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