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 pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

– Winston Churchill

Instead of complaining that the rose bush is full of thorns, be happy the thorn bush has roses.

– Proverb

What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.

– Pericles

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

– The Dalai Lama

Life is the sum of all your choices.

– Albert Camus

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

– T.S. Eliot

The future ain’t what it used to be.

– Yogi Berra

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.

– Voltaire

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

– Robert A. Heinlein

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

– Thich Nhat Hanh

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life.

– Anais Nin

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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.

 – Epictetus

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Learn from yesterday. Live for today. Hope for tomorrow.

– Albert Einstein

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You cannot solve a problem with the same mind that created it.

– Albert Einstein

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Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

– Marcus Aurelius

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Life is what happens to you while you’re making other plans.

– Allen Saunders

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It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.

– Roger Ward Babson

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Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.

– James Dean

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Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

– Dale Carnegie

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