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