“First comes the sweat. Then comes the beauty if you’re very lucky and have said your prayers.”
"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
"Choreography is simpler than you think. Just go and do, and don’t think so much about it. Just make something interesting."
- George Balanchine
Creativity
"The effort you invest today is the pride you feel tomorrow."
- Unknown
Hard Work
"I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
- Thomas Jefferson
Hard Work
"The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work."
- Harry Golden
Hard Work
"A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job."
- Michael Larsen
Hard Work
"A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work."
- Colin Powell
Hard Work