Top 100 Most Inspiring Quotes About Dancing (HOBBY)

Top 10 Most Famous Quotes About Dancing (BEST)

“This world we live in is the dance of the creator. Dancers come and go in the twinkling of an eye but the dance lives on. On many an occasion when I am dancing, I have felt touched by something sacred. In those moments, I felt my spirit soar and become one with everything that exists.”
Michael Jackson

It takes an athlete to dance, but an artist to be a dancer. - Shanna LeFleur — It takes an athlete to dance, but an artist to be a dancer. – Shanna LeFleur

Dance is the hidden language of the soul. - Martha Graham — Dance is the hidden language of the soul. – **Martha Graham**

There are shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them. - Vicki Baum — There are shortcuts to **happiness**, and dancing is one of them. – Vicki Baum

I wasn't just going to walk, I was going to run. And then, once I stopped running, I was going to dance. - Robert Battle — I wasn’t just going to walk, I was going to run. And then, once I stopped **running**, I was going to dance. – Robert Battle

You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, love like you'll never be hurt, sing like there's nobody listening, and live like it's heaven on earth. - William W. Purkey — You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, **love** like you’ll never be hurt, sing like there’s nobody listening, and live like it’s heaven on earth. – William W. Purkey

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance. - Confucius — Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance. – **Confucius**

Life is sweet when you pay attention. When it doesn’t seem sweet, put a sticker on your nose and do a funky dance. - Whitney Scott — **Life** is sweet when you pay attention. When it doesn’t seem sweet, put a sticker on your nose and do a funky dance. – Whitney Scott

Dancing is creating a sculpture that is visible only for a moment. - Erol Ozan — Dancing is creating a sculpture that is visible only for a moment. – Erol Ozan

Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your breathing. It’s the rhythm of your life. It’s the expression in time and movement, in happiness, joy, sadness, and envy. - Jacques d’Ambroise — Dance is your pulse, your heartbeat, your **breathing**. It’s the rhythm of your life. It’s the expression in **time** and movement, in happiness, joy, sadness, and envy. – Jacques d’Ambroise

18 Quotes About Dancing That Will Inspire You To Get Up On Your Feet

“The best thing about being a DJ is making people happy. There is nothing like seeing people get up from a table to dance or the expression on their face when they hear a song they love. I also love to educate people on music they have never heard.”
Chelsea Leyland

Get up off of that thing. Dance and you’ll feel better. - James Brown — Get up off of that thing. Dance and you’ll feel better. – James Brown

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way. - Wayne Dyer — When you dance, your **purpose** is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way. – **Wayne Dyer**

The job of feet is walking, but their hobby is dancing. - Amit Kalantri — The job of feet is walking, but their **hobby** is dancing. – Amit Kalantri

Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their passion. - Martha Graham — Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are great because of their **passion**. – Martha Graham

Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes and dance. - Oprah Winfrey — Every day brings a **chance** for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes and dance. – **Oprah Winfrey**

The most essential thing in dance discipline is devotion. - Merce Cunningham — The most essential thing in dance discipline is **devotion**. – Merce Cunningham

Do it big, do it right, and do it with style. - Fred Astaire — Do it big, do it right, and do it with style. – **Fred Astaire**

The dance goes on forever. So shall I. So shall we. - Gelsey Kirkland — The dance goes on forever. So shall I. So shall we. – Gelsey Kirkland

I'm going to tap until I can't. - Gregory Hines — I’m going to tap until I can’t. – Gregory Hines

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche — We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. – **Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche**

Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair. - Susan Polis Schutz — Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair. – Susan Polis Schutz

Dancing, however you do it, even if it’s in your living room – is a great workout. - Ciara — Dancing, however you do it, even if it’s in your living room – is a great workout. – Ciara

Get up and dance, get up and smile, get up and drink to the days that are gone in the shortest while. - Simon Fowler — Get up and dance, get up and **smile**, get up and drink to the days that are gone in the shortest while. – Simon Fowler

When I dance, I forget everything else and just feel completely happy. - Katherine Jenkins — When I dance, I forget everything else and just feel completely happy. – Katherine Jenkins

If you want to release your aggression, get up and dance. That’s what rock and roll is all about. - Chuck Berry — If you want to release your aggression, get up and dance. That’s what rock and roll is all about. – Chuck Berry

Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order. - Samuel Beckett — Dance first. Think later. It’s the natural order. – Samuel Beckett

To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music - Michael Jackson — To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music? – Michael Jackson

13 Motivational Quotes About Dancing Through Life

“You’ll learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path. Laugh in the face of adversity, and leap before you look. Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching. March to the beat of your own drummer. And stubbornly refuse to fit in.”
Mandy Hale

Dancing is like dreaming with your feet! - Constanze Mozart — Dancing is like **dreaming** with your feet! – Constanze Mozart

When you dance, you can enjoy the luxury of being you. - Paulo Coelho — When you dance, you can enjoy the **luxury** of being you. – **Paulo Coelho**

“Live your truth. Express your love. Share your enthusiasm. Take action towards your dreams. Walk your talk. Dance and sing to your music. Embrace your blessings. Make today worth remembering.”
Steve Maraboli

Dance for yourself. If someone understands, good. If not, no matter. - Louis Horst — Dance for yourself. If someone understands, good. If not, no matter. – Louis Horst

Life's a dance you learn as you go, Sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow. - John Michael Montgomery — Life’s a dance you learn as you go, Sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow. – John Michael Montgomery

Dance is like life. It exists as you're flitting through it, and when it's over, it's done. - Jerome Robbins — Dance is like life. It exists as you’re flitting through it, and when it’s over, it’s done. – Jerome Robbins

Life is the dancer and you are the dance. - Eckhart Tolle — Life is the dancer and you are the dance. – **Eckhart Tolle**

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf. - Rabindranath Tagore — Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf. – Rabindranath Tagore

Dance is the timeless interpretation of life. - Shah Asad Rizvi — Dance is the timeless interpretation of life. – Shah Asad Rizvi

Dancers don’t need wings to fly. - Ali Salami — Dancers don’t need wings to fly. – Ali Salami

Dance is the joy of movement and the heart of life. - Susan Joli — Dance is the joy of movement and the heart of life. – Susan Joli

Dance enables you to find yourself and lose yourself at the same time. - Peter Townsend — Dance enables you to find yourself and lose yourself at the same time. – Peter Townsend

19 Thought-Provoking Quotes About Dancing

“You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to show on walls and maybe hang in museums, no poems to be printed and sold, nothing but that fleeting moment when you feel alive. It is not for unsteady souls.”
Merce Cunningham

Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. - Friedrich Nietzsche — Those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. – Friedrich Nietzsche

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. - George Bernard Shaw — If you cannot get rid of the **family** skeleton, you may as well make it dance. – **George Bernard Shaw**

If people stand in a circle long enough, they'll eventually begin to dance. - George Carlin — If people stand in a circle long enough, they’ll eventually begin to dance. – George Carlin

Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people. - Alvin Ailey — Dance is for everybody. I **believe** that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people. – Alvin Ailey

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world. - Voltaire — Let us **read**, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world. – **Voltaire**

Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free. - Rumi — Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free. – **Rumi**

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. - Alan Wilson Watts — The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. – **Alan Wilson Watts**

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. - George Bernard Shaw — Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. – George Bernard Shaw

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. - Muhammad Ali — The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. – **Muhammad Ali**

Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr. — **Opportunity** dances with those already on the dance floor. – **H. Jackson Brown, Jr.**

Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame! - William Butler Yeats — Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame! – William Butler Yeats

Someone need not be perfect to be a great dancer Feeling a soul is more important than what the body can do. - Marcia Hayde — Someone need not be perfect to be a great dancer? Feeling a soul is more important than what the body can do. – Marcia Hayde

Any kind of dancing is better than no dancing at all. - Lynda Barr — Any kind of dancing is better than no dancing at all. – Lynda Barr

Daily dance uplifts the soul to spiritual realms. - Lailah Gifty Akita — Daily dance uplifts the soul to spiritual realms. – Lailah Gifty Akita

If you look at a dancer in silence, his or her body will be the music. If you turn the music on, that body will become an extension of what you’re hearing. - Judith Jamison — If you look at a dancer in silence, his or her body will be the music. If you turn the music on, that body will become an extension of what you’re hearing. – Judith Jamison

When I dance, I escape the present and become one with my soul. - Normani Kordei — When I dance, I escape the present and become one with my soul. – Normani Kordei

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain. - Vivian Greene — Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain. – Vivian Greene

Dancers are both athletes and artists. - Margot Fonteyn — Dancers are both athletes and artists. – Margot Fonteyn

8 Quotes About Dancing and Expression

“I feel that the essence of dance is the expression of man – the landscape of his soul. I hope that every dance I do reveals something of myself or some wonderful thing a human can be.”
Martha Graham

Dancing is surely the most basic of relevant of all forms of expression. Nothing else can so effectively give outward form to an inner experience. - Lyall Watson — Dancing is surely the most basic of relevant of all forms of expression. Nothing else can so effectively give outward form to an inner **experience**. – Lyall Watson

Dance is a language beyond words, expressing that for which we have no words. - Jennifer De Leon — Dance is a language beyond words, expressing that for which we have no words. – Jennifer De Leon

To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak.

The truest expression of a people is in its dance and its music. Bodies never lie. - Agnes de Mille — The truest expression of a people is in its dance and its music. Bodies never lie. – Agnes de Mille

For me, purity of movement wasn’t enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind. - Rudolf Nureyev — For me, **purity** of movement wasn’t enough. I needed expression, more intensity, more mind. – Rudolf Nureyev

The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing. - Doris Humphrey — The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing. – Doris Humphrey

Dancing is more than just moving body parts. It is a pathway of expressing your deepest inner thoughts. - Normani Kordei — Dancing is more than just moving body parts. It is a pathway of expressing your deepest inner thoughts. – Normani Kordei

5 Quotes About Dancing and Poetry

“To be creative means to be in love with life. You can be creative only if you love life enough that you want to enhance its beauty, you want to bring a little more music to it, a little more poetry to it, a little more dance to it.”
Osho

Dancing is the poetry of the foot. - John Dryden — Dancing is the poetry of the foot. – John Dryden

Dancing is poetry with arms and legs. - Charles Baudelaire — Dancing is poetry with arms and legs. – Charles Baudelaire

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. - Carl Sandburg — Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. – **Carl Sandburg**

Dancing is silent poetry. - Simonides of Ceos — Dancing is silent poetry. – Simonides of Ceos

10 Quotes About Dancing And Love

“In a society that worships love, freedom and beauty, dance is sacred. It is a prayer for the future, a remembrance of the past and a joyful exclamation of thanks for the present.”
Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love. - Jane Austen — To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love. – **Jane Austen**

I love dance, it’s my first love. - Jennifer Lopez — I love dance, it’s my first love. – **Jennifer Lopez**

“But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.”
Khalil Gibran

You dance love, and you dance joy, and you dance dreams. - Gene Kelly — You dance love, and you dance joy, and you dance dreams. – **Gene Kelly**

Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching. - Satchel Paige — Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching. – Satchel Paige

“We dance to seduce ourselves. To fall in love with ourselves. When we dance with another, we manifest the very thing we love about ourselves so that they may see it and love us too.”
Kamand Kojouri

Dare, dream, dance, smile, and sing loudly! And have faith that love is an unstoppable force! - Suzanne Brockmann — Dare, dream, dance, smile, and sing loudly! And have faith that love is an unstoppable force! – Suzanne Brockmann

I don’t want to hide. I want to slow dance with you again. I want to dance with you forever. - Sarah Black — I don’t want to hide. I want to slow dance with you again. I want to dance with you forever. – Sarah Black

This is why the idea of finding love across the dance floor endures – symbolizing that, when we know the true rhythm of our heart, we know the other. - Alexandra Katehakis — This is why the idea of finding love across the dance floor endures – symbolizing that, when we know the true rhythm of our heart, we know the other. – Alexandra Katehakis

2 Quotes About Dancing For God

“The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else’s cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God – if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That’s what I think.”
Maya Angelou

Dancers are the athletes of God. - Albert Einstein — Dancers are the athletes of God. – **Albert Einstein**

15 Quotes About Dancing That Will Make You Think

“Somebody just gave me a shower radio. Thanks a lot. Do you really want music in the shower? I guess there’s no better place to dance than a slick surface next to a glass door.”
Jerry Seinfeld

I’m just an old Broadway gypsy. - Bob Avian — I’m just an old Broadway gypsy. – Bob Avian

I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself. - Mikhail Baryshnikov — I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to dance better than myself. – Mikhail Baryshnikov

I can do anything when I am in a tutu. - Misty Copeland — I can do anything when I am in a tutu. – Misty Copeland

“The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.”
Neil Gaiman