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.

Mighty rivers can easily be leaped at their source.

– Publilius Syrus

In every crisis lies the seed of opportunity.

– Chinese proverb

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

– Walt Disney

The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.

– Kahlil Gibran

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the world.

– Marcus Aurelius

Don’t ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.

– Robert Frost

Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

– Frank A. Clark

Life isn’t about making your day, it’s about making someone else’s.

– Sarah Marshall

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

– George Santayana

As long as you make an identity for yourself out of pain, you cannot be free of it.

– Eckhart Tolle

Live simply so that others may simply live.

– Mahatma Gandhi

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We are the landscape of all we have seen.

– Isamu Noguchi

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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

– Bertrand Russell

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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

– John Quincy Adams

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In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

– Thich Nhat Hanh

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There are no uninteresting things; only uninterested people.

– G.K. Chesterton

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Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as being able to remake ourselves.

– Mahatma Gandhi

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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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Your best work is your expression of yourself. You may not be the greatest at it, but when you do it, you’re the only expert in it.

– Frank Gehry

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Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

– Frank A. Clark

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