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