“Regret is what you should fear the most. If something is going to keep you awake at night, let it be the fear of not following your dream. Be afraid of settling.”— Chris Guillebeau, amazon.com
“It’s better to be at the bottom of the ladder you want to climb than the top of one you don’t.”— Chris Guillebeau, amazon.com
“You must believe that your quest can be successful, even if no one else does. You can deal with setbacks, misadventures, and even disasters as long as you still believe you can overcome the hardships and see your way to the end.”— Chris Guillebeau, amazon.com
“Lesson: When you sense discontent, pay attention. The answer isn’t always ‘go for it’ (though often it is), but you shouldn’t neglect the stirring. Properly examined, feelings of unease can lead to a new life of purpose.”— Chris Guillebeau, amazon.com
“If you could do anything at all without regard to time or money, what would it be?”— Chris Guillebeau, amazon.com
“Before beginning, take the time to count the cost. Understanding exactly what you need to do, and then finding a way to do it, makes a quest much more feasible.”— Chris Guillebeau, amazon.com
“I want to make my life worthwhile,’ one woman said. ‘I consider myself an instrument, and if I don’t put myself to work for the greatest possible good, I’ll feel like I wasted a chance that will never return.”— Chris Guillebeau, amazon.com
“A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image.”— Michiko Kakutani, nytimes.com
“The magical and the extraordinary are with me and with everyone in the Universe all the time, but sometimes we forget that and need to be reminded, even if we have to cross the largest continent in the world from one side to the other.’”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“If you want something bad enough, no dollar amount will come in the way of that. Don’t let the size of your dreams intimidate you.”— Gloria Atanmo, gumroad.com
“People on the outside looking in often fall in love with the idea of success, but never want to hold hands with the struggle.”— Gloria Atanmo, gumroad.com
“My passport has single-handedly changed my life for the better, and if you told me to give up my passport or my degree, I’d practically thrust my degree into your arms [along with a slew of debt] and bid thee farewell as I took off on another adventure.”— Gloria Atanmo, gumroad.com
“Traveling is living in its purest form and nothing in life is a better teacher than the lessons you learn and experience through traveling.”— Gloria Atanmo, gumroad.com
“Traveling is a constant dialogue between yourself and your soul, growing, learning, and challenging anything and everything you’ve ever thought about life.”— Gloria Atanmo, gumroad.com
“If you live a life so boldly and unapologetically, then life has no choice but to follow suit and command the reciprocation of luck to work in your favor.”— Gloria Atanmo, gumroad.com