“I don’t want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance.”
"Ballet is important and significant – yes. But first of all, it is a pleasure."
- George Balanchine
Happiness
"Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving for – for another time? There are not other timers. There is only now."
- George Balanchine
Motivation
"Why are you stingy with yourselves? Why are you holding back? What are you saving for – for another time? There are not other timers. There is only now. Right now."
- George Balanchine
Motivation
"Ballet dancing is arduous, strenuous activity. Students are engaged in physical training that rivals the training Olympic athletes undergo."
- George Balanchine
Hard Work
"First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you’re very lucky and have said your prayers."
- George Balanchine
Hard Work
"What a wonderful time to be young! You have knowledge of many more things than we needed to have. It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours — better in many ways! I have faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it!"
- President Boyd K. Packer
Ambition
"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."
- Mark Twain
Ambition
"Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals."
- David Ogilvy
Ambition
"No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed."
- Billie Jean King
Ambition
"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."
- Michael Jordan
Ambition