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!

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