscar Wilde

85. “ Fifty years from now, when you’re looking back at your life, don’t you want to be able to say you had the guts to get in the car? ” – Transformer3

86. “ Travel brings power and love back into your life. ” – Rumi Jalalud-Din

87. “ Travel isn’t always pretty. It isn’t always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that’s okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. ” – Anthony Bourdain

One of the most excitement filled parts of any vacation is when you realize that it’s not a dream. That moment where one wakes up from their sleep to find themselves on an adventure, and everything they’re experiencing for real. The road trips people take are an important part of life. We all have our own experience with traveling and seeing new places, but we also share some sayings about this time. Here are a few road trip sayings to keep you going!

road trip sayings

88. “ Once a year, go somewhere you have never been before. ” – Dalai Lama

89. “ There’s nowhere to go but everywhere… ” – Jack Kerouac, On the Road

90. “ The pleasure we derive from journeys is perhaps dependent more on the mindset with which we travel than on the destination we travel to. ” – Alain de Botton

90. “ A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. ” – Lao Tzu

91. “ We’re almost there, but nowhere near it. All that matters is that we’re going. ” – Gilmore Girls

92. “ Not all those who wander are lost. ” – J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

93. “ The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ” – Lao Tzu

94. “ The entire road trip could be summed up as one giant attempt to keep from crashing the car during fits of rage and fits of hysteria. ” – Kari Martindale

95. “ Sometimes the road less travelled is less travelled for a reason. ” – Jerry Seinfeld

96. “ A passenger on a road journey is in the hands of a driver; a reader embarking on a book is in the hands of a narrator. ” – Romesh Gunesekera

97. “ Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey. ” – Babs Hoffman

98. “ Look for chances to take the less-travelled roads. There are no wrong turns. ” – Susan Magsamen

99. “ Road trips are the equivalent of human wings. Ask me to go on one, any one. We’ll stop in every small town and learn the history and the stories, feel the ground, and capture the spirit. ” – Unknown

100. “ Map out your future – but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip. ” – Bon Jovi

Final Thoughts on Road Trip Quotes

The time has come to take a break, and go on that road trip you’ve been dreaming about. We hope these quotes have given you the inspiration needed for your journey! In addition to being entertaining, we encourage our readers to use this as a way of finding travel destinations or simply taking some much-needed vacation time with friends and family members. What is your favourite quote? Let us know in the comments below!

life inspirational road trip quotes

Jumana is a travel writer and technologist living in the United Kingdom, born and brought up in India. While she is busy with her full time job as a computer technologist, she is an active explorer during her spare time. She has been exploring states of India since she was 15 and then around the world since she moved to the west in her 20s. Her favourite travel style is “On the Road” and she has perfected the art of road trip planning, covering multiple famous and undiscovered routes around Europe, UK and USA. She is on a mission to road trip the planet and learn more about the cultures around the world.

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When I was travelling from Munich to London, i wrote this blog . i really enjoyed this trip quotes wanna thanks to the writer for this amazing blog.

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