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!

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