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.

Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it.

– Eckhart Tolle

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

Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

– Mark Twain

I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.

– Oscar Wilde

Don’t overlook life’s small joys while searching for the big ones.

– H. Jackson Brown Jr.

When you come to the edge of all that you know, you must believe one of two things: There will be ground to stand. Or you will grow wings to fly.

– O.R. Melling

We do not remember days, we remember moments.

 – Cesare Pavese

Success isn’t permanent and failure isn’t fatal; it’s the courage to continue that counts.

– Mike Ditka

The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer someone else up.

– Mark Twain

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

– Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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A flower does not think of competing to the flower next to it. It just blooms.

– Sensei Ogui

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First hold peace within yourself, only then can you bring it to others.

– Thomas à Kempis

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No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

– Aristotle

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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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May the best day of your past be the worst day of your future.

– Irish blessing

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

– Oscar Wilde

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The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

– William Shakespeare

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Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

– F. Scott Fitzgerald

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One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.

– Paulo Coelho

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