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.

You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'

You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?’

– George Bernard Shaw

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

– Albert Einstein

Disney_if-you-can-dream-it

If you can dream it, you can do it

-Walt Disney

Eckhart Tolleon what causes stress

Stress is caused by being ‘here’ but wanting to be ‘there’.

– Eckhart Tolle

Emerson_what lies behind us


What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Robert Kennedy_Time cover

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

– Robert F. Kennedy

rumi_when setting out on a journey

When setting out on a journey, do not seek advice from those who have never left home.

– Rumi

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

– Confucius

People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel

People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

– Maya Angelou

Rumi_shine-like-the-whole-universe-is-yours

 Shine like the whole universe is yours.

– Rumi

The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.

– C.G. Jung

More Quotes

If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

– Wayne Dyer

More Quotes

Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

– Thomas Edison

More Quotes

I know that I am intelligent because I know that I know nothing. 

– Socrates

More Quotes

Be water, my friend.

– Bruce Lee

More Quotes

It’s not where you take things from – it’s where you take them to.

– Jean-Luc Godard

More Quotes

Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

– Lao Tzu

More Quotes

It’s not the load that breaks you down; it’s the way you carry it.

– Lena Horne

More Quotes

Men are disturbed not by the things that happen, but by their opinion of the things that happen.

– Epictetus

More Quotes

A leader is a dealer in hope.

– Napoleon Bonaparte

More Quotes
 
Top