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!

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