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.

It’s not where you take things from – it’s where you take them to.

– Jean-Luc Godard

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

– Lao Tzu

The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.

– Marcus Aurelius

Out of clutter find simplicity. From discord find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.

– Albert Einstein

No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today.

– Brendan Francis

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.

– John Lennon

Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.

– Pablo Picasso

To know what you know and to know what you don’t know, that is real wisdom.

– Confucius

Philosophers have only interpreted the world differently; what matters is to change it.

– Martin Heidegger

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

– Peter Drucker

The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said.

– Peter Drucker

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If you seek to be understood by others, first seek to understand them.

– Stephen J. Covey

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Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.

– George Bernard Shaw

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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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Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

– Herodotus

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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.

– Ashley Montagu

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The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.

– C.G. Jung

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If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.

– Albert Einstein

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Ability is of little account without opportunity.

– Napoleon Bonaparte

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Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.

– Maya Angelou

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