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

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

– Henry Ford

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Do you want to know who you are? Don’t ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.

– Thomas Jefferson

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Be water, my friend.

– Bruce Lee

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We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

– Diogenes

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The temple of love is not love itself. True love is the treasure, not the walls around it.

– Rumi

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The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.

– C.G. Jung

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If everything was perfect, it wouldn’t be.

– Yogi Berra

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Life is now. There was never a time when your life was not now, nor will there ever be.

– Eckhart Tolle

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Change alone is unchanging.

– Heraclitus

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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

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