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.

Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.

– Vince Lombardi

Silence isn’t absence. It is complete presence.

– Karen Maezen Miller

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the actions.

– Confucius

Men are disturbed not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen.

– Epictetus

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

– Wayne Dyer

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

– William Shakespeare

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

– Mahatma Gandhi

The bigger the front, the bigger the back.

– Zen saying

Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth.

– Pema Chodron

There is no way to happiness; happiness is the way.

– Thich Nhat Hanh

Mighty rivers can easily be leaped at their source.

– Publilius Syrus

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There is no way to happiness; happiness is the way.

– Thich Nhat Hanh

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Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

– Thomas Edison

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Wherever you are, be there. If you can be fully present now, you’ll know what it means to live.

– Steve Goodier

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

— Albert Einstein

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

– Walt Disney

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

– Sensei Ogui

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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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Be ready at any moment to sacrifice what you are for what you could become.

– Charles Dickens

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