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!

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