“What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.”

Stand up! Keep your backs straight! Remember that this is where the wings grow.

I’d rather an audience like me than dislike me, but I’d rather they disliked me than be apathetic, because that is the kiss of death.

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.

You don’t pick dance. Dance picks you.

I don’t think in art there is ever a precedent; each moment is a new one and terrifying and threatening and bursting with hope.

The unique must be fulfilled.

You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.

Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do what they want to, when all they need is one reason why they can.

Discipline is liberation.

People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer, and with that, you live all your life.

Movement never lies. It is a barometer telling the state of the soul’s weather to all who can read it.

We are all of us, unique – each a unique pattern of creativity and if we do not fulfill it, it is lost for all time.

Our arms start from the back because they were once wings.

What makes a great dancer is not technique. What makes a great dancer is passion.

The gesture is the thing truly expressive of the individual – as we think so will we act.

Misery is a communicable disease.

We don’t just build on successes, we also build on failures.

Failure is often the line of least persistence.

Nothing is easy, but who wants nothing?

You only have to believe that you can succeed, that you can be whatever your heart desires, be willing to work for it, and you can have it.

Deep knowledge from your manager goes a long way toward motivating you. And I have a pretty good capability for that.

Success comes from failure, not from memorizing the right answers.

Success is not a sometimes thing. In other words, you don’t do what is right once in awhile, but all the time. Success is a habit. Winning is a habit.

We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.