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.

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.

– Heraclitus

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

– E.B. White

Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.

– Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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

– Albert Einstein

Nothing endures but change.

– Heraclitus

Learning to unlearn is the highest form of learning.

– Buddhist proverb

The temple of love is not love itself. True love is the treasure, not the walls around it.

– Rumi

There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.

– Will Rogers

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

– Elbert Hubbard

If you hate your work, leave. If you hate your hate, leave that too.

– Buddhist proverb

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

– Aesop

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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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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

– Lao Tzu

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Learning to unlearn is the highest form of learning.

– Buddhist proverb

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You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

-The Buddha

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Choice, not chance, determines your destiny.

– Aristotle

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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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If you obey all the rules, you will miss all the fun.

– Katherine Hepburn

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It is our choices that show who we truly are, far more than our abilities.

– J.K. Rowling

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Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.

– Arnold H. Glasow

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