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!

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