To know and not to do is not yet to know.

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To know and not to do is not yet to know.

– Zen saying

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Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people.

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Sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people.

 

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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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This is your life. Do what you love, and do it often.

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The Holstee Manifesto – This is your life. Do what you love and do it often. If you don’t like something, change it. If you don’t like your job, quit. If you don’t have enough time, stop watching TV. If you’re looking for the love of your life, stop; they’ll be waiting for you when you start doing things you love.

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Winnie the Pooh on Love – “You don’t spell it, you feel it.”

 

pooh-piglet-lovePiglet: “How do you spell love?” Pooh: “You don’t spell it, you feel it.”

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Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.

 

Life-becomes- easier-when-you accept-apologyLife becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.

– Robert Brault

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Neil deGrasse Tyson’s most astounding fact adapted into a comic

Cartoonist Gavin Aung Than offers his graphic version of the famous quote, illustrating it in a single, beautiful webcomic. The beginning of Than’s comic is below, you can see the whole thing at his delightful Zen Pencils website.

the most astounding factIn Zen Pencils Than takes various inspirational quotes and illustrates comics around them. They’re well worth checking out.

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Einstein was right. Adjust your expectations.

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Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.

– Albert Einstein

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Let everything we do and say be an expression the beauty in our heart, always based on love.

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Let everything we do and say be an expression of the beauty in our heart, always based on love.

– Don Miguel Ruiz

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Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

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Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

– Thomas Edison

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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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