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!

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