90 Quotes to Inspire Long Drives & Road Trips
Heading on a long drive and searching for the best quotes for your road trip? You’re in the right place.
There’s few things I love more than heading out on a long road trip, and I’ll always choose to drive myself rather than take public transport if I can.
And when I’m reflecting on my road tripping adventures, I’m often in search of the perfect quote or phrase to sum it up.
In this article, I’ll cover quotes for long drives with friends, quotes to make you laugh, and some brilliant Instagram captions to perfectly summarise your road trip adventure.
Quotes for Long Drives with Friends
1. “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” – Tim Cahill
2. “We are all travelers in the wilderness of the world & the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.”– Robert Louis Stevenson
3. “It doesn’t matter where you’re going, it’s who you have beside you.” — Unknown
4. “Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.”– Izaak Walton
5. “Just grab a friend and take a ride, together upon the open road.” – The Goofy Movie
5. “No road is long with good company.” – Turkish Proverb
Inspirational Quotes about Long Drives
6. “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
7. “The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.” — Oprah Winfrey
8. “It’s a road trip! It’s about adventure! . . . It’s not like we have somewhere to go.” — John Green
9. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” — Robert Frost
10. “Jobs fill your pocket, but adventures fill your soul.” — Jaime Lyn Beatty
11. “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” — Neale Donald Walsch
12. “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” — Ibn Battuta
13. “Every exit is an entry somewhere else.” — Tom Stoppard
14. “Adventure is worthwhile in itself.” — Amelia Earhart
Meaningful Road Trip Quotes
15. “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.” – Victoria Erickson
16. “The freedom of the open road is seductive, serendipitous and absolutely liberating.” – Aaron Lauritsen
17. “You know more of a road by having travelled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world.” – William Hazlitt
18. “I may not have ended up where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.” -Douglas Adams
19. “The open road is a beckoning, a strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself.” – William Least Heat-Moon
Funny Road Trip Quotes
20. “I don’t need therapy, I just need a road trip.” – Unknown
21. “A road trip is a way for the whole family to spend time together and annoy each other in interesting and new places.” – Tom Lichtenheld
22. “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
23. “I basically have two states of being: on the road or on the computer.” — Judith Fein
24. “In 1903 the Wright brothers invented airplanes, because in 1902 they took a road trip across the country with their family.” — Bill Engvall
25. “The road to enlightenment is long and difficult, and you should try not to forget snacks and magazines.” – Anne Lamott
26. “Every road trip has its ups and downs, just like a love affair, or the stock market. But more like a love affair.” — Vivian Swift
27. “Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.”— Jerry Seinfeld
Short Road Trip Quotes
28. “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” – Susan Sontag
29. “All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.” – Earl Nightingale
30. “Roads are a record of those who have gone before.” -Rebecca Solnit
31. “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” -Yogi Berra
32. “If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.” -Dolly Parton
33. “Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.” J. R. R. Tolkien
34. “I travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape me.” – Unknown
35. “Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.” – Charles de Gaulle
36. “The road is there, it will always be there. You just have to decide when to take it.” – Chris Humphrey
37. “The journey not the arrival matters.” – T.S. Eliot
Puns About Long Drives
38. “Let’s hit the road and put the pedal to the metal.”
39. “On this road trip, we’re steering towards good times.”
40. “We’re tire-d of the daily grind; it’s time for a road trip!”
41. “Taking the scenic route because life is a highway.”
42. “Road trips: where you find the journey is just as important as the destination.”
43. “Fueling up on snacks and good vibes for our adventure.”
44. “Our road trip playlist is wheely good.”
45. “Get ready to go the extra mile on this road trip.”
46. “No need for brakes; this road trip is full-speed ahead.”
Road Trip Captions for Instagram
47. “Adventure is calling, and the road is my answer.”
48. “Wandering where the WiFi is weak, but the connection is strong.”
49. “Life is short, the world is wide, and the road is endless.”
50. “Chasing sunsets and open roads.”
51. “Getting lost is half the fun of finding yourself.”
52. “On the road again, and it feels so good.”
53. “Driving into the sunset with good tunes and great company.”
54. “Exploring the world one mile at a time.”
55. “Adventure awaits at every turn.”
56. “The best therapy is a long drive on an open road.”
57. “Road tripping and memory-making.”
58. “No GPS, no plans, no problems.”
59. “Let’s get lost and find ourselves on the open road.”
60. “Wherever you go, go with all your heart.”
61. “Endless roads, endless possibilities.”
62. “The journey is the destination.”
63. “Life’s a highway, and I’m gonna ride it all night long.”
64. “Take only memories, leave only tire tracks.”
65. “Lost in the right direction.”
66. “Road trippin’ with my favorite allies.”
67. “Born to be wild and roam.”
68. “Adventure is out there, and it begins on the road.”
69. “Driving through life one mile at a time.”
70. “Just a road and a good playlist away from happiness.”
71. “Adventure on the horizon and the wind in my hair.”
72. “Escape the ordinary and embrace the extraordinary.”
73. “Making pit stops and taking photos along the way.”
74. “Life is a highway, and I’m gonna drive it all night long.”
75. “Not all who wander are lost, but I’m just here to get lost.”
76. “Behind the wheel, the world is my oyster, and I’m ready to explore.”
77. “The open road: where memories are made and worries are left behind.”
78. “Wheels up, worries down.”
79. “Sometimes the journey is more important than the destination.”
80. “Roadside attractions and spontaneous detours.”
81. “Driving into the unknown with a heart full of wanderlust.”
82. “Life’s a journey, not a race.”
83. “Travel far enough to meet yourself.”
84. “Endless roads, endless stories.”
85. “Embrace the detours – they often lead to the best adventures.”
86. “Every mile is a new adventure waiting to unfold.”
87. “Adventure is the best way to learn.”
88. “Roaming, exploring, and living for the journey.”
89. “On the road, you’ll find the extraordinary in the ordinary.”
90. “Beneath the stars and on the open road, I find my peace.”
