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

A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.

– Albert Einstein

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

– Confucius

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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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Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.

– Peter Drucker

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Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.

– Lin Yutang

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No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

– Aristotle

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Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

– Soren Kierkegaard

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I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

– Pablo Picasso

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To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.

– Anatole France

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

– Sarah Marshall

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