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!

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