Ballet Inspirational Quotes & Sayings

Real men don't lift weights, they lift women. — Every Male Ballet Dancer

If you find yourself debating whether or not you should go exercise, it means you have the time and the means, your're simply talking yourself out of doing something difficults — The Oatmeal

Parents today are under a lot of stress, sometimes working two jobs just to make ends meet. They're trying to find day care for their kids and elder care for their own parents. The Federal Government shouldn't add to their worries by not living up to its obligations. — Barbara Mikulski

Transplanting the ballet to the United States is like trying to raise a palm tree in Dakota. — Lincoln Kirstein

Look at a football field. It looks like a big movie screen. This is theatre. Football combines the strategy of chess. It's part ballet. It's part battleground, part playground. We clarify, amplify and glorify the game with our footage, the narration and that music, and in the end create an inspirational piece of footage. — Steve Sabol

Custard puddings, sauces and fillings accompany the seven ages of man in sickness and in health. — Irma S. Rombauer

Why can't I say anything normal? — Jennifer Lawrence

I'm not sure what we're doing, to be perfectly honest
but nothing's on fire anymore. And I feel like maybe we've solved something. Even though this is probably just a new problem. — Rainbow Rowell

One man's trash that's another man's come up. — Macklemore

He doubted her. You must never doubt the one you love.
But they might not be telling the truth.
Never mind that. You tell them the truth.
What do you mean?
You can't be another person's honesty, child, but you can be your own.
So what should I say?
When?
When I love someone?
You should say it. — Jeanette Winterson

When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes. — Ella Maillart

The fear
that all this
will end.
The fear
that it won't. — Rae Armantrout

I prefer to unwind by DJing. I learned that from Mike D from the Beastie Boys. After a show, he would DJ. Once I saw that, I wanted to do that. And now DJing is like my lifeline. I love the power it represents. — Questlove

People crave community, more efficient living, and easier access to the places they want to go. — Logan Green

You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to show on walls and maybe hang in museums, no poems to be printed and sold, nothing but that single fleeting moment when you feel alive.
— Merce Cunningham

I knew that I just didn't have it in me to give up, even if I sometimes felt like a fool for continuing to believe. — Misty Copeland

Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations. — George Orwell

Challenges are opportunities for me to grow. The more I learn, the more equipped I am to handle whatever situations come up. — Louise Hay