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!

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