Ballet Quotes

A Ballet Quote Collection Made to Inspire

ballet quotesWe all need inspiration from time-to-time, and that’s exactly what BalletHub’s huge collection of ballet quotes is all about!  Whether you’re looking for a motivational quote to adopt for your day at work or a wise quote to adopt for your week of ballet classes, you can find the best, hand picked ballet quotes right here on ballethub.com.

You’ll notice that most of the ballet quotes below aren’t actually from ballet dancers, but mostly from other significant people of past and present.  But, all of these quotes can be perfectly applied in some form to ballet through inspiration, wisdom, motivation and determination!

Dancing is like dreaming with your feet.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
I can do anything if I'm in a tutu.
Dance is the only art in which we ourselves are the stuff of which it is made.
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday, is the hope of today, and the reality of tomorrow.
A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
Work harder than you did yesterday.
How badly you want something dictates how hard you'll work at it.
Life without ballet would be pointeless.
Work hard and be proud of what you achieve.
Train like a beast, look like a beauty.
Nothing will work unless you do.
If your dream requires patience, give it.
To change bad habits, we must study the habits of successful role models.
Where can ballet take you today?
You've got to have a dream, if you want to have a dream come true.
The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
Do not count the days; make the days count.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.
If you've never failed, you've never tried anything new.
We work to become, not to acquire.
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
Life is a dance from one stage, to the next.
All things are difficult before they are easy.
Dance is the poetic baring of the soul through motion.
It takes an athlete to dance, but it takes an artist to be a dancer.
I will go anywhere as long as it is forward.
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.
An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.
Work Hard. Stay Humble.
Children need models rather than critics.
I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn't an option. It's a necessity.
I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.
The world is but a canvas to the imagination.
It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort.
Which tutu are you?
In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.
We know what we are, but not what we may be.
"My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet."
Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
Quantity is what you count, quality is what you count on.
In order to succeed, we must first believe we can.
Let your person define your dance, not your dance define your person.
All dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
Light tomorrow with today.
Why is the studio always so cold?
I believe in pink.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
Working hard is important. But there is something that matters even more: believing in yourself.
The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.
Work hard in silence. Let success make the noise.
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.
5-6-7-8, numbers that a dancer lives by.
No bird soars too high if she soars with her own wings.
Nothing worth having comes easy.
Imagination is the eye of the soul.
Blessed are the flexible, for they shall never be bent out of shape.