Whether you're an avid traveler or a dreamer of far off places, these 25 quotes will inspire you to head to your nearest airport

For the unsure:

1. “I always wonder why birds choose to stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth, then I ask myself the same question.” – Harun Yahya

2. “Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.” – Helen Keller

3. “There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say, ‘Yes, I’ve got dreams, of course I’ve got dreams.’ Then they put the box away and bring it out once in awhile to look in it, and yep, they’re still there.” – Emma Bombeck

4. “Never did the world make a queen of a girl who hides in houses and dreams without traveling.” – Roman Payne

5. "To travel is worth any cost or sacrifice.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

6. "A ship it the harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for." – Anonymous

For the wanderers:

7. "A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” – Lao Tzu

8. “I travel because I become uncomfortable being too comfortable.” – Carew Papritz

9. “Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.” – Lawrence Block

10. “Every dreamer knows that it is entirely possible to be homesick for a place you've never been to, perhaps more homesick than for familiar ground.” – Judith Thurman

For the knowledge-thirsty:

11. “Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all people cry, laugh, eat, worry and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” – Maya Angelou

12. "If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and avoid the people, you might better stay at home. – James Michener

13. "The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page." – St. Augustine

14. “Traveling is almost like talking with men of other centuries.” – René Descartes

15. “If you’re twenty-two, physically fit, hungry to learn and be better, I urge you to travel – as far and as widely as possible. Sleep on floors if you have to. Find out how other people live and eat and cook. Learn from them – wherever you go." – Anthony Bourdain

For the adventurers:

16. “You must go on adventures to find out where you belong.” – Sue Fitzmaurice

17. “Adventure may hurt you but monotony will kill you.” – Anonymous

18. “Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.” – Irving Wallace

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

20. “The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.” – Jon Krakauer

For the introspective:

21. "Traveling can be one of the most rewarding forms forms of introspection." – Lawrence Durrell

22. “The farther I travel, the closer I am to myself.” – Andrew McCarthy

23. “Everywhere you travel to, be fully there.” – Lailah Gifty Akita

24. "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." – Marcel Proust

25. "To travel is to take a journey into yourself." – Danny Kaye