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!

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