And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
—Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese-born American Philosopher, Poet, Painter, Theologian, Sculptor
Nothing is more revealing than movement.
—Martha Graham (1894–1991) American Choreographer
Great dancers are not great because of their technique; they are great because of their passion.
—Martha Graham (1894–1991) American Choreographer
All are not merry that dance lightly.
—English Proverb
Dancers are the messengers of the gods.
—Martha Graham (1894–1991) American Choreographer
Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.
—Dave Barry (b.1947) American Humorist, Columnist
To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful. This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking.
—Agnes de Mille (1905–93) American Dancer, Choreographer
Love is the music of the Universe … just dance.
—Unknown
Don’t dance on a volcano.
—French Proverb
To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak.
—American Indian Proverb
The real American type can never be a ballet dancer. The legs are too long, the body too supple and the spirit too free for this school of affected grace and toe walking.
—Isadora Duncan (1877–1927) American Dancer, Choreographer
Life is like dancing. If we have a big floor, many people will dance. Some will get angry when the rhythm changes. But life is changing all the time.
—Miguel Angel Ruiz (b.1952) Mexican Spiritualist Author
It’s a sin to be poor! He wasn’t referring to moral turpitude, but rather to “the frustration of potentiality”. He believed and taught that, when we establish ourselves in the consciousness of God, the whole universe moves to flow into us with its abundance of life and substance. This is obviously what Jesus had in mind when he said, “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well”.
—Unknown
Dancing in all its forms cannot be excluded from the curriculum of all noble education; dancing with the feet, with ideas, with words, and, need I add that one must also be able to dance with the pen?
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer
He who has an egg in his pocket does not dance.
—African Proverb
Life is like a ballet performance—danced only once.
—African Proverb
Those who can’t dance say the music is no good.
—Jamaican Proverb
I would believe only in a God that knows how to dance.
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer
Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.
—Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) English Statesman, Man of Letters
The devil dances in empty pockets.
—English Proverb
They who love dancing too much seem to have more brains in their feet than in their head.
—Terence (c.195–159 BCE) Roman Comic Dramatist
Only chained bears dance.
—Russian Proverb
Who dances at the wedding, weeps at the funeral.
—Yiddish Proverb
Before I was born my mother was in great agony of spirit and in a tragic situation. She could take no food except iced oysters and champagne. If people ask me when I began to dance, I reply, In my mother’s womb, probably as a result of the oysters and champagne – the food of Aphrodite.
—Isadora Duncan (1877–1927) American Dancer, Choreographer
He dances well to whom fortune pipes
—Italian Proverb
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
—William James (1842–1910) American Philosopher, Psychologist, Physician
You cannot dance well on only one leg.
—African Proverb
When you operate from the Higher Self, you feel centered and abundant—in fact, overflowing. When you experience this abundance, your fears automatically disappear.
—Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author
The dancer’s body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul.
—Isadora Duncan (1877–1927) American Dancer, Choreographer
There comes a pause, for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation; and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration.
—Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) (1832–98) British Anglican Author, Mathematician, Clergyman, Photographer, Logician
He who is unable to dance says that the yard is stony
—African Proverb
To sing to the deaf, to talk with the dumb, and to dance for the blind are three foolish things.
—Indian Proverb
The only dance masters I could have were Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Walt Whitman and Nietzsche.
—Isadora Duncan (1877–1927) American Dancer, Choreographer
We’re fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.
—Japanese Proverb
When the music changes, so does the dance.
—African Proverb
He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer
Dance till the stars come down from the rafters Dance, Dance, Dance till you drop.
—W. H. Auden (1907–73) British-born American Poet, Dramatist
I just put my feet in the air and move them around.
—Fred Astaire (1899–1987) American Actor, Dancer, Singer
Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.
—Agnes de Mille (1905–93) American Dancer, Choreographer
If you’ve enjoyed the dance, pay the musicians.
—German Proverb
I dance to the tune that is played.
—Spanish Proverb
Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.
—Havelock Ellis (1859–1939) British Sexologist, Physician, Social Reformer
Impeccability of the word can lead you to personal freedom, to huge success and abundance; it can take away all fear and transform it into joy and love.
—Miguel Angel Ruiz (b.1952) Mexican Spiritualist Author
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.
—Jane Austen (1775–1817) English Novelist
If you believe you are plenty, you will validate that belief and create plenty of abundance.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music. Bodies never lie.
—Agnes de Mille (1905–93) American Dancer, Choreographer
The goal of truly rich people is to have massive wealth and abundance.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
The bear dances but the tamer collects the money.
—Russian Proverb
Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another.
—Unknown
I was exceedingly delighted with the waltz, and also with the polka. These differ in name, but there the difference ceases
—Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist