50+ Inspiring Road Trip Quotes
Road trips are fantastic. They offer excursions and experiences. Traveling by road is not just about the destination, but it takes you through a mesmerizing path that adds up a different kind of experience altogether.
Taking a flight may save you time, but taking road trips can a lot of experience to the expedition. You get to know the people and the places better when you’re on the road.
Your journey becomes a beautiful bouquet of various stopovers while you reach your destination. Be it a budget trip or an extravaganza; road trips create memories. And if you’re up for some adventure, anything can happen!
If you’re looking for a little inspiration before your next road trip, take a look at these 50+ road trip quotes from writers, musicians, and other creative minds. These quotes will remind you why hitting the open road is such a special experience.
Road Trip Quotes
1 “It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
2 “All he needed was a wheel in his hand and four on the road.” – Jack Kerouac
3 “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” – Douglas Adams
4 “Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, as is ever so on the road.” – Jack Kerouac
5 “Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and enjoy the journey.” – Babs Hoffman
6 “Still, round the corner, there may wait, a new road or a secret gate.” – J. R. R. Tolkien
7 “Lose your path. Find your way.” – Natalia Jaster
8 “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
9 “Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason” – Jerry Seinfeld
10 “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” – Robert Frost
11 “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
12 “Look at life through the windshield, not the rearview mirror.” – Byrd Baggett
13 “Some beautiful paths can’t be discovered without getting lost.” – Erol Ozan
14 “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there.” – Lewis Carroll
15 “I love road trips. You get into this Zen rhythm; throw the sense of time out the window.” – Miriam Toews
16 “No road is long with good company.” – Turkish proverb
17 “The journey not the arrival matters.” – T.S. Eliot
18 “A road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting new places.” – Tom Lichtenheld
19 “Roads were made for journeys, not destinations.” – Confucius
20 “The road goes on forever and the party never ends.” – Robert Earl Keen
21 “When you go on a road trip, the trip itself becomes part of the story.” – Steve Rushin
22 “That’s why I love road trips, dude. It’s like doing something without actually doing anything.” – John Green
23 “Roads are a record of those who have gone before.” – Rebecca Solnit
24 “Look for chances to take the less-traveled roads. There are no wrong turns.” – Susan Magsamen
25 “The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating.” – Aaron Lauritsen
26 “Life is beautiful if you are on the road to somewhere.” – Orhan Pamuk
27 “If you come to a fork in the road, take it.” – Yogi Berra
28 “The road is there, it will always be there. You just have to decide when to take it.” – Chris Humphrey
29 “A bend in the road is not the end of the road… Unless you fail to make the turn.” – Helen Keller
30 “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 Anderson
31 “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
32 “Take care of your car in the garage, and the car will take care of you on the road.” – Amit Kalantri
33 “Hard roads require a will of steel.” – Mehmet Murat Ildan
34 “If you’re on a road trip, you need driving music.” – Edgar Wright
35 “A long drive to nowhere is the best way to clear the mind.” – Meggan Roxanne
36 “The road must eventually lead to the whole world.” – Jack Kerouac
37 “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
38 “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
39 “Kilometres are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in Kilometres.” – George Carlin
40 “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
41 “The real home of man is not his house but the road. Life itself is a travel that has to be done by foot.” – Bruce Chitin
42 “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
43 “It is better to travel well than to arrive.” – Buddha
44 “They say the open road helps you think. About where you’ve been and where you’re going.” – Vin Diesel
45 “Road trips aren’t measured by mile markers, but by moments.” – Unknown
46 “It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you but no one can walk it for you.” – Rumi
47 “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
48 “Wherever you get to is better than where you started. To stay on the road is a massive achievement.” – Anthony Joshua
49 “I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads.” – Paulo Coelho
50 “At the end of the day, I understand that life has roadblocks, and life is like school – you’ll be tested; we gotta pass it.” – DJ Khaled
51 “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
52 “God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.” – Isak Dinesen
