110 Holiday Quotes and Sayings in 12 Categories
Jacqueline Eisenbraun
(Senior Editor)
Holidays and traveling are some of the best things in the world. We need holidays to relax from our stressful everyday lives. They are a chance to switch off, relax and just enjoy some peace and quiet.
If you’re looking to get in the mood for your holiday, this article has the perfect holiday quotes for you. From long to short, funny to beautiful, from quotes about taking a break from work to quotes about holidays in the mountains or by the sea, you will find them all here.
Holiday Captions for Instagram
Holiday Captions for Instagram
In the first section of this article you will find short quotes about holidays and traveling that you can use for social networks like Instagram, WhatsApp or Facebook.
These quotes are a great way to make clear in your Facebook or WhatsApp status that you are on holiday or traveling. For example, you could write them on a picture and put it in your status. Below are some ideas for your instagram caption:
- I am not available at the moment, because my heart longs to travel the world.
(Unknown) - Traveling is longing for life.
(Unknown) - Just a short reminder that I am on holiday, and you’re not.
(Unknown) - Holiday mode: activated.
(Unknown) - I’m on holiday. Might come back, might not.
(Unknown) - It is better to travel well than to arrive.
(Buddha, founder of Buddhism, 560 B.C.-483 B.C.) - Adventures are worth striving for.
(Aristotle, Greek philosopher, 384-322 B.C.) - The greatest sight to see is the world – look at it!
(Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist, 1890-1935) - Sometimes a break from the everyday is all that you need.
(Unknown) - Travel is life, just as life is travel.
(Jean Paul, German writer, 1763-1825) - Travel brings power and love back into your life.
(Rumi, Persian Sufi mystic, 1207-1273)
Funny Sayings about Holiday for any Occasion
Funny Sayings about Holiday for any Occasion
Here we have gathered some funny quotes about holiday and traveling for any occasion. They handle the theme of going on holiday – or not going on holiday – with humor.
- Holidays are easy for me to plan. My boss decides where, and my wife decides when.
(Unknown) - Time to break up my holiday with a vacation!
(Unknown) - I need a holiday! A deeply relaxing holiday. Sun, sea and sand. A break from everyday life. Maybe 10 years or so in Bora Bora?
(Unknown) - These travel sickness tablets don’t work. I’ve taken six already and I’m still at home.
(Unknown) - Some people go on holiday primarily to buy postcards, when it would be wiser to have those postcards sent to them.
(Robert Musil, Austrian author, 1880-1942) - I really could go on holiday for a living.
(Unknown) - After two weeks on vacation you understand what’s really important in life: vacations.
(Unknown) - I’m addicted to traveling, but on the way to recovery… joking, I’m on the way to the airport.
(Unknown) - Traveling is a medicine that no doctor can prescribe, only yourself.
(Unknown) - Holiday calories don’t count…
(Unknown) - What did I learn from two weeks on holiday? Tanned skin must weigh more, or else the numbers on the scale don’t make sense anymore.
(Unknown) - There’s just one thing missing from that beach: me.
(Unknown)
"I’m on Holiday": More Funny Quotes
"I’m on Holiday": More Funny Quotes
With the following quotes you can tell everyone in a funny way that you are on holiday. Say them to your colleagues, for example, when you leave the office for the last time before your vacation.
- I’m on holiday. My brain is on standby mode, so don’t speak to me.
(Unknown) - I’m gone now… until I come back.
(Unknown) - Vacation, finally! Finally I can let the sun shine on my beer belly as I lie on the beach and slurp cocktails.
(Unknown) - I’m on holiday from now until the money runs out.
(Unknown) - I’m on holiday. Now I don’t have to do anything.
(Unknown) - Vacation is the art of doing nothing without getting bored.
(Unknown) - When I’m on holiday, the cocktails taste better, the water feels more refreshing, and time feels shorter.
(Unknown)
Beautiful Quotes about Holiday and Travel
Beautiful Quotes about Holiday and Travel
In this section you will find lots of beautiful quotes about travel and going on holiday. They are suitable for all occasions and you can use them when you want to share how much you enjoy traveling and holidays. The quotes focus above all on the beautiful side of traveling.
- A vacation is about doing nothing, and having the whole day to do it.
(Unknown) - Once you get the adventurousness of travel in your blood, you will never get rid of that adventurousness.
(Bruno H. Bürgel, German writer, 1875-1948) - Travel is especially beautiful when you don’t know where you are going. But the most beautiful of all is when you no longer know where you came from.
(Lao-tzu, Chinese philosopher, 365 B.C.-290 B.C.) - It is only when we are abroad that we realize what we have at home.
(Theodor Fontane, German writer, 1819-1898) - Travel is the only thing you can buy that makes you richer.
(Unknown) - The difference between existing and living is in how you spend your free time.
(Unknown) - Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
(Ralph Waldo Emerson, American philosopher, 1803-1882) - A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.
(Oliver Wendell Holmes, American doctor, 1809-1894) - The world is a book, and those who don’t travel only read one page.
(Saint Augustine of Hippo, Roman bishop, 354-430) - I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.
(Oscar Wilde, Irish poet, 1854-1900) - The passion for travel is the wisest vice the earth knows.
(Bruno H. Bürgel, German writer, 1875-1948) - To travel is to live.
(Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author, 1805-1875) - Traveling leaves you speechless, then it turns you into a storyteller.
(Ibn Battuta, Berber jurist, 1304-1368) - One must travel, to learn.
(Mark Twain, American writer, 1835-1910) - Traveling always does one good.
(Voltaire, French writer, 1694-1778) - A journey is a drink from the spring of life.
(Unknown) - Travel improves the mind wonderfully, and does away with all one’s prejudices.
(Oscar Wilde) - Travel. Because money can always come back, but time can’t.
(Unknown) - No one looks back at their life and remembers the nights they had plenty of sleep.
(Unknown) - Traveling is the best, the only cure for heartache.
(Alfred de Musset, French writer, 1810-1857) - One does not travel in order to arrive, but in order to travel.
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet, 1749-1832) - Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
(Mark Twain) - Therefore, o man, be wise, pack your bags and travel.
(Wilhelm Busch, German poet, 1832-1908) - The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those who have not viewed the world.
(Alexander von Humboldt, German explorer,1769-1859)
Sayings about Holiday for Different Occasions
Sayings about Holiday for Different Occasions
Whether you are looking for quotes about the beginning or end of a holiday, for work, or for a holiday with good friends, in the next sections you are bound to find the perfect holiday or travel quote for you.
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Vacation Quotes for Work
Vacation Quotes for Work
Without work, we would not know just how precious vacations are. We need holidays as an opportunity to relax and take time away from our often stressful jobs.
That’s why we have selected some funny quotes on the theme of work and holidays for you. You can use them whether it is the last day before your holiday, or the first day back when your holiday is over and you have to work again.
- Work is the thing I do to pass the time between holidays.
(Unknown) - The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation.
(Mark Twain, American writer, 1835-1910) - If all the year were playing holidays; to sport would be as tedious as to work.
(William Shakespeare, English playwright, 1564-1616) - The worst thing about my holiday? The 330 days of work…
(Unknown) - Real neighborly love is when you are able to sincerely wish the person whose work you have to do, while he suns himself on the beach, a wonderful vacation.
- How long should a holiday last? Long enough that your boss misses you, but not so long that he realizes he can get by without you.
(From Switzerland) - The practical thing about vacation is that not only does it give you the strength to get back to work, but it also makes you so broke that you have no choice.
(Unknown) - Vacation: Time off given to workers to remind them that the company can manage without them.
(Unknown) - With years of experience, you learn where your strengths lie at work. Mine are holidays and weekends.
(Unknown) - One in five people thinks about work when they are on holiday. I always think about holidays when I am at work.
(Unknown) - A small journey is enough to renew the world.
(Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist, 1890-1935) - I don’t need much annual leave. Just until retirement would be enough for me.
(Unknown) - Professionally, I’m more geared towards vacations.
(Unknown) - I love my job most of all when I’m on holiday.
(Unknown) - I want to go on holiday for so long that I forget all my passwords.
(Unknown)
"Finally Holiday": Quotes for the Beginning of the Vacation
"Finally Holiday": Quotes for the Beginning of the Vacation
Hooray – finally holiday! Pack your suitcase and off we go. With these beautiful and funny (sometimes even cheeky) quotes you can tell everyone that it’s time for your holiday. In this way you will heighten your anticipation enormously.
- Take your time, and waste it with great moments.
(Unknown) - When you are standing at your door, you have already completed the biggest part of the journey.
(Unknown) - Of the gladdest moments in human life, methinks, is the departure upon a distant journey into unknown lands.
(Sir Richard Francis Burton, British African explorer, 1821-1890) - Only those who set off will discover new lands!
(Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Austrian writer, 1874-1929) - The only journey you will regret is the one you never took.
(Unknown) - On your marks, get set, travel!
(Unknown)
Quotes about the Ending of Holidays
Quotes about the Ending of Holidays
When your holiday is over and you have to go back to work, it’s normal to feel sad. Perhaps the few days away just weren’t enough, and you could do with another two weeks? The holiday might have been over too quickly, but the next one will come along soon.
With the help of our thoughtful and funny quotes you can forget your sadness at the end of the holiday, and start looking forward to your next vacation.
- No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.
(Elbert Hubbard, American writer, 1856-1915) - If traveling were free, you would never see me again.
(Unknown) - My first day back at work has inspired me to book my next vacation.
(Unknown) - A vacation is like love – anticipated with pleasure, experienced with discomfort, and remembered with nostalgia.
(Unknown) - I am coming back from my holiday happy, tanned, with a smile on my face and my mind full of memories.
(Unknown)
Quotes about Holiday with Friends
Quotes about Holiday with Friends
A holiday or trip is a wonderful, exciting experience that many people like to share with friends. We have the perfect quotes for you and your traveling companions.
- The destination is of secondary importance when you travel with good company.
(Unknown) - Holidaying as a pair means creating memories that you share. And that’s exactly what friendships are made of.
(Unknown) - I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.
(Mark Twain, American writer, 1835-1910) - Traveling together brings us closer together.
(Unknown) - A good friend and a long vacation are the best prerequisites for a good time.
(Unknown) - The best things in life are the people we love, the places we’ve been, and all the memories we’ve made along the way.
(Unknown)
Here you will find more quotes about friendship.
Quotes about Holiday in the Mountains
Quotes about Holiday in the Mountains
The mountains are a beloved holiday destination. On a vacation in the mountains you can go climbing, or skiing in winter.
The mountain landscape is also said to have a calming effect. Our lovely quotes will bring this feeling to you, wherever you are. Some of them also talk about the theme of holidays in the mountains in a funny way.
- A trip to the mountains always helps me forget my worries and be happy.
(Unknown) - Are mountains, waves, winds not a part of me?
(Wilhelm Busch, German poet, 1832-1908) - Brain off, hiking boots on.
(Unknown) - My favorite thing to pack for a holiday is my hiking boots.
(Unknown) - Climb the mountain or descend the valley, go to the end of the world or around your house: you only ever meet yourself on the roads of chance.
(Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian playwright, 1862-1949) - The best view comes after the hardest climb.
(Unknown)
Quotes about Holiday by the Sea
Quotes about Holiday by the Sea
In the next list you will find many quotes about holidays by the sea. Just reading them will make you long for the ocean, as many are all about the beauty and calming effect of the sea.
- A trip to the seaside can cure your ills better than any doctor.
(Unknown) - After the stars, the greatest and most beautiful of God’s creations is the sea.
(Adalbert Stifter, Austrian writer, 1805-1868) - The sea called and asked where you were.
(Unknown) - The sea is my break for the soul.
(Unknown) - The best therapy? Sea air.
(Unknown) - The sea is the holiday destination of the heart.
(Unknown) - The beach isn’t always a place. Sometimes it’s a feeling.
(Unknown) - A holiday by the sea cleanses the soul.
(Unknown) - Feeling stressed? There’s a beach for that.
(Unknown)
Sayings about Holiday in the Garden
Sayings about Holiday in the Garden
When the flowers you planted bloom again and brighten up your garden with their beauty, is the garden the place you like to be most of all? Why not spend some of your vacation in the garden and let yourself fall under its spell?
- When my soul needs a vacation, I go to the garden.
(Unknown) - If you have a garden, you’re already living in paradise.
(Unknown) - In a garden was paradise lost, and in a garden it will be found again.
(Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, 1623-1662) - How nice a vacation can be, when you can enjoy the fruits of your own labor.
(Unknown) - One need not die to find paradise, as long as one has a garden.
(Persian wisdom)
Quotes about Holiday on Balcony
Quotes about Holiday on Balcony
Your own balcony can be furnished with flowers, decorations and pretty furniture to make it feel pleasant and welcoming. If you feel at home on your balcony, you can spend some vacation time there too. We have the perfect quotes for a holiday on the balcony.
- This year I’ll be staying in a room with a balcony and the perfect view – my own home.
(Unknown) - Sleeping under the stars, but walking distance from your own kitchen and bathroom? Only on a balcony.
(Unknown) - I will be spending my summer holiday on my balcony. The mosquitoes are really looking forward to seeing me.
(Unknown) - My balcony at home is my dream holiday destination.
(Unknown)
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