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!

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