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Best Freya Stark Quotes to Inspire and Motivate You

The tourist travels in his own atmosphere like a snail in his shell and stands, as it were, on his own perambulating doorstep to look at the continents of the world. But if you discard all this, and sally forth with a leisurely and blank mind, there is no knowing what may not happen to you.

I have no reason to go, except that I have never been, and knowledge is better than ignorance. What better reason could there be for travelling?

If I were asked to enumerate the pleasures of travel, this would be one of the greatest among them that so often and so unexpectedly you meet the best in human nature.

Your customary thoughts, all except the rarest of your friends, even most of your luggage - everything, in fact, which belongs to your everyday life, is merely a hindrance.

If you are wise and know the art of travel, let yourself go on the stream of the unknown and accept whatever comes in the spirit in which the gods may offer it.

“To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. You are surrounded by adventure.”

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True strength lies in the courage to admit our weaknesses.

The most important decision that you will make is that. If you make that one decision right I will guarantee you a good result in life.

Words are and remain an empty sound, and the road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip service to an ideal.

One who conquers oneself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand men on the battlefield.

It is easy to do things that are bad and unbeneficial to oneself, but it is extremely difficult, indeed, to do things that are beneficial and good.

"Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Never forget Rule No. 1."

“The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousand fold.”

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

It was not lively enough for a pleasure trip; but if we had only had a corpse it would have made a noble funeral excursion.

True health care reform cannot happen in Washington. It has to happen in our kitchens, in our homes, in our communities. All health care is personal.

The value of a man, however, should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.

It takes around 30 minutes for your body to realize you're full, so if you're hungry when you sit down to eat, and you eat as quickly as most Americans do, you're just going to keep throwing down food before that feeling kicks in.`