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.

I know that I am intelligent because I know that I know nothing. 

– Socrates

The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old but on building the new.

– Dan Millman

Through judging, we separate. Through understanding, we grow.

— Doe Zantamata

Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday

– Proverb

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

– Henry Ford

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

— Albert Einstein

Decisions are made by those who show up.

— Aaron Sorkin

I’ve always been very careful never to predict anything that has not already happened.

— Marshall McLuhan

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

– Søren Kierkegaard

There are no facts, only interpretations.

– Friedrich Nietzsche

To achieve greatness, start where you are, use what you have, do what you can.

– Arthur Ashe

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

– Oscar WIlde

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We go through life. We shed our skins. We become ourselves.

– Patti Smith

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Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.

– Maya Angelou

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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.

– Oprah Winfrey

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A leader is a dealer in hope.

– Napoleon Bonaparte

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An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

– Oscar Wilde

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As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.

– Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

– African proverb

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For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.

– H.L. Mencken

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