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.

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

– F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

– African proverb

The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.

– Swedish proverb

When you cannot get a compliment any other way, pay yourself one.

– Mark Twain

In the long run we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.

– Sheldon Kopp

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

– George Eliot

Our attitude toward life determines life’s attitude towards us.

– John N. Mitchell

What the mind dwells on, the mind becomes.

– Buddhist proverb

A mind that has been stretched will never return to its original dimension.

– Albert Einstein

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

– Lao tzu

To know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived, this is to have succeeded.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

– Joseph Campbell

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To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.

– Elbert Hubbard

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The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.

– Swedish proverb

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

– Lao Tzu

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Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.

– Warren Buffett

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

– Diogenes

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It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.

– William Shakespeare

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

— Marshall McLuhan

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Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.

– Robert A. Heinlein

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