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

Do not seek to change what has come before. Seek to create that which has not.

– David Airey

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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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Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.

– Pablo Picasso

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I don’t put off to tomorrow doing what I must do, right now, to find out what my secret self needs, wants, desires with all its heart.

– Ray Bradbury

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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

– Oscar WIlde

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If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.

– Will Rogers

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Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.

– Wayne Dyer

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The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too.

– Samuel Butler

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If one lights a fire for others, it will also brighten one’s own way.

– Buddhist proverb

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Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.

– Mahatma Gandhi

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