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.

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

Amidst the worldly comings and goings, observe how endings become beginnings.

– Lao Tzu

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

– Francis Bacon

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

– Roger Ward Babson

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

– Maya Angelou

Life is a cycle, always in motion, if good times have moved on so will times of trouble.

– Indian proverb

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

– Lao Tzu

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

– Edmund Burke

Live simply so that others may simply live.

– Mahatma Gandhi

You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

– Jack London

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

– Lao Tzu

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The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.

– Swedish proverb

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All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.

– Walt Disney

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Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

– Theodore Roosevelt

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The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious of the rose.

– Kahlil Gibran

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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

– Lao Tzu

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Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.

– Friedrich Nietzsche

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Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.

– Frank A. Clark

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The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.

– Émile Zola

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To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.

– Anatole France

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