In my ballets, woman is first. Men are consorts. God made men to sing the praises of women. They are not equal to men: They are better.

Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.

Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.

What's with you men? Would hair stop growing on your chest if you asked directions somewhere?

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

I am not now That which I have been.

Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern.

The future ain't what it used to be.

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.

I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator

I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang. It's so frightfully good I've never bothered to read another.

Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action.

Each soul is potentially divine.

Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned.

One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them.

The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what's that? The freedom to starve?

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.