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!

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