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.

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We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

-Confucius

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

– Benjamin Franklin

 

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

– Winston Churchill

The more I learn about people the more I like my dog

The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.

– Mark Twain

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In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s mind there are few.

– Shunryu Suzuki

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Appear as you are. Be as you appear.

– Rumi

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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.

– Plato

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You can be the ripest, juiciest, peach in the world, and there’s still going to be somebody who hates peaches.

– Dita Van Teese

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Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.

– Chinese proverb

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

– Aristotle

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If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change, you will get results.

– Jack Dixon

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An artist’s concern is to capture beauty wherever he finds it.

– Kazuo Ishiguro

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Life isn’t about making your day, it’s about making someone else’s.

– Sarah Marshall

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The road to success is always under construction.

– Lily Tomlin

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He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the world.

– Marcus Aurelius

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

– Oscar Wilde

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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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Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.

– Peter Drucker

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

– Lao Tzu

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