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.

Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.

– The Dalai Lama

The sharpness of the sword is not in the edge of the blade, but in the hand of the warrior.

– Martin Aquino

In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity.

– Sun Tzu

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

– Katherine Hepburn

I don’t put off to tomorrow doing what I must do, right now, to find out what my secret self needs, wants, desires with all its heart.

– Ray Bradbury

An artist’s concern is to capture beauty wherever he finds it.

– Kazuo Ishiguro

You may delay, but time will not.

– Benjamin Franklin

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.

– Thomas Edison

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

– William Butler Yeats

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

– Marcus Aurelius

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

– Dale Carnegie

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Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

– The Buddha

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If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.

– Lao Tzu

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Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will out burn the pain.

– Joseph Campbell

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Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb. That’s where the fruit is.

– H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know.

– Lao Tzu

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If you are a hammer, everything is a nail.

– Abraham Maslow

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Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.

– Warren Buffett

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Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

– Peter Drucker

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The sharpness of the sword is not in the edge of the blade, but in the hand of the warrior.

– Martin Aquino

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