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!

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