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!

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