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

Peanuts friendship

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

The road to success is always under construction.

– Lily Tomlin

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You can accomplish anything in life, provided that you do not mind who gets the credit.

– Harry S. Truman

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In this earth, in this soil, in this pure field, let us not plant any seeds other than seeds of love and compassion.

– Rumi

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Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

– Soren Kierkegaard

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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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You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.

– Dale Carnegie

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The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you’ll never have.

– Søren Kierkegaard

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Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

– Mark Twain

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Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

– Thomas Edison

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Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.

– Charles Swindoll

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