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!

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