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!

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