Dance Quotes
“Dancers aren’t made up of their technique, but their passion.” “To dance is to be out of yourself, larger, more beautiful, more powerful.” “The dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expresses in words. ” “You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart.” “You know you’re dancing when tears of pain and happiness blend in with your sweat” “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.” “There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good.” “Dancing is like dreaming with your feet!” –Various
Danger and opportunity
“When written in Chinese, the word “crisis” is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” –John F. Kennedy
Dare mighty things
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.” –Theodore Roosevelt.
Daughter dating
“Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla.” –Jim Bishop
Deal with the irritating details
“After all it is those who have a deep and real inner life who are best able to deal with the irritating details of outer life.” –Evelyn Underhill
Delude yourself
“The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.” –Jane Wagner
Deny laughter
“You can’t deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.” –Stephen King
Desire…
“Desire, ask, believe, receive.” –Stella Terrill Mann
Desires increase
“Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.” –Henry George
Diets
“Diets are for people who are thick and tired of it.” –Weight watcher
Different gifts
“Through the grace of God we have different gifts. If our gift is preaching, let us preach to the limit of our vision. If it is serving others let us concentrate on our service; if it is teaching let us give all that we have to our teaching; and if our gift is stimulating the faith of others let us set ourselves to it. Let the man who is called to give, give freely; let the man in authority work with enthusiasm; and let the man who feels sympathy for his fellows in distress help them cheerfully.” –Romans 12:6-8
Differs in opinion
“Do not think of knocking out another person’s brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.” –Horace Mann
Difficult undertakings
“Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.” –Anne-Sophie Swetchine
Direction of your dreams
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.” –Henry David Thoreau
Discover wisdom
“We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take us or spare us.” –Marcel Proust
Dishonest gain
“Prefer loss to the wealth of dishonest gain; the former vexes you for a time; the latter will bring you lasting remorse.” –Chilo
Distinction between achievement and success
“My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that ‘achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that’s nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.’” –Helen Hayes
Distressed by the external
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” –Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
Do definite good
“Do definite good; first of all to yourself, then to definite persons.” –John Lancaster Spalding
Do foolish things
“You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm.” –Colette
Do not abandon trust
“Do not abandon trust when your ego thinks things should be different than they are.” –Wayne Dyer
Do not stop
“It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop.” –Confucius
Do not wait
“Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right’. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.” –Napoleon Hill
Do that which I can not
“I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” –Pablo Picasso
Do with diligence
“What we hope ever to do with ease we must learn first to do with diligence.” –Samuel Johnson
Doctor of the Future
“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest her or his patients in the care of the human frame, in proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.” –Thomas Edison
Don’t believe…
“Don’t believe everything you think!” –Bumpersticker
Don’t go barefoot
“If you scatter thorns, don’t go barefoot.” –Italian Proverb
Done in a spirit of love
“You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.” –Henry Drummond
Doubts of today
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” –Franklin D. Roosevelt
Down the wrong road
“No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back.” –Turkish proverb
Dream for a living
“I dream for a living.” –Steven Spielberg
Dreaming
“Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives.” –William Dement
Dreams are renewable
“Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.” –Dale E. Turner
Dressed in overalls
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” –Thomas A. Edison
Dwell not on weariness
“Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.” –Arab Proverb
Dysfunctional co-dependent
“To err is dysfunctional, to forgive co-dependent.” –Berton Averre
Each moment of life
“We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.” –H. G. Wells
Each success
“Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.” –Henry Kissinger
Economy of the heart
“Forgiveness is the economy of the heart…. Forgiveness saves expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.” –Hannah More
Education
“The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.” –Plato
Education is…
“Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self confidence.” –Robert Frost
Elevate life through conscious endeavor
“I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.” –Henry David Thoreau
Endless forgiveness
“Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.” –Peter Ustinov
Enough money
“I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.” –Jackie Mason
Entertaining subject matter
“The problem is not that television presents us with entertainining subject matter, but that all subject matter is presented as entertaining.” –Neil Postman
Enthusiasm finds opportunities
“Enthusiasm finds the opportunities, and energy makes the most of them.” –Henry Hoskins
Espresso and meditation
“I took up meditation. I like to have an espresso first just to make it more challenging.” –Betsy Salkind
Ethics
“A distinguished physician of high professional prestige was once invited to deliver a lecture to a group of young doctors upon the subject ‘The Ethics of the Medical Profession.’ This is what he said: ‘My lecture can be boiled down into two sentences. If you are a gentleman, you will know how to conduct yourself in any situation affecting a doctor’s practice. If you are not, nothing I can say here will do you any good.’” –Nolan B. Harmon
Even God cannot change…
“Even God cannot change the past.” –Agathon
Even if only in your heart
“You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart.” –Source unknown
Ever-evolving work of art
“You can make your life into a grand ever-evolving work of art. The key is your thoughts, the wondrous invisible part of you that is your spiritual soul.” –Dr. Wayne Dyer
Everyone lacks self-confidence
“Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.” –Andre Maurois
Everything is a miracle
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” –Albert Einstein
Evil on the ground of expediency
“No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.” –Theodore Roosevelt
Excellence and Perfection
“I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God’s business.” –Michael J. Fox
Expecting the world to treat you fairly
“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.” –Dennis Wholey
Expensive answers
“A psychiatrist is a person who will give you expensive answers that your spouse will give you for free.” –Unknown
Experience the mysterious
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.” –Albert Einstein
Experiment Constantly
“Experiment constantly. Enlightened trial and error outperforms the planning of flawless intellects.” –John Maloney
Eye in your heart
“You got to look at things with the eye in your heart, not with the eye in your head.” –Lame Deer, Medicine Man of the Oglala people
Failed over and over
“I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions, I have been entrusted to take the game-winning shot and I missed. I have failed over and over again in my life. And that’s precisely why I succeed.” –Michael Jordan
Failure as part of the process
“The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.” –Dr. Joyce Brothers
Failure is staying down
“You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down, but the staying down.” –Mary Pickford
Faithfully follow what we know
“It takes great courage to faithfully follow what we know to be true.” –Sara E. Anderson
Fall… stand up
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.” –Japanese Proverb
Fear is a drain of energy
“Fear is nothing except a drain of energy and not a power unto itself. Trust in yourself, for therein lies the true power.” –Lori Hard
Fear is the main source
“Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.” –Bertrand Russell
Fear itself
“So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself–nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” –Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fear less, Hope more
“Fear less, hope more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Hate less, love more; And all good things are yours.” –Swedish proverb
Fearing the opinion of others
“The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.” –Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Feeling good all over
“Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.” –Josh Billings
Felt with the heart
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” –Helen Keller
Fence or friends
“Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.” –Czech Proverb
Fight maturity
“The purpose of life is to fight maturity.” –Dick Werthimer
Fine persons
“The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
First step in faith
“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” –Martin Luther King Jr.
Five minutes every hour
“No matter how much pressure you feel at work, if you could find ways to relax for at least five minutes every hour, you’d be more productive.” –Dr. Joyce Brothers
Follow intuitive feeling
“To know how to choose a path with heart is to learn how to follow intuitive feeling. Logic can tell you superficially where a path might lead to, but it cannot judge whether your heart will be in it.” –Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D.
Follow your bliss
“Follow your Bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before.” –Joseph Campbell
Following a regimen
“The one thing more difficult than following a regimen is not imposing it on others.” –Marcel Proust
Fools and fanatics
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell
Forget injuries
“Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.” –Confucius
Forgive a friend
“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.” –William Blake
Forgiven yourself
“If you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?” –Dolores Huerta
Forgiven yourself?
“If you haven’t forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?” –Dolores Huerta
Formula for failure
“I can’t give you a sure-fire formula for success, but I can give you a formula for failure: try to please everybody all the time.” –Herbert Bayard Swope
Formula for success
“Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.” –Arthur Rubinstein
Found A Truth
“Say not, ‘I have found the truth,’ but rather, ‘I have found a truth.’” –Kahlil Gibran
Free ourselves through forgiveness
“Applied to other people, forgiveness is a process through which we seek to free ourselves from the bondage to another person that is maintained for as long as we stand in judgment of them.” –Joan Borysenko, Ph.D.
Freedom a bigger game than power
“Freedom is actually a bigger game than power. Power is about what you can control. Freedom is about what you can unleash.” –Harriet Rubin
Freedom vs. Power
“Freedom is actually a bigger game than power. Power is about what you can control. Freedom is about what you can unleash.” –Harriet Rubin
Friendly terms
“Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.” –Samuel Butler
Friends who frequent
“The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
Friendship lessens adversity
“Friendship makes prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.” –Cicero
Frigidity of old age
“To resist the frigidity of old age one must combine the body, the mind and the heart -and to keep them in parallel vigor one must exercise, study and love.” –Karl von Bonstetten
From one failure to another
“Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” –Sir Winston Churchill
Full of suffering
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.” –Helen Keller
Fun is a good habit
“Fun is about as good a habit as there is.” –Jimmy Buffett
Fun on the agenda
“Unfortunately many people do not consider fun an important item on their daily agenda. For me, that was always a high priority in whatever I was doing.” –Chuck Yeager
Future
“Future, n. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.” –Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary
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