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

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!

We work to become, not to acquire.
Quantity is what you count, quality is what you count on.
To change bad habits, we must study the habits of successful role models.
If your dream requires patience, give it.
When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn't an option. It's a necessity.
I believe in pink.
How badly you want something dictates how hard you'll work at it.
All things are difficult before they are easy.
It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday, is the hope of today, and the reality of tomorrow.
The world is but a canvas to the imagination.
Work harder than you did yesterday.
You've got to have a dream, if you want to have a dream come true.
Dance is the poetic baring of the soul through motion.
I learned the value of hard work by working hard.
Let each man exercise the art he knows.
It takes an athlete to dance, but it takes an artist to be a dancer.
Where can ballet take you today?
Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.
Life is a dance from one stage, to the next.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Dancing is like dreaming with your feet.
Nothing worth having comes easy.
Do not count the days; make the days count.
Work hard and be proud of what you achieve.
Working hard is important. But there is something that matters even more: believing in yourself.
Train like a beast, look like a beauty.
5-6-7-8, numbers that a dancer lives by.
Work hard in silence. Let success make the noise.
Work Hard. Stay Humble.
An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox.
Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
Which tutu are you?
I can do anything if I'm in a tutu.
No bird soars too high if she soars with her own wings.
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
Let your person define your dance, not your dance define your person.
The power of imagination makes us infinite.
When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
Why is the studio always so cold?
In order to succeed, we must first believe we can.
If you've never failed, you've never tried anything new.
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.
Imagination is the eye of the soul.
I will go anywhere as long as it is forward.
"My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet."
There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness.
Children need models rather than critics.
It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.
Nothing will work unless you do.
Light tomorrow with today.
Life without ballet would be pointeless.