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

The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.

– Meister Eckhart

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If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.

– Thomas Edison

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Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

– Robert Frost

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To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.

– Mark Twain

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There are no facts, only interpretations.

– Friedrich Nietzsche

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A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.

– Albert Einstein

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The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.

– Plutarch

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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

– Joseph Campbell

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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

– Lao Tzu

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Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in.

– Isaac Asimov

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