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.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

– Lyndon B. Johnson

Take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly, and try another. But by all means, try something.

– Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will out burn the pain.

– Joseph Campbell

Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

– Marcel Proust

Learn from yesterday, live for today, look to tomorrow, rest this afternoon.

– Charles Schulz

The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.

– Michelangelo

Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.

– Rumi

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.

– Mark Twain

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

– The Buddha

We are kept from our goal, not by obstacles but by a clear path to a lesser goal.

– Robert Brault

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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

– Vince Lombardi

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When you come to the edge of all that you know, you must believe one of two things: There will be ground to stand. Or you will grow wings to fly.

– O.R. Melling

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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

– Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

– Lao Tzu

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What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.

– Ralph Marston

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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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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

– Thich Nhat Hanh

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Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.

– H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

– George Bernard Shaw

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