Socrates learned to dance when he was seventy because he felt that an essential part of himself had been neglected.
—Indian Proverb
Nothing is more revealing than movement.
—Martha Graham (1894–1991) American Choreographer
Everything in the universe has rhythm. Everything dances.
—Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American Poet
When a difficult situation comes into your life, it is possible to tune in to your mind and say, “Okay, choose”. Are you going to make yourself miserable or content? Are you going to visualize scarcity or abundance? Are you going to put yourself down for getting angry with your husband or are you simply going to notice what insecurity you were feeling at the time and discuss it with him? The choice is definitely yours. Pick the one that contributes most to your aliveness and growth.
—Susan Jeffers (1938–2012) American Psychologist, Self-Help Author
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.
—Jane Austen (1775–1817) English Novelist
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
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.
—Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) American Novelist, Short Story Writer
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 Author, Spiritualist
And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer
Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order.
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989) Irish Novelist, Playwright
You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart.
—Indian Proverb
I don’t want people who want to dance; I want people who have to dance.
—George Balanchine (1904–83) Russian-Born American Choreographer, Actor
Only chained bears dance.
—Russian Proverb
Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.
—Dave Barry (b.1947) American Humorist, Columnist
An old cat will never learn to dance.
—Moroccan Proverb
Modern dancers give a sinister portent about our times.
—Agnes de Mille (1905–93) American Dancer, Choreographer
Life is like a ballet performance—danced only once.
—African Proverb
He who is unable to dance says that the yard is stony
—African Proverb
The goal of truly rich people is to have massive wealth and abundance.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.
—Unknown
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
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
The bear dances but the tamer collects the money.
—Russian Proverb
Dancers are the athletes of God.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
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 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
A smart witch can also dance without a broomstick.
—German Proverb
How inimitably graceful children are in general before they learn to dance!
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English Poet, Literary Critic, Philosopher
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 Essayist, Physician
Who dances at the wedding, weeps at the funeral.
—Yiddish Proverb
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