What inspires? What sparks creation?

There are as many answers to this as there are ideas. Leading clients through the ideation process is one of the several services we provide at Dawn. Often we use quotes to spark a discussion. We seek out quotes where the writer skillfully uses words to express and illuminate an idea in a powerful or provocative way. You’ll find some of our favorites here, including ones that have the power to alter a mindset. If you’re looking for a favorite author or a particular subject, use our search function to find these quotes from the illuminating nuggets we’ve collected.

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Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.

– William James

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Everyone is wise until he speaks.

– Irish proverb

 

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It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.

– Vince Lombardi

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Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

– Vincent Van Gogh

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In life it’s not where you go – it’s who you travel with.

– Charles Schultz

It's hard to fly when something is weighing you down

It is hard to fly when something is weighing you down.

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A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.

– Josh Billings

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Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I’m going to be happy in it.

– Groucho Marx

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass… It’s learning to dance in the rain.

– Vivian Greene

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You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

– C.S. Lewis

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.

– Bruce Lee

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The heart has it’s reasons of which reason knows nothing.

– Blaise Pascal

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One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.

– Paulo Coelho

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If you can’t change your fate, change your attitude.

– Amy Tan

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There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life.

– Anais Nin

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All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become.

– The Buddha

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What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.

– Ralph Marston

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All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.

– Walt Disney

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The Buddha says that we are not punished for our anger, we are punished by our anger. In other words, anger is its own karma.

– Eknath Easwaran

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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.

– Ashley Montagu

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