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
Dance is a delicate balance between perfection and beauty.
—Indian Proverb
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
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
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
Only chained bears dance.
—Russian Proverb
He who has an egg in his pocket does not dance.
—African Proverb
To sing to the deaf, to talk with the dumb, and to dance for the blind are three foolish things.
—Indian Proverb
Dancers are the athletes of God.
—Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born Physicist
Dancing is just discovery, discovery, discovery.
—Martha Graham (1894–1991) American Choreographer
Love is the music of the Universe … just dance.
—Unknown
Great dancers are not great because of their technique; they are great because of their passion.
—Martha Graham (1894–1991) American Choreographer
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
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
Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another.
—Unknown
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
To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.
—Jane Austen (1775–1817) English Novelist
You dance better with a full belly than with a new dress.
—French Proverb
Those who can’t dance say the music is no good.
—Jamaican 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
Don’t dance on a volcano.
—French Proverb
How can we know the dancer from the dance?
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) Irish Poet, Dramatist
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 Author, Spiritualist
Dancing is a wonderful training for girls; it’s the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it.
—Christopher Morley (1890–1957) American Novelist, Journalist, Poet, Essayist
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
Every dance is a kind of fever chart, a graph of the heart.
—Martha Graham (1894–1991) American Choreographer
He who has no shoes dances in his socks.
—German Proverb
Dancing is the poetry of the foot.
—John Dryden (1631–1700) English Poet, Literary Critic, Playwright
Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain.
—Unknown
With time even a bear can learn to dance.
—Yiddish Proverb
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