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.

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do

Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

– Rumi

I don't know where I'm going but I'm on my way

I don’t know where I’m going but I’m on my way.

– Carl Sandburg

I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in silence, and the truth comes to me.

I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in silence, and the truth comes to me.

– Albert Einstein

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.

– Albert Einstein

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

– Joseph Campbell

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Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates: Is is true? Is it necessary? Is it kind?

– Rumi

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Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

– Ovid

We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.

We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep.

– William James

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.

The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature.

– Joseph Campbell

It takes both sunshine and rain to make a rainbow

It takes both sunshine and rain to make a rainbow.

– Ancient proverb

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

–  Thomas Carlyle

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The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.

– Peter Drucker

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Some of us think that holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

– Hermann Hesse

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Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

– The Buddha

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No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

– Aristotle

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I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

– Thomas Edison

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If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.

— Albert Einstein

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You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.

– Winston Churchill

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Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.

– Oscar Wilde

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Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.

– The Dalai Lama

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