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

Man does not simply exist but decides what his existence will be, what he will become in the next moment.

– Viktor Frankl

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People love others not for who they are but for how they make them feel.

– I Federman

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Life’s like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.

– Jim Henson

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The Buddha says that we are not punished for our anger, we are punished by our anger. In other words, anger is its own karma.

– Eknath Easwaran

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The heart has it’s reasons of which reason knows nothing.

– Blaise Pascal

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What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.

– Ralph Marston

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Learning to unlearn is the highest form of learning.

– Buddhist proverb

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Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when you look back, everything is different?

– C.S. Lewis

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You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.

– Henry David Thoreau

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I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

– E.B. White

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