There’s a reason they say “the road less traveled.” It’s because that road is full of adventure, opportunity, and unique experiences. If you’re the kind of person who likes to blaze your own trail, these quotes will give you the inspiration you need to keep going. So whether you’re on your way to your next great adventure or just starting out on your journey as an entrepreneur, remember: don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do it.
These quotes are for nonconformists who know there’s no place like the road less traveled. Enjoy!
Road Less Traveled Quotes
The road less traveled will not be smooth.
Megan McCafferty
Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.
Jerry Seinfeld
I knew that I was choosing the road less traveled but I’m not walking it alone.
Jason Collins
I chose the road less traveled. Now I’m lost.
Darynda Jones
I feel a huge responsibility to anyone who’s younger than me, in helping them take the road less traveled, or finding no road at all and blazing a new trail.
Sandra Bullock
Take the road less traveled…there’s less traffic!!!
Monika Zands
The road less traveled continues to beckon me onward, towards a journey of transformation and engagement.
Marquita Burke-DeJesus
Entrepreneurs pay the price of a road less traveled, while everyone else takes the freeway and perpetually misses their own exit.
Ryan Lilly
I’ve always sort of felt a little bit like I was on the road less traveled, so if I come across a story about a person who broke the rules, or did things differently and succeeded, that’s really inspiring to me.
Laura Bell Bundy
The only real security in life lies in relishing life’s insecurity.
Scott Peck
The attempt to avoid legitimate suffering lies at the root of all emotional illness.
Scott Peck
When we avoid the legitimate suffering that results from dealing with problems, we also avoid the growth that problems demand from us. It is for this reason that in chronic mental illness we stop growing, we become stuck. And without healing, the human spirit begins to shrivel.
Scott Peck
Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
If your goal is to avoid pain and escape suffering, I would not advise you to seek higher levels of consciousness or spiritual evolution. First, you cannot achieve them without suffering, and second, insofar as you do achieve them, you are likely to be called on to serve in ways more painful to you, or at least demanding of you, than you can now imagine. Then why desire to evolve at all, you may ask. If you ask this question, perhaps you do not know enough of joy.
Scott Peck
The more honest one is, the easier it is to continue being honest, just as the more lies one has told, the more necessary it is to lie again. By their openness, people dedicated to the truth live in the open, and through the exercise of their courage to live in the open, they become free from fear.
Scott Peck
Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.
Jerry Seinfeld
I knew that I was choosing the road less traveled but I’m not walking it alone.
Jason Collins
Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it. Once we truly know that life is difficult-once we truly understand and accept it-then life is no longer difficult. Because once it is accepted, the fact that life is difficult no longer matters.
Scott Peck
Be fearless. Have the courage to take risks. Go where there are no guarantees.
Katie Couric
I chose the road less traveled. Now I’m lost.
Darynda Jones
It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.
Scott Peck
The road less traveled will not be smooth.
Megan McCafferty
I define love thus: The will to extend one’s self for the purpose of nurturing one’s own or another’s spiritual growth.
Scott Peck
Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and wisdom.
Scott Peck
I feel a huge responsibility to anyone who’s younger than me, in helping them take the road less traveled, or finding no road at all and blazing a new trail.
Sandra Bullock
Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.
Jack Kerouac
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth.
Robert Frost
Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it.
Scott Peck
And have the courage to accept that you’re not perfect; nothing is, and no one is – and that’s OK.
Katie Couric
Problems are the cutting edge that distinguishes between success and failure. Problems … create our courage and wisdom.
Scott Peck
Humility means that you have the courage to accept that you are eternity itself.
Frederick Lenz
Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
Oliver Goldsmith
Look for chances to take the less-traveled roads. There are no wrong turns.
Susan Magsamen
Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.
Jerry Seinfeld
You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
Mae West
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
Andre Gide
I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.
Mary Anne Radmacher
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Lao Tzu
Not all those who wander are lost.
J. R. R. Tolkien
The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
Saint Augustine
A ship in a harbor is safe, but it not what ships are built for.
John A. Shedd
Do not follow where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Travel sparks our imagination, feeds our curiosity, and reminds us how much we. all have in common.
Deborah Lloyd
Little by little, one travels far.
J.R.R. Tolkein
Happiness is letting go of what you think your life is supposed to look like and celebrate it for everything that it is.
Mandy Hale
Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken.
Frank Herbert
At the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling.
Shanti
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
And just like that, we’re on our way to everywhere.
Emery Lord
Adventure is out there.
Up
It is not down in any map, true places never are.
Herman Melville
To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.
Aldous Huxley
If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine; it’s lethal.
Paulo Coelho
In the end… we only regret the chances we didn’t take.
Lewis Carroll
Travel leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.
Ibu Battuta
I am not the same having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.
Mary Anne Radmacher
Traveling tends to magnify all human emotions.
Peter Hoeg
Travel far enough, you meet yourself.
David Mitchell
Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.
Gustave Flaubert
If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.
Glenn Clark
Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
Benjamin Disraeli
So much of who we are is where we have been.
William Langewiesche
We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone.
Katie Thurmes
If you want something you never had, you have to do something you’ve never done.
Thomas Jefferson
Life is short and the world is wide.
Simon Raven
Travel is still the most intense mode of learning.
Kevin Kelly
I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth. Then I ask myself the same question.
Harun Yahya
Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent in the office or mowing your lawn.
Jack Kerouac
A Final Word
Those who are unafraid to blaze their own trail are the ones who reap the greatest rewards. If you’re looking for some inspiration to live life on your own terms, look no further than these road less traveled quotes.
We hope they’ve inspired you to seek new adventures and take calculated risks in life.
Which was your favorite? Do you have any other favorite quotes about the road less traveled? We’d love to hear from you in the comments.
You might also enjoy these related quote collections:
- Quotes About Travel With Friends
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Originally Published: April 15, 2022
