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!

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