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.

Everything is habit-forming, so make sure what you do is what you want to be doing.

– Wilt Chamberlain

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

– Diogenes

Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.

– George Bernard Shaw

A wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.

– Chinese proverb

A flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it. It just blooms.

– Sensei Ogui

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become.

– The Buddha

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

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

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

– Soren Kierkegaard

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

– The Buddha

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

– Lyndon B. Johnson

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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.

– Alice Walker

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

— Doe Zantamata

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You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

-The Buddha

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The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.

– Edgar Watson Howe

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A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.

– John Lennon

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All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.

– Walt Disney

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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

– Thich Nhat Hanh

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He who knows others is learned. He who knows himself is wise.

– Lao tzu

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Silence isn’t absence. It is complete presence.

– Karen Maezen Miller

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