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.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

– Lucius Annaeus Seneca

In this earth, in this soil, in this pure field, let us not plant any seeds other than seeds of love and compassion.

– Rumi

A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.

– William G.T. She’d

A leader is a dealer in hope.

– Napoleon Bonaparte

Learning never exhausts the mind.

– Leonardo da Vinci

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

– Soren Kierkegaard

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

– Robert Frost

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

– Socrates

I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.

– Oscar WIlde

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

– Oscar Wilde

When you come to a fork in the road, take it.

– Yogi Berra

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Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

– The Buddha

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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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What the mind dwells on, the mind becomes.

– Buddhist proverb

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What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.

– Ralph Marston

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

– Lao Tzu

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The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

– Josh Billings

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The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too.

– Samuel Butler

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

– T.S. Eliot

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

– The Dalai Lama

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